FIGHT FOR FOOD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 729, 31 January 1910, Page 5

FIGHT FOR FOOD.

FRENCH DELUQ& ;V FURTHER RISE OF THE FLOODS •':;--,:.. :IN;:PARIS. Vv ';#.; ,;;A-;eRY : HISTORIC BUILDINGS INVADED.! By XoldCTaph-PrcssAßSOci&tion--OoiiyrißnU-: ■': Paris, 'January:. 28.7 .'■• The Seine -to-day overflowed the parai; pets at the Quai do la Conference,'."in- ■ vading the. Champa'Elysees.': The;Esplav; nade. des Invalides,' on the left bank,; war ako .under., water/:... • '■.7 .-;. r-.-fr'-.'i: .Owing, to! the severe; cold : many sewen' are bursting... The twelfth. ■ Arrondisse-. ment -is', entirely■ inundated, partly'from the sewers; .The, St. LazaTe. railway ter- v minus has.been closed, v.- ■ 7 :v v ; : ■•" : \".:'r • Military-rrastsj.have; been'; cstaHished. bohind the barriers: to ensure' order. '" 7'" -, The Senate has:adopted a';measure'ex> tending the'date of :paym'enfof.bills .fall.; ing due. in' the .flooded districts;-.: ;./■ ;'•■■; Vo ! It, is estimated v that one thousand' persons ■.- havebeen .thrown ; tmt, ofvwork. :.'■,':v"// : '.-..•;-." '■■•:..'''■'-:■'. '';.-•/-t.i " The imisery aid desolation in" the >ou& lying, quarters of .the city arepitiful, 77;

FUNERALS BY BOAT. ' INUNDATION CAUSES FALL m STOCKS. . (Eec, January!3o, pit.)''.,.. ....... ■■ .a 7 'Vy-:'---~- '":■- ; -Paris,'January;'' 29^:<-j f ;' •'; Violent rain';and';hail;in:Francehava',' v caused, the: Seine to again rise SO feet 7: ; "i .7; .Famqus",Buildings ; i: ;:The ; Wmedie Francaise.(Jhe'chief .hoitf-7 .of; the. regular, drama; subsidised- by. thl-'iv' State,; and-situated;'on the.'Place du Thea. :i-"-' !.tTe':Francais,;Eue;;St.iHonore, near ; the S Palais Royal)Vand .the • historic; i: of Notre: .Dame; (one !bf' the; finest; 6pecl V y ; mens of pointed'arohitectnro.'.da ting from. :•;: 1163); are .threatened.V ',=!.-'', 7" ■:.'■'.';■; -; ,'7 ,7 '-''v .residence; of the iPr'esident)"and the tral; Telegraph Office .are flooded.:'-\w..s£ '. :Means, of communication between- Paril'■''■;'.! and London; has been^destroyed.'l<v-:!, x...-' Fatal Shops? Sacked, v 7 ..The presidents ;of./some- streets ;in'rparuK7 have ;:been:,:foodless7since ;/WednesdayV -:i£ People are .'crying ;from the "windows far : -v? bread.;': ,i ;:i.-;7 s7 : h[: -^'/;:;':.. '-//^''vi.v

