Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 57, Number 5, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 November 1914 — Page 3

HOW FRANCE'S BLACK MEN FROM AFRICA FIGHT THEIR BATTLES

By PAUL CCOTT MOW R ER. (Correiipondctjt ( hlcano Dally News.) Epernay. France. There are two principal catejcorleg of foreign troops flahtlnK side by Hide with ÜM IVaffccto to defend this lovely land -the Hrit inn from across the rhannl and the ';erians, Moore and Senegalese ftom ocroH the Mrditerr:i!.an in Africa, Dozens of corr t:.l"nts have followed the lir'tish m litionary forr to chant the heroism of Tommy Atklnn. Hut though the exact llsjures are not available. I bel'eve the French Afr! -an troop now fa timg thS fl rmans are about as numcious as LX Hritinh namely, in the neighborhood of 200,000. Somebody ought to chronicle their glories, too some strolling poet of th. ilas, IMM black Vim (!'( wi'h un -pic turn of mir.d. In the meantime I may be permitted ' . tail Um Mils I have li'armd about r i : m i ah I havp nein HmSSS in these

ohi r- ,,, i tu a Ql au'l inarching among the vineyards of ChllHpMPM You may n ad in t!i. 11 T stamen! luiw David, after stunning Collath of ith ith a stone, cut off the giant's head and carried it hack tu exhibit in i .up. or, how Joshua and his Isn. I fcsa, on t:.Uing Jericho, "utterly iS royi'd nil that was in the city, both n and ini n, vo'ing and old. ox and hhiM.p and nM ith the lg' of the sword." This wns the ancient idea r warfare not merely to defeat the enemy, but to exterminate him .md rarry off tin- he;; Is of his cliainpious as trophies. It is tiie Idea of the Turcos and Seneguleso rihVmen to tills day. Can't Change Nature Habits. These African.- have bv no tn ans been ubte to shullle off tin Ir native hjgbltn Just because they have b n beotwht to fight In the white man's battles. All of their officers lire Kreuch. One of these ollieers rounded to me thai he al en had "the errat t di'hrulty" In pomading the men to behave In a civilized manner toward prisoners and the snetny'l wounded. Mndeetl, I should s.i that

"the Kteat.'f dlfllculty" is a euphe

mism. Sonn where up near the Helgi iti frontl v ih mtvanclng Hermans found a bam with 82 wounded Turcoa In it They burned and dynamited the bttildiBg Just as it stood. Two Kinds of African Trocps.

t;ou blv sneak::i.; liiere are two

ww --ww m w " rii of French African troops Tur

os and Senegale. . hnvo is a g ti

-rat name, covering Moors. H.erber

ivalry and Algerians, but prep, rly applying only to the last, called

in the ( 'rimean war by the li a ians.

who mistook them for Turks. The Tu reo wear white or 1 i -! 1 1 blue b; trousers, HglKt blue jackets and red hatn. They are recruited promiscueiisly among tiie various peoples inhabiting the North African oast, bat all are Mohammedans, and iti most oi them Arab blood predominates. They wage war with the same fanatic Tury which, in their forefathers, the Saracens, aroused the wonder of the 'rusaders, and their specialty is the b ivonet chargo. Put the day of cold steel and the banc to hand tight, though by no aea is past, is gradually passing, as the Turcos have found to their cost. dh i ion of them was in the rear guard which covered the French retreat from Helpium. At SignylAbbaye they mnd stand The pursuing OenMPI halted in the fringe of a vord ftSd presently the Turcos. whom their ottici rs were unable lonuer to vstrain. chargrd with the bayon t Over tho stuht)le fields where the wheat si ill stood in t tit shock iwepl i he lonp. brightly colored line blue, 1 irblte, brown -and the silver of sunlight on polished m tab As they drew nearer to the foe they redoubl d their shrill ylls and began diachargiir: their gnns. Four hundred yards, ::C0 yards. 206 yards! 'here were the r.ermans? Had the visible fury

of the onslaught already frozen their

hearts0 At 100 yards a terriMe fusillade of rifles and quickfirers opened from the woods. The panting Turcos, undaunted, increased tSM ir speed,

