Show GERMAN SPIES BUSY IN FRANCE artillery attack follows cabinet members visit to front in north clemenceau RISKS HIS LIFE paris newspaper gives an interesting example of former premiers premier courage under fire arouses ses admiration of soldiers paris the question of spies spying Is always a live one in francefort france for many luany incidents can be recounted which sho show w either that the germans have close information on what happens liap pens in their lines or that chance Is a wonderful thing for instance a num ter of cabinet members visited a town in the north a few days ago being tie ac by the director of tin nn important mining works near the town to suit the conven convenience lence of tills this gentleman tile the train that took the ministers away was started an hour earlier than llian had been arranged an ali hour later at the time the train was nas in tended to leave the station underwent a hot hoi bombardment and thinks thanks to the change in the time table the ministers escaped a very bad quarter of tin nn hour almost every returned gollu can tell a story similar to the following ing A dl division famous for its fighting qualities was suddenly moved to a n new position so quickly that the men themselves did not know expertly where they were within an hour a board was hoisted above the nearest dentist german trench bearing the inscription in large letters welcome to the gallant th division and giving the exact divisional number the crt crl tie de paris gives another example that occurred luring during II al clemen beaus recent visit to the front as chairman of the senates army committee tiger saw slain soldier the section was very quiet nothing had happened for days there earlier there had been some hot fighting and the tiger could see the dead body of a french soldier still banging on the ilic barbed wire between the trenches M clemenceau gazed at the poor remains with admiration sadness and then furr ilia 1113 eyes clouded over and words of vengeance came indistinctly from his lips at this moment nn an explosion was heard close by and then another clouds of smoke arose from near dear where al CIemence nu stood and the explosions came nearer and nearer lie ile continued looking at the corpse of the poor ioor soldier an officer hurried up monsieur ie president he said a president of the council or premier remains monsieur le ie president presidents tr all his life the major lifts has sent me to warn evarn you that its a pretty bad place where you are it Is probable that they have sighted you its certain that a barring tie file Is beginning ning the major begs you to get under kinder shelter and why so asked M clemen acau cut but monsieur lc ie president you may be wounded and then and it if I 1 were nvere replied the tiger 11 would it not be a fine death at my age the finest boost a man could dream of apostrophizes dead hero and then lie he went on in that semi sarcastic vein that he be enjoys just think monsieur I 1 no longer love women and men disgust me it would be a food rood time to make a fine finish I 1 then buining toward the dead body lie he apostrophized it with you were young you had a 1 I long future before you you had done ill to no one women pleased you yon and you had faith in ili men ilow much better it would be if you were alive here and an old body like mine were ere hanging out there in place of yours the artillery fire finished before al Clemenc clemenceau enu moved on and the staff captain who accompanied him told the story afterward declaring 1 I tell you he was wonderful wonderful Wonder full I 1 repenting repeating the word epa tant which means so much in a frenchmans French mans I 1 mouth al clemenceau Is seventy one and was mayor of the montmartre district at the time of the last war with germany |