The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-29
ANXIOUS To
PRESERVE STRICT
NEUTRALITY
Citizens Of Republic in United
Kingdom Circulate Petition
C~ondeming Pernicious Ac-
Invites Of Press.

(Associated Press CorrospoadcnceJ
London. Dec. 2g.-S wiss residents in
the United Kingdom are considerably
disturbed about the attitude OF certain
sections OF the swiss press. which
they fear H. threatening the INTEGRITY
81 tho republics neutrality. Accord
ingly a petition IS nov being circu-
lated throughout Great Britain amt
ireland condomning what are styled
dangerous eXceEses of some Swiss
newspapers.
The resolution Gays That In "a free
country ever citizen has the right
10 hin and write az his opinions
dictate. "Rut,' 10 adds. we hope that
In tho future the newspapers In ques-
,ion viii cndeavor 20 cultivate more
the critical sense. and 10 abstain from
making comments which could offend
any Of the bclligerent powers"
Those circulating the petition are
desirous that Il be signed o. Swiss
rcgardlcss % racc-Gcrman. French,
ftaiian-SwiEs-aad an EFFORT is aclng
made go bring IL before swiss subjects
resident In berlin
To offset criticism against profog-
sional football. which has been
charged with hampcring resruiting,
authority has been granted FOR the
formation of q battalion OF athletes
and football players, 60 bc known as
the l7th football battalion Of the
Middlesex regiment
SOCKS, socks, socks, b. what the sol-
dicr most needs. This Is emphasized
in almost every letter from the front
May I be- forgiven. writes AN oti-
cor. for directing your charitable et-
forts and suggest that we caluot have
too many cousignmcutg OF socks. vcry
large sizes preferred. made of tIicE
wool AZ you know tho men in vet
trenches are often for days unable Co
take their boota on. the result De- sore
feet, and az times frost-hite. which
affected them severely during the cold
suap ten days ago. The government
and private persons al home have
been very generous ln the matter az
warm clothes. but fOot-gear b. always
wearing out
Absurd stories about the caste hah-
iLs OF the Indian soldiers will make
\ AAWHNAf W AFN ANHhH @|"
OfMoore CrcRgh
one correspondent wrote that tho
I Oturkas had been given q special dis
pensatton TO eat beef and drink port
ar. like the British soldiers Nutnins
could DE a worse insult Go the 4hurka,
says General Cycash.
Tho British press has laYished It's
praise almost entirely on the Ghurkas
- sinh. a. thn r.mlgnf nf MNAaT
lighting castles. Thcre are. for in
stance. three regiments ~ pogras
who. although III poor physique, are
the coolest under Gre OF any 81 the
native soldier. Some ~ the best
nThting Indians are Punjah Mohcm-
medaus.
A popular mistake Is that the
Ghurkas throw their knives or carved
knife a. the enemy. They do not
throw Il. out use it 80 %skillfully that
they can behead a buffalo calf az "a
single blow
Paris women are CLEANSING their
gait. says a correspondent from tho
Freurh capital
I'm nothing has the M OF
Paris. whose Silhouette Is a0pieA sii
over the WORM ttttt-fA ~ HHA"" 81"
ia her walk. a short time nEo she
wrigglod her way along and her an
ntumy appeared 90 bc 81 the stTangest
Today she il gradually shipping b&ck
into her old habit az %trtpping. and u
suits her much better Her hgufe is
takinE on It's old familiar lines and
the Cat chest BE- likely 60 disappear
with the ~ungrnccful wrlgsle,
"Whcn the old writers spoke 81 "a
beautiful daurhter OF France the
IMAGINATION pictured something very
dinerent from the quaint littio people
who have grimaccd the boulevafds OF
late years. ana u 81 quite probable
that with the return OF peace We shhli
see a return of the old tipe French
woinan a. an claFses and the revival
Wln benent moi only France but the
world ln general for n the
Frenchwoman does to-day mo women
Of an the ciyliized world DO tcmcf-
row
The butt ends OF cigars and cigar
cities picked up % mdustrionsly in the
streets o., vasahonds are not al issd
Cor private smoking rs shown in the
case OF Isaac Las. an east end tOhae-