Mire now of victory, when suddenly barbed wire The German bad

inched the held wit'i barbed wire

The Turcos were caught like Dies in

the cruel weh. Half CM them returned. That, as far as 1 know. was the first and thus far the only great

bayonet charge of the present war. though minor stiff i emmtl of this nature have been frequent and affective. "It Was Written He Srauld Die." It is curious how the oriental fatalism of the men soon s,)r .ads to tn lr . eeidental leaders. Iast night in a quiet cafe of this towx 1 was conversing with a sergeant of the Moroccan fusileers. He was a Frenchman of Lyons who had served four ars in Algeria and two in Morocco a fine, brown -ey d. handsome fellow, in his baggy, light blue trousers. Ms jacket of the same color decked

with yellow braid, his bright red sash

and his cap like a fez without a tassel. His Moroccan campaigns, he said, re mere prac tical Jokes to the pftf t butchery, and he told me this ry of the trenches, from which he had Just r turned: We hare a hard time making the men stay down under cover. They Nt to see what is going on. They want to jump out and wave their guns and Shout insulta at the enemy occasionally as they used to in Morocco. Our captain, who was, of rs--. a Frenchman, was as had as any. Except to sleep, he absolutely refused to descend Into Uü tranche M. would kneel for hours on the around a little to the, rear watching the enemy through his glasses and dl-

rcrtlni? our tire. When we remon

TURKEY ACTIVE IN HOSTILITIES

Turkey's raid on Russian porta in ures do not include the convalescent the Mack aea has forced Great Hritaln ! wounded in our field hospitals nor the

into war with the Ottoman government, the foreign office announced.

GERMANS UNABLE TO GAIN.

Sultan's Government Issues Proclamation Formally Annexing Egypt.

Allies Claim to Have Repulsed Attacks In Western Belgium.

ITALIANS DESIRE WAR

On the ttattle Front, via Paris. Nov. 2.-ln today's fighting the allies again beat hack fresh onslaughts by the German troops and made gains at some points along the battle line. One notable gain reported is the occupation of tho heights of Versines de Sainte Marie in the Vopges.

detachments whic.i are ready to be nt from the front to tho rear." Germans Claim Advance. The Germans in an official statement received here today admit that inundations of the Yser and Tpntf have made operations in Belgium dil't cult, but an advance of troops near tprm is claimed. At least 600 pris oners and some Hritish guns were captured, the statement says. "The forces lighting to the w .-t ward of Lille also have progressed. the statement adds. "A number of prisoners was taken near Yailly about l."o in the region of Verdun and Toul there has been

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Cabinet Resigns Because Unable to the opening of dikes extends as

Agree on a Military Program Allies Claim to Have Repulsed German Attacks in Western Belgium The Fighting in Poland.

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Berlin, via The Hague, Nov. 2 It 1 is officially aunounced that a winless message received from Constanti-

strated with him lit merely paid. Ilk nople nays that the Turkish Kovern

any Mohammedan, that a bullet .voiild

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sooner nor later. nut so many wa ur men paid for their temerity e Ith

their lives that he, too, finally COBexiled to oome down out of the hall I M

of bullets whieh had never ceased

about him. Yesterday was his 1 rwt

day In the trenches. About three o'clock in the afternoon a shell burst overhead A niece of it hit him on

the crown Ad kilted him instantly

"So you think it was bcciuiso his time had com'?" "What else ran one think? He had fOUIid safety In the midst of death, but death had found him in what should have been the midst of safety.

The captain was rUht. II is written

Think "All's Fair in War." I do not know the origin of the proverb, "Atl'i fair in lore and war,M but It has an anchnt, oriental savor and I sn pect the Turcos thoroughly subscnb to it. These African fighters ere the only ones among the rtlltei whom 1 have heard speak openly In praise of Onnau ruses. "They're sly ones!" say the Turcos. aad wag their brown Insuls and rrin ippre 'lai ion. They think it a very od m home or the (', rmans not to make any effort to bury their d. ad before retreating from one poslth u to ant ther. tor thus the pursuing enemy

I t et the? bother to do Ike Job himself or else run Ih risk of dUcomforl ad evi n di nse. They especially admire the German trick of tending tip their dead, heim t on and run In hand, along a des rted trench, so that the French will think the trench 1 It li defended. And the wonder tthem :, not that tle C.ennans have baraed and shelled towns, but that

thej hae not done so more freQttent lv.

