Paris War Days - Diary of an American by Charles Inman Barnard
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Refugees from Belgium and northern France continue to pour into Paris.
But the authorities, having had time to organize, are sending them on with very little delay to various places in the west and south of France. It is impossible to prevent these frightened people from taking refuge in Paris, which they regard as a place of safety, and the only course open is to send them on as soon as possible. Among the financial victims of the war are a number of Chinese students who have found their supplies of money from home suddenly cut off. A body of about sixty went to the Chinese Legation in the Rue de Babylone on Friday evening, and clamored for money. The Minister, Mr. Liu Shih-shen, was out but, to the great disgust of the staff, the students invaded the dining-room and kitchen and commandeered the dinner which was being prepared for the Minister. A message was sent to his Excellency, who dined at a restaurant. Meanwhile the students, having dined, began to gamble, and several made preparations to spend the night in the Legation. They were, however, expelled by the police. At the meeting of the women's auxiliary of the American Ambulance at the Embassy this afternoon, many details in connection with the establishment and maintenance of the hospital in the Lycee Pasteur were discussed. A committee was appointed for the special purpose of supplying with clothing such wounded soldiers as may be brought to the hospital. |
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