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Show Paris Is Ready For The Siege Paris, Aug. 30. Tlio French capital capi-tal today rushed its plans to resist a siege by tho German uriuy'. The city is tcugtnirned Into an entrenched entrench-ed camp. Following the decreo Issued by tho military govomur ordering residents of the districts within action of tho. city's defending line of forts to ovac uato and destroy their houses within four days from today, enormous stocks of food woro placed In tho state warehouse. Tho Hols do lloulogno presents a ptcturesquo aspect. It has been transformed trans-formed Into u vaBt pasture filled with cows and sheep. Tho animals huvo been divided Into groups and nro guarded by reserves wearing the largo shirts of drovers. Tho number of sheep pastured In tho parks exceeds ex-ceeds 10,000. Tho decrco calling for tho evacuation evacu-ation of tho tallitary zone around tho forts was a formal notlco, although army engineers recently made a tour of the environs of the forts and ox-, plained that tenants might bo culled on to destroy tholr property, which was deemed an obstruction. Many houses in the lino of Are are occupied by people whoso sons are now at tho front. A largo Jvunv ber of theso families lack resources hnd will be without refuge. Never, theless they 'took tho situation without with-out complaint, although some addressed ad-dressed a petition to tho military governor, requesting that ho use the power vested In him only as a last extremity. |