Sftnccjalise VVorchip Fetishes. The Senegalese tirailleurs, although

resembling the Turcos iji certain of

their military ethics, are belngi of

an altogether different order. 'There

is but one Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet," means nothing to them.

They worship fetllhet. They are

black men of Tlmbactoo and the Ivory coast, wht re the fiery harmat tan blOWl southwest ward off the Sahara toward thfl sea.

Knowing that the forefathers of many of our own good American neKTOOS hail been captured by English and Portuguese slavers in precisely these regions, 1 expected to fmd somethlng familiar in the aspect of th Senegalese riflemen. I was destined to disillusion. Three days ago oti the road to Heims, I overtook an entire r tglment. They stood or squatted or sprawled for several hundred, yards along the grass at the edge of thi winding road, resting under the poplars. their rifles stacked, their white ; officers withdrawn into groups, always at some distance from the men. ; Save for a red sash under their tunics, they were uniformed entirely In l:irk blue, even to their cloth caps and their putties. 1 walked past them slowly, fascinated. Most wore shoes, some were barefooted In sanddais, but T had to look very closely at the dark feet to distinguish this difference. They seemed very tired under the weight of their haversacks. Their eyelids drooped like those of an exhausted animal or of a man who has been drugged. Their Lcok Causes Shudder. It may have been this, or it may hare been the hl od shot whites of th' ir eyes which caused me to shud

der slightly when one looked at me. They scarcely spoke. Some sat staring into space, bent forward over their long, thin legs, which extended like poles in front of them. A number were bearded that Is to say. they had across their upper lips and under their chins a circle of black hair, the center of which was I pair of thick lips. Yhen one of them took off his cap to mop his brow I was amazed to see a headdress like the engrartaejS In the anthropolgy textbooks a shaed head with a tuft on top fnnn which descended on all sk'es little kinky strlasjS. Some, too, had earrings.

ment has issued a proclamation for

mally annexing Kgypt. which is al:eady under Turkish uzerainty. Envoys Leave Turkey. London, Nov. 2. The ambassadors Of (Jreat Britain. Russia and France have received their passports and quit Constantinople,

as the environs of Porvyse, where the Germans are bogged. In another part of the line the allied troops have succeeded in crossing the Yperlee and have occupied ground toward the cast. The enemy has lost i'ixschoote and Is only maintaining his position on the Lys with difficult When the French captured Quesnoy sur-Pcule. six miles northwest of Lille, they took 200 prisoners, two guns and a large number of quick fliers. Repel Fierce Rushes. The otliclal communication issued by the war office tonight says: "During the day we have repulsed Violent attacks of the enemy in the

correspondent at The Hague sends the following: "Several trains filled with cannon and submarines, bound from Cermany to the Belgian coast and destined for the proposed attack on the English coast, have passed Liege, but h re been stopped at Bruges until furth- r untie. (fee attack OS Kngland havini: hern postponed "until the present battle is decided." . shosrlng the huge Get wan losses In the Ypres region it is stated that the British soldiers have buried more than 'J' euo (lermaasV says a message to the Weekly Dispatch from one of its correspondents In Belgium.

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Great ceremony attondod tho occasion of u eonvasim of savsn aaptnrad German war standards to isjs musenm ol the Invalides In Paris. Tho photograph shows the dags bring carried across the courtyard.

Italy is aflame with the war favor and demonstrations In favor of ntOling the European conflict have heCOms so Violent In a number of cities that troops safsj called to suppress tho riotous scenes. The resignation of the entire cabinet In a body after a stormy session, in which the ministers failed to agree upon a military program because of the strong representation ol the pear party, has brought the situation to an acute stage. The army is now mobilized to a strength ot 4,000 uim men, and the fleet is ready for action. It is only Kelt for the war cabinet which is certain to be appointed to decide that Italy cannot longer remain neutral in face of the Bitnation in Albania. U. S. Told of Turkey's Action. War has been officially declared between Turkey and Russia, according to a private message transmitted to the United States through the channels of the American government.

