. In the track of the storm; a report of a visit to France and Belgium, with observations regarding the needs and possibilities of religious reconstruction in the regions devastated by the world war . lows that one received theimpression of a gale at sea. To make the sugges-tion all the more striking, the bleached wreck ofan airplane was much like a white gull that hadfallen before the storm. These fields are danger-spots too. The French soldier who interpreted forme had heard that in four months possibly as manyas five hundred civilians had been killed in handlingthe unexploded ammunition lyi
. In the track of the storm; a report of a visit to France and Belgium, with observations regarding the needs and possibilities of religious reconstruction in the regions devastated by the world war . lows that one received theimpression of a gale at sea. To make the sugges-tion all the more striking, the bleached wreck ofan airplane was much like a white gull that hadfallen before the storm. These fields are danger-spots too. The French soldier who interpreted forme had heard that in four months possibly as manyas five hundred civilians had been killed in handlingthe unexploded ammunition lying on the fields andin the trenches. One wishes he could compel theGermans to come and dig out all the shells thatare hidden in the fields. Factories too have beenannihilated, and it is estimated that around Lenssix years will be required before the normal outputof the mines can be restored. The mines have beenwrecked and the machinery smashed after the shaft-houses were burned. An industrial commissionfrom America told me they had found the ma-chinery in a hundred factories in one small citycompletely demolished. They received the impres-sion that the Germans, upon suffering military de- [62]. In the Town of Chateau Thierry
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