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Show A DESPAIRING CRY IS HEARD When Paris was besieged by the Germans the French were completely j cut off from any form of communication communica-tion with the outside. Several al-i tempts were made by balloon to reach Other parts of France, but all failed Had the French been equipped with modern appliances for sending messages mes-sages on the wings of the air. they could have done as Shttkrf Pasha at Adrianople Is doing, and have received re-ceived the commiserations of their countrymen, which if nothing better was to be offered, would have afford- J ed some relief from the mental ns well as physical sufferings of a pent-up pent-up army. Rut Shukrl Pasha, though able to convey his messages by wireless and receive back word from Constantinople, Constantino-ple, is not made very happy, as he Is face to face with starvation nnd ca-i ' obtain no assurance from the rulers of the empire that there is any other fata for him and his army than to starve or surrender Let us hope that he will surrender within the week. The Bulgarians graduall have gained a commanding position in the line of fortifications around the city and there is no alternative alter-native for the brave commander and Lis troops other than to yield to the Inevitable or invite a massacre W ith the fall of Adrianople. the Bal- rkan war should end. and with the rr.. establishment of peace, ten years should pas6 before another war of j equal magnitude brings calamity to a civilized people no |