Paris, Oct. 28.
The unanimous disapproval by neutral countries of the German methods of warfare as exemplified by ths destruction of Louvain and Reims Cathedral, to say nothing of countless towns and villages in France and Belgium, seems to have had no effect whatever on the leaders of the German army. Whenever they encounter serious resistance, they revenge themselves on noncombatants, in the hope, no doubt, of indirectly influencing the opposing army.
The latest instance of this deliberate destructiveness is afforded by Arras, an interesting old town which is ths administrative centre of the department of the Pas-de-Calais. This town possessed a wonderful old Town Hall, built in the days when Spanish influence was strong in the Low Countries. It had a lofty clock-tower and spire, one of the most remarkable of ite kind in the world. The invader has waiting to know if they can return to what is left of their homes, One of the refugees learnt, fom a postcard scribbled by som: strand ger, that his mother had died dur ing the bombardment and bea buried in the garden, as it was in-possible to reach the cemetery which was occupied by the enemy. A woman who owned a large fae tory with many adjoining buildings saw her property completely troyed. She lived three days of mortal anguish in a cellar and theo fied, absolutely destitute, poser sing nothing but the clothes she wore, OF Lille, the largest and ridist manufacturing town in the north of France, nothing definite is knows except that some of the principal districts have been subjected storm of shells, again without any direct motive, the city being unde fended. Several public buildings are said to have been destroyed, well as many private houses a factories, The costly machinery and plant have gone too, of cours and with them the means of live Tihood for thousands of poor peopl. As for Reims, the bombardment has sed at last, but there has not yo een time to form anything like correct estimate of the losses. deliberately destroyed all this with is heavy artillery. He behaved with Arras exactly as redskins used to do with white prisoners held for
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