FRANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1918, Page 5

FRANCE.

PROTECTING BELOVED PARIS. PLANKING TO SELL ITS HUE DEARLY. Received Jose 11 8.45 p.m. Paris, June 10. M. Brunet, a Socialist Deputy, in an article in the Matin, summarising the Labor view, says that the long-range bombardment might arrest industrial life and munition work, but the Government must not be paralysed by fear of sacrificing the non-combatants. Peace is impossible as long as Germany seeks victory Our duty is to fight and subordinate everything to this determination* Following General Gallieni's example, Paris will be made a pivot for French resistance. M Clemenceau assured the Seine Deputies that .nothing would be neglected to protect the capital but it was not considered the menace was likely During the recent dark days rumors were general that Paris would be evacuated. Ox wagons, piled with household goods, were frequently seen in the streets. Nothing was more calculated to shake the city's nerves than the signs of the flight of farmers and peasants; yet Paris has stood firm. Most of the rich ha.ve departed. Soon only the real Paris will be grimly planning to sell it 9 life dearly. It would be left to the people to know the fate of their beloved city If the gates were opened, the Kaiser would attempt to force peace upon the terror-stricken r '—eh by devastation of the capital, c" by quarter.—Times Service.