The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-23
NO KISSES NOW FOR CANADIAN TROOPS Mild Epidemic of. Throat Trouble Causes Order RESTORED TO GRACE Lady Katherine Coke Again in Att tendance on Queen Mary, Who
 Indorses Her .Strong
 Pacifist Views
By E. l.. HEITK.Mp

London. February 6.-tSpecial.)- in- deed is the lot of those se,ooo odd Canadian warriors who are encamped on historic Salisbury plain. Now. il seems, they must not be kissed. Appealing official notices to that effect have, in fact, been post up in (previously) sleeply old Sails bury itself and in the surrounding vil- lages so it looks as If the boys would have to worry along without osculation for awhile unless-horrible thought-the fair sex down there should decide to turn deaf ear to the pleadings of of- ficialdom
 It seems that mild epidemic of what it's victims have ehristened Canadian throat has broken out amongst the ma rtial men from the land of the maple leaf and il is with the object of prevent ing this form spreading to the civilian population round about that the official appeal to please not kiss the Cana dians.' which is signed by the local health officer, has been issued. One fears that il will be more honored in the breach than in the observance.
 The above sad state of things was described to me by one of the Cana dians-really the son of big landowner near Stocllton-on-T Tees, who went out to Ontario a couple of years ago-and he also made a whole tea party chortle with the following tale. It seems that the nearest railroad station to the Canadian camp is at Amesbury, a village some six miles away, and when, as generally hap pens, no conveyance thereto is available, and the boys want to get either to Sails bury or London, they mostly go into Amesbury on ..shanks' mare.''
 Just about dusk. the other evening, it seems. the teller of this tale and a pal, desirous of toying with the distractions of this metropolis, started to walk into the nearby station and, when about a quarter of the way. suddenly noticed be- hind them a vehicle which was being driven Amesbury- ward at a smart pace. As it came near, one of the Canadians called to the driver. Any chance of a lift?"
 The driver slaokened his pace not a whit. But as he drove on, he shouted back this cryptic remark: Your turn s ccming.a
 Then they saw he was driving hearse!
 Pacifist Lady-in-W Waiting
 One of the most remarkable personages now at court is Lady Katherine Coke.
 who has been in continual attendance on
 Queen Mary for six weeks fact that
 is significant.
 There have been rumors about the court
 for sometime past that Queen Mary
 most earnestly prays that the war will be ended shortly. It must be borne in mind that Queen Mary is the only wom-
 an in England who knows the real truth of what is taking place along the British front in France.
 The tales of unspeakable suffering and the appalling casualty nsts, the whole truth about which is perhaps rightly hie l from the general public have filled Queer Mary with fearful horror of the wal which her majesty regards as tragedy s.',ich the civilized world ought to bring uc' m end somehow. In such a frame 'ii mind, it is not to be wondered al | ,nat Queen Mary turns for companions ship to the one woman in the royal estab. lishment whose horror of war has always been as great as is the Queens at present Lady Katherine Coke is well knowr pacifist She came in for a good dea of unpopularity at court during the Boel war. not so much on account of her pro Boer sympathies but for her opposition to the war on general principles. On ont occasion during the Boer war she was 3 guest at York cottage of the present King and Queen. then Duke and Duchess of York. Amongst the guests was pr 1 Lang the present Archbishop of York
 At dinner. one night. discussion arose l DelWetn DI. iSdliS ditt ishtS iNdti'N'iiis on the subject of the justification oi war from the Christian standpoint Lady Katherine plainly expressed the opiniof 1 that if the churches in all Christian countries took the attitude that war wat
 unchristian it would tend, much more | effectively than peace conventions, t' l put an end to war.
 But as it is,' said Lady Katherine .the churches follow the politicians ant
 diplomatsts always and support their ac tions and justify them even If they leat | to war Dr. Lang contented himsel
 simply with denial of Lady Katherine' statements and the discussion ended. bu 1 Lady Katherine left York cottage thu 1 following day, and it was not until thu war was over that she was guest O
 royalty again or indeed of any person il 1 the royal entourage.
 1 Restored to Grace
 l. But Lady Katherine was too well es l tablished in the esteem and favor of thu
 Teck family to be debarred from cour permanently and after the war and tn 1 death of Queen Victoria she became { | prominent, figure In the entourage of th I present Queen. Lady Katherine was { l lady-in- waiting in the household of th l Queens mother and a few years ag' was given an appointment as extra lady in-waiting to her present majesty. Th' appointment was merely intended by th Queen as a graceful compliment to ne