The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-08-22

LONDON. Aug. 22.--The big
presses In Fleet Ht are turning Al
tho corner OF BOuyerie stands
'Erbert. tho newEman' Hung from
his neck In a screaming placard.
'Erbert WAS soldier once. ana
earned the queens Bhiliin' Nov
he In newsman. and his arms are
full OF newspapers with the INK still
wet upon them.
big NAVAL BATTLE lMMl-
NENTl" says 'Erbcrt's piacard.
'Erbert is n sodden soul. Though
tho air n electric with patriotism
and the rumors OF war. 'Erberts
heart drives not a beat the faster.
He is selling more papers than he
ever sold before. lie IL earning
more money than he ever earned
before.
He and the Of woman and the
little nlpper will have bloater and
tea for supper. That's wotl SO let
EN- fight.
London il full OF 'Erberts. You
might almost say 'Erbert Is London.
He ls only little better of than
the hoollgAna. whose wasted and
scarecrow frames drape the benches
on the Victoria embankment by the
river only n block away.
London-the London OF the East
End. OF East and West Ham. Of the
Old Kent Road. OF Bermondsey. Of
the dock region-the London OF
6.000.0 900 souls--London r. iethargic.
London is concerned with more
vital things nearer home than the
war on the other side Of the chan
mel
Bacon In up penny a pound.
Flour costs more than II did.
Jobs are scarcer than formerly.
Recruits are being added to the
hooligan ranks.
London. never ovcr-fed, Isn't get
ting enough TO eat
And besides. wha, is there TO
there 10 worry about7
Doesn't BrittAnia rule the waves. :
Hasn't II been declared. times
without number. that the BritainE
never. never. never shall be slaves
The calm assurance OF the British
or. OF any class. that one OF his race
can lick any six Germans with one
hand tied behind HIS back In sub
lime.
II you care 10 take bus across
Blaekfriar's bridge 10 the Elephant
and Castle. you can hear the anna
tcur experts discussing the we'll
known superiority Of tho English
over the Germans.
The public bar in crowded.
Beer. at any rate. Ia still plentiful
and a penny n glass.
Here the orator who shouts the
loudeEt gets the most respectful
hearing
A coster In corduroy and fustian,
with a cloth cap on his bullet head,
and kerchief about his swarthy
nerk. has the floor.
"wo,." says he. II doan't like this
ere war is MS aflghtin' alongside o.
them frog eaters. as amt got no
use for an never nd. wot we'd
orter do. mates. is chuck the
Frenchies an give the whole bleed
in lot wot-for."
Chorus OF: Fret 'Erei-
Mayfair has none OF the cock
snreness OF the Elephant and Castle.
The West End Is frankly worried.
In the expensive bars OF Regent
st and Piccadilly grave English gen
tlemen find only gloom In their
Scotch and sodas.
Only the jingoes are triumphant
after melancholy fashion. We
told you so." they say.
For years the jingoes have been
predicting war with Germany.
IL was bound TO come. they said.
and therefore the dreadnought-build.
Ing race must go on. though taxes
mount and thousands and tens OF
thousands starve.
And now II has come. VIII Eng.
land "muddle" through,
Crowds gather magically and scat.
ter in obedience TO the lifting OF a
"bobby's" hand.
Curious crowds they are. amen.
able TO authority. seemingly without
emotion.
Trafalgar square fills and empties
ftaalf n doyen fiues da~