| Show r f i n 4 CHAPLAIN CHAPlA N PRAISES r SIR SIB JOHN FRENCH Commander Often Spends Night In the Hospital S- S INSPIRES GREAT CONFIDENCE Priest Priest Who Went to Front With Army t Saw No German Cruelty Cruelty British British Soldiers Re Realizing That They Are Ar Fighting For Very Life Lif of Country Be Restrained 4 Have to r New York The rhe The first American to reach this country from the scenes of ot ofT T lighting li Ming n In the European war warr r tins hits arrived here He lIe Is the Rev James I toy a II Roman Roma 1 Catholic priest who served Fer n us as chaplain at nt the front with the tIlt British h forces under Sir John Johnr r r French Father Malloy who Is a native of ot this till country bad a tI parish on North yS Island New v Zealand and is 18 returning to the II antipodes u eM He Ht was In London when war broke out and asked to go goy y with the army us as chaplain He left London with the British troops on Aug 5 17 and 1 five days dUYM later saw the first buttle battle which whit was at Mons lons He lIe said the tbt fire firt of the British soldiers was withering and that Germans went wenty down down by b the thousands thousand before It He e y described d the the- shells Rhens from the German siege guns as terrifying Wherever i I Y i l C f t st bYs md i I 6 0 F I- I Photo by American Press Association I t SIR JOn JOLLY FRENCH they struck be he said a great cloud of dirt and smoke was thrown up op and bOU houses bouses lI were completely destroyed Father l Ia luy declared d the bullets SS ut used ed h oy by t th sides Iu in the battle of Mon Mons were wen Immune humane ones and that If It they the hit lilt a I pu p. t Riot nut n t vital Ital the wounded soldIer hud had a n splendid chance i for recovery re re- covert covery cOer lie ill observed td no atrocities He Hec c saw many British wounded who had been In InGerman in Gt German hands and heard beard no IO complaints He Be counted thirty-five thirty aeroplanes hi in the air along the river Marne but few of them w were we're re German The British he said kept up a II terrific terrific ter ter- ter- ter rifle artillery fire tire at night the positions SS of ot the Germans being found out by aviators who signalled by lights and gu gave ve the gunners a splendid chance to get iet the ranges He paid great tribute trib trib- ute to Sir John French leader of the British forces and told of the fine esprit de corps for which he arid and his bis methods of ot discipline were largely re re- 1 cannot Imagine a finer morale ti than that of the British soldiers he said Their fighting qualities are arema ma marvelous Every man In the field knows he is fighting for tor the very life Ufe of his bis country Their Then Indomitable t efforts are Inspired by Sir John French So eager are these men to attack the foe that they actually have bave to be 1 restrained d. d Sir Johnis John is a soldier with AJa his men anew rather than an officer com corn commanding manding them of ot course I 1 mean when action Whatever What Whatever the troops troop are not In lu ever er be he says is b right and the men of or orthe the line lint as well as the officers officers' will r carry out his bis orders to the letter Jetter 1 J S 'S have seen him talk with the wounded soldiers Often he spends a night InthE In hi hithe the hO hospital His presence inspires a e c among the men on the cots COUI The They feel that their commander Is with 1 mid lid they t he all II 11 feel more anxious c than ever tr to get Jet well quickly that they may KO g nut ant to attack th the enemy Men 4 will urI surely fight for tor a man like French The fighting of the British and French has been marvelous The Ger- Ger I think have encountered an enemy they little bargained for tor At Semis the right wing of the German army turned Just In the nick of ot time or the would wt have been annihilated b h by the re re that came up t from the south lInth If It the Germans had waited hours another twenty four they 4 would I have been n wiped d out oot completely The rn are outnumbered In r aeroplanes which h are an absolute necessity ne ne' S 'S in finding the positions of the t. t Infantry Most of ot the fighting Is being be be- bey y ing dune done In the trenches with occa I t Fiona sorties In the open and It Is 11 isk k t Jl absolutely Impo- Impo to find the In la trenched enemy t except by aeroplanes |