{Alarming'subsidences' have occurredfir::: many 'of the streets throughVtho-water'l■"/•'■ upward 'pressure and.the:'collapsing.;'of'.,/ a_f,network ; pf. ; -sewers, ■'.water-mains)."and/:',/ hydraulic roadway'':inl.thfl!-' Avenue /A' chasm 1 , in'the {Avenue.of. the : Champa.V Elysoes {engulfed a -woman. :)■{/:. /', -'•/; : :V ■/ 'V /A''starving' and desperate'-,crowd?sacked; ;• some'of :. The : flpqddd,' quarters'.'.are.'.'without'. gas, .. and,.therefore .thelprites'of;candles and): oils,' as > well as: food, ■ .are i rising. ~'/. • '■'■ :'■/ -;■■ ';/. {'The':'cellars ', of)the ■ Opera.'House ~'and)i: of ihe)Mint\ are;full."j.'.ThVj.foUowiitts;:,) places 'are aU./flooded: 1 -/' ;'/,:'■:>/ ',//'');) .The jHbtel;de; .Ville :(tie Tesidence: oi ;'{ the Chief. Magistrate,•:the'.Prefect ; pf;tnj':){ Seine,, burned J; by the :Cbmmurdsts. ; -il;. ; : , 1871,: -and; since rebuilt "_.■} and: -enlarged)]:. -/ the. Ministries'- .'of '. War,' i ana \ '■ Finance';: the' Marigny:: Theatre ;\ the .-Bas-, '. - : tille (formerly: an:-histdrib prison);', and i : the/ Metropolitan.- Eailway.,v Station. ;-''■' .■.'. ot :.powpleUiy : 'Sub^Braed.';: '■'..:The-, with' .•'' seats : for :15,000 and a ,colossal.;organ)' and' ■.; the Champ ,de Mars' (an .square ,in : 'i front' of - School, -iwith ~'arti.::,.' ficial, embankment. on: : 'each;side,-.eitend«.; : : ing nearly'to the.;Seine).are,both':cbnw,''.-. pletely{submerged. l ...'r-.r,-.';''' ' : :~.~':?' {■ r, : .'~J"-;;-;;A''.'.;tqrrenti : ;30 i .{;fept;'.'.de«p : is 1 i'racini '■_■: through. the; underground:: railway.; stai.:'. tion'of.Des/Invaiides, and. ; the:adjoinin|' ' tunnel,; 20 feetlbelow'- the .roadway,'.■ ■!•■;';;o ' f . : A:-flood is. also roaring, through: thV':; ,;underground ■ station, Vat the Eue -Dante,'-V .500 yards' from' the Seine. It is feared'-!/ . that the 'section'■': whioh' passed' under . Vai 'i; ■ Seine;, has {fallen ; ,{>--.. ; : .-- : .;';-y;'^ ■"-:"" : ;-.|- ."ijorriblo-; 1 "Fl"ghts..-;'AWith ; t'Ra"tt.'v::'*. : 'v'-: ;v' : '■;: Terible: '{fighfs : are reported botweea'.' : : rats :and- imprisoned :residents.' :'rr -;:''.-v'" ;.At Voisin's ..aeroplane: works, dozens -'if. .' aeroplanes <,-have-been \ destroyed.':■ :•; '- ■ The fl6od:'extends a mile iorthi'.along.. the,:: Seine/ to) the: St./Lazaro/ Eailway;;;: Station. ', It: has swept'.awiy thekbarri-f'-cadesjiin'.thb- Boulevard .Haussman"and-'; the'vPlace.:.St.v Michael::-'-/; ,:/.:•;;:, ■■y^?i;