vicinity of Linons, Le Quesnoy en-San-terra, Vailly on the Aisno aud in the Hois Da La Qruria, la tha Argonne forest. "To the north of Souain we have continued to make slight progress. "In the Vosges through our offensive movements we have taken 1 issesslon

of the heights of Versines De Sainte Marie." Fight for Lost Ground. "Upon the res! of the battle front, yesterday was marked by violent cannonading and several unsuccessful counter-attacks of the enemy, which were intended to recover the ground conquered! by us during the last few days. ' The struggle is still very violent in the Argonne region, where the Germans, however, have made no progress. According to statistics furnished by our service in the icar, T.is:; Germans prisoners were Interned during the week of October 1 4-20 alone. These fig-

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Nov. l The German gen ral staff was highly pleased with the report of Friday's lighting and the announcement that the allies had been thrown hack across the Aisno near Soissons and that the Germans had reached poBltlonS to the west of Verdun. This was described as the most promising news received for some time. "We have finally started the stone rolling," said one officer commenting on the official statement issued Saturday. Major Moraht, military correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt, points out that Soissons is the point on the long battle line that is nearest Paris, h"ing only 50 miles distant. He adds that the allies may learn from this success that the German front has not been weakened at any point while daily rcnorts of allies re

pulsed to the east and north of erdun show what a desperate effort the French are making to prevent the investment of the fortress.

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IN SLAUGHTERING THE OTHER HALF

Population.

With the entrance of Turkey into the war considerably more than half of the world is now actually involved in hostilities. These figures are compiled from Whitakerfc Almanac: THE ALLIES.

Area (square miles). British empire 13,123.712 France (including colonies) 4,291,510 Russian empire 8,400.000 Be'gium (including the Congo) 813.400 Japanese empire 235.900 Servia 34Montenegro 5'S00

Fighting in Poland. retrograd, Nov. 1. General Maslof, military critic of the Novre Vremya, says: "Although generally speaking the trend of the Russian military operations is becoming increasingly favorable, battles rase on all fronts with unprecendented tenacity and stubbornness. "Not only the Germans, but the

435,000.000 Austrian, despite their recent defeats.

94,730,000 ; are fighting with intense energy, and

t would not be surprising if the Germans should re-enforce their lighting liies and again attempt to assume the offensive. At present, however, the Russians largely retain the initiative."

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164,000,000 32,500.000 65,100.000 5,000.000 5C0.0O0

Total, allies 26.904,322 GERMANIC ENTENTE. Germany (includinq colonies) 1.343.020

Austro-Hungarian empi

Turkish empire . . .

ire 261,033

1,058.041

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Total, pro-German 2.662.C94 Total of countries at war 29.566.416

Total land area of th earth 55,500.000 Total population of the earth 1,623,000,000

Submarine Sinks British Cruiser. London, Nov. 2. The enterprise of German submarines hich hav been lurking along the French coast on the Straits of Dover seeking to get a shot at Hritish ships engaged in bombarding the German positions in Belgium was rewarded when one of them attacked and sank the light cfuiser Hermes going to Dunkirk.

GERMAN COLONEL HAS LAUGH ON THE FRENCH

lAindon. The Standard publishes the following from Paris: In a li'tle toun northeast of Paris. here the O- rmans er illVSSI out by the Knghsh. GtaSSftJ French was lodged in a house belonging to a rich nember of the town council, who .oly lailtd to b elected mayor by fhre This ntleman had tcw lr rfistri! 'rem AL-ac. and

he became quite a local celebritv. Pefore th sar he went away for his usual summer holiday, but failed to return. When the Germans occupied the town he was a colonel tn command and used his local knowledge to considerable advantage fn commandeering all worth having about th place. W h never he met an cf his tm - mm. a m

termer cou.aguea or the town :oun-i

cil he jokingly remarked: Well, you would not hav me as mayor, but you may yt have to put up with me aa burgomaster."

TEN DAYS IS LIFE OF HORSE

So Says Officer Connected With the Remount Department of tne British Army.

the havoc wrought by modern art!!- Potomac was remounted twice, nearly U ry and machine guns, but this re- 40,000 horses having been required, port indicates such slaughter as had If the British officer's estimate of not been dreamed of here. the wastage is not wide of the mark In the Civil war In this country the before the carnage ends there will be wastage of horses was at the rate of such a shortage of horses as Europe

about live hundred a day in the L nion has never seen. As most of the ani-

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