Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-02
MOTHER OF AVIATOR
SEEKS WOUNDED SON
In PARIS HOSPITALS
quest Described by English
woman in Letter to Rela-
tive in Philadelphia.
Aiman's Plucky Flight.

The horrors OF war have come bom.
to an English mother who eava cbsor
.uhy her two sons to Britain's cause
~ letter to relative in Philadelphia
she describes her quest for tbe eidar
MEMBER OF the Royal Flying Corns
VINO was wounded on aerial ,uty INT
Insoe s. plucky Night TO the Allies lines.
L heart-rending search of Paris
nobpltals Tor three days. mother-love yon
& rs reward by discovering the wounded
80 ~ the Hotel Majestic, now turned
70 hospital uses. The mother writes:
round my poor darling very IN ana
.educcd to the semblance OF n skeleton
He had been shot when 5000 feet i'm in
we AR by German who was droppinp
bombs OH our trenches
inere were two men IN the German,
LsIOpIane, but poor Pat was alone in
ms SO ne stood mighty little chance
after he was hit he stuck to IT wonder
Iuiiy forced himself to keen conscious.
ana with everything growing blacker and
plaoker before his eyes he kept his ma
o,,nn e as steady as possible. He was
over the German lines when he began
10 descend, and our lines were on the
other side Of the River Aisne: but he
could Just see some aeroplanes on the
ground and instinctively felt he must
reach them. Fortunately. he landed Just
oy them, as he became absolutely un-
conscious and he was unstrapped and
taken out of his machine which, by
that time, was full OF blood. There was
an ambulance near and he was at once
removed TO q hospital
Ever since he has been very. very ILL
ne has tve wounds, and it is still doubtful
u he VIII pull throughput surely after
such marvellous escape Providence
means to keep him with us to continue a
fne and useful life. The generals at the
front are full OF praise of his work, and
the knowledge of their Kindness and
their generous words about him have been |
extremely helpful to the dear boy. | am |
allowed to spend the entire afternoon in |
his room every day, and I can see a |
marked improvement already. Unfortu- ,
nately. he has had three serious opera
tions, but he is so brave that one would |
never know from him how much he has
suffered"
PITY FOR BELGIANS
Even the poisnancy of personal sorrows
failed to quench the ready sympathies of
this brave Enslishwoman, who writes |
thus concerning the stricken Belgians:
Il have been stirred to the depths by
the fall of Antwerp. The tragedy of Bel
gium should be complete. but as onet OF
the refugees said, The Belgians have lost
cent people! King Albert had been as
sured more than once that the city would
be spared II he would only betray his
Allies and submit to the violators of
Belgian neutrality. But the young SOW
ereign refused again and again. The
critics tell us that in a military sense
Antwerp is an empty prize. But there is
rejoicing I'm Berlin and menace to Eng
and Their reasoning is unsound They
1ut make us set our teeth. We regret
more bitterly our lack of such military
preparation would have enabled us to
aaga Dale F-a VE.E-
md we resolve never to lay down our
rms until King Albert's realm is re-
tored, enlarged and secured. {
I'VE are not depressed. but we are at Z
asst awakened and determined. Well
ny dear. we must await results. but the
iermans failed in the march on Paris;
hey failed in the battle OF the Marne; S
hey failed in the battle of the Aisne. -
i've weeks ago Won Illuk's army was
I the gates of Paris. now it is over 100
niles away. and with little chance OF re- L
urnlng. What have they achieved?
olely the ruin OF poor little Belgium"