Rheims Tragedy
rOPE PROTESTS TO THE KAISER, j "PROVOKING THE MYIXE IRE," Received 23, S p.m. Amsterdam. September 24. An official Berlin statement admits using one mortar shot against the Rheims Cathedral, because the field artillery was ineffective to dislodge the observation post. Rome, September 24. The newspapers state that the Pope telegraphed to the Kaiser deploring the damage to the Rheims Cathedral, saying: "When you destroy the temples of God, you provoke the Divine ire, before which even potent armies lose all power."
PLOUGHED BY SHELLS. ENTHUSIASM IN GERMANY. London, September 24. For miles in the region of Nancy Gorman shells have ploughed hol«s three fee* in diameter, so close together tliat no human being could have escaped. Paa'is, September 24. TaC facade of Rlieims Cathedral, with the three doons and two towems and tlhe rose Trindow, are intact. The bombardment of the town has been renewed. Copenhagen, Sept,- 4. Reports of the destruction* of Rheinv! Catlicdral were received in Berlin with intense enthusiasm.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 105, 26 September 1914, Page 5
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