,;'A : greatdyke outside' : the; ■ city '■;. Avail; haying.' numerous -p JPPS market : gardens;'irrigated; ;age); burst,.-.flooding•',.a;large P. area,;and?- P Pl'4 impris6riirig.;7ooo people ■ in; their.',;homes;';-■;' : ■:;;; Pi ;•'';•;.'•■ Removing; Hospital.Patients".. p'fP:P: ,:»«?;| ;;The; Boueicaut,..'Hospital;, evacuated.;/Engineers Constructed a foqt-'jS," ;;'K.;;| bridge,; and: by '.this.' means-,the '■ women-/; : Pp : 'M patients-' were..•..'carried;:.'.with-•,'.;difficuity>.\V- ; -.ft>>'.'J;|j aoross prater 5 feet deep;.;.; Some of. then' ';? ■ '«;' P. -J are ; , riot-likely; to'survive;the shock.:'; : •■; The" - northern;. ..arid ■:■ the: 'eastern'; rait; way'lines;:are '■ open; oflidals'.anV&j;':; S appealing! for: every'boat'; that..can- tii'.'p:p?-p sent-to' Paris..:,.; ..:,'.'■;.-. : '■:.-., ';■ -;,; ■'■:] -Pppxp ; For funerals,, boats; are in;requisitioa •,'.;:' 'pv. instead of hearse's....:: V.-. .'•;■ .-.■. -J.'.'.; Pp-t : P'pPP-pLi -. -The Bourse'-is. agitated; and- tlereVhaai:;l';;',v : ;i' i ; been a heavy fall in"stocks. : 'i"'-P?: pPPrPP-i •'•N^:'4'sQLj£ ; yYtep^ :relief fund' opened; m-i6m<M§i:MM ;->:":';■ \^'i.y, ; v}; 1 ; London, Jahuary.;28.;;;' : ;:;;;<;;;»'<;:i; ..-'■A; relief .fund;! has been opened ■; at ',the.t' r J;;V; : '' .Mansion House,for ;tlie,relief;of.-suffer'eri^;:;; 'PtP by the; floods ;in Franco, *> p \: : :*.;:f:;: : .,iMpPpi ;; President .Taft has; 'cabled.;.e^ressiuj'Y;;';■•;.-S the-sympathy,; of .tho,; arid offering .Bed''.Cross I .aid., p-p,'-. • -'■■■jp l pp : :pi CONTRIBUTIONS '• FROM• POPE" AND'' &U : ■;'t p.:: Y --:yp:, : ;;; • (Rec. January 80,;5 p.m.); p i: ', P'p ■v '■■•■ -::.- London/ January; 29;;! '''■'-'P/'Pp ; ; Thei'vTsar," has.: given;'^looo ; -"-arid-.; tho PP-piP-Pope _;JBI2OO- : -towards' the -relief 'of ."aia-iPPp'P ; tress. 1 :;,':;,; -pPr'i'.pp-y : Pl;.:''p:'P'.':\Pp^pP AT THE CONFLUENCE OF RIVERS,-:;*;?!'»$ ,■: Pp.. : ;- ; ■■■ "gay paris." : ; .;;.■'■ pPPpP&Oi .Situated as it is on.both• banks of.:th«;:'%' ::; :-;:'''« Seine, near;.'the' confluence of the. tribu-'Sv; "pP taries :Yonne, Marne, and, Oise,; in' ,th«; : ' : 'p^■■s'■'.) centre of the fertile . plain of ■.'. '.Ile'i-'de.'-.- 'p.'Pj France,; or the so-called Paris .basis, ;thoi : ,. pPipl French;.capital.is the meeting- place of';.;-- ;;;>;-"; ''•rivers,:-canals; railways, and highways.; ■:.; Paris';is still esteemed the'.chief .city''or>;v'.?j'./;~;£the '■ world, for,; nionnnicits; and. publio";;.VV;.-;;'' buildings; ; for general elegance, as. as; for* 'scientific,;;literary, . and ■} eduoa-: p?PPP tional; institutions; : ■■■ ;.;; p:- '■:•' Y,; ; i : ; : ; .^ :: Picr : PP' ; Notre' Dam*, a rare monument of .rile- ..' diaeval art, so ■richly.'associateS-Trith-'tlM:-v;-'Sis:'-:-T'-. pen of Victor Hugo,- is .on-; the: Cite," •" i.'W;.-; Island., .On'the same island' is the Palais';-' -•" -;; : ; do Justtco and many.other notable struc--.') PPPI tures. From the Champ de .' i'v in to-day's inundations,, rises'- thV— '&'£s famous Eiffel; Towel,, 955. feet 'i high, ; it|v >; -v.. I ';*'.': iron, material weighing, nearly 7000 tons. ■-:.•'.' $■<• The drainage .of : Paris-, is chiefly'by a ;; :'■'•« - I '' system of 'cesspools (67,000 in v'v;' r;.;.: hvAW water-tight-'and : ''communicatirig '""^PP : > with tho-air % a-pipe .higher than'the '■ '".&i surrounding houses—the : cesspools ' bpinz - ;; -"; r regularly emptied at,night.■■",•'-■■.'•'•.'.-.-'• -,;.";'>;