Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-01
JU-J|TSU IN THE
BARRACK ROOM
Edgar Wallace Ia the London
Daily Mail Gives Tommy
Atkins View.
SOME Good BRITISH HUMOR.
Private Nobby Gives a Demonstrators
With Spud Murphy as the In
dlgaant Subject

Edgar Wallace, the enterprslng war
correspondent Of the London Daily Mail
who scooped the world when peace was
about to be declared at the termination
Of the Boer war; and who in conse-
quence brought down the displeasure OF
the war Office on his devoted head, Is
responsible for tho following humorous
dissertation on jui-Jitsu. which APP
peared in the Daily Mail Of March 16.
Politics form no part of the barrack-
room debating society. Mr., Atkins lives
In a world of his own, and Is not inter-
ested IN the subjects that agitate his
civilian brother.
He Is interested In personalities, GER
tainly and Mr.. Chamberlain and Lord
Rosebery are very real persons TO him:
but talk about the respective merits Of
free trade and protection and he will
yawn. Very high politics, politics that
make for war; parliamentary proceed
ings that have direcS bearing upon pay,
promotion, and uniform, are OF the first
Importance; and does an Hon. member
ask the secretary OF state for war
whether his attention has been called
to the refusal of the proprietor OF the
Green Man" to supply two soldiers in
uniform with liquid refreshments, that
Hon, member may be certain that he
VIII achieve popularity out OF all pro-
portion to the service he has rendered
the army.
High politics include OF course, the
Russo-Japaneses war, AS 90 the cause
Of that unhappy conflict no opinion Is
offered, since that is matter which
does not greatly concern the soldier:
but the conduct of the campaign has
won unstinted admiration for the
plucky little fasteners.
| learnt this much from Smithy 1--WE
were watching an army cup match),
and learnt also that the popularity OF
a foreign power may easily be exploited
with profit
1--WE 'ad long talk about II the other
night down In our room. Dusty Miller
him with the crooked nose--said that
the laps was wnnln' because thy'd got
a better rifle than the Russians. Jimmy
Walters said II was because the officers
was more friendly with the men than
what ours was.
WHY THE JAPS WIN.
IAN you chaps are talkin through
your eads, SEE Nobby; It ain't rifles,
II amt guns, and II amt officers
"'You know fat lot Spud Murphy
stuck in, II it amt none OF them, what
is it2'
"Jue Jitsoo,' SEE Nobby, with a
cough.
"'Who's she, Nobby? seq, an all the
other chaps said the same.
'Jue JitsOo SEE Nobby slowly Is
n sort OF thing that you II a chap
without touchin' i'm, In a manner Of
speakln,'
Talk sense, Nobby, SEE spud, an
he SEE, don't try TO talk about things
YOU don't know nothn' about
"1'll show you what / mean, seq
Nobby gettin' up from rs cot L read
about Il In a book bought-come ere
Dusty
"'What forg seq Dusty, shrInkln
back
81 want to show you 'ow It's done
SEE Nobby. takin' orr Is coat an rollin
up Is sleeves.
Show Smithy, sez Dusty.
Show Spud, / SEE. very hasty.
.,Spud didn't like the idea, but Nobby
said II was all right.
II you 'urt me-, seq Spud threat
enin' ITS me an you for H. Nobby.'
Don't cry SEE Nobby, takin' old
OF spud's arm, an then started to ex-
plain.
Suppose you're a thief e sez.
No snacks, SEE spud.
suppose you come up 10 me on nav
night an try TO pick my pocket
You amt ever got anything on a
pay-night,' seq spud with a larf.
Well went on Nobby, not tRkin'
any notice OF Spud, ] Just ketch old OF
you like thls--an' that--an there YOU
are.