Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-12-04
Geo. Hill Talks
Upon The War


of the big rotary printing presses
known from east to west and from
pole to pole. What Honest George"
Hill, as he is Familiarity known to
those who love him, does not know
about these monstrous bits of mech
anism Guild be balanced on a pin
point. And that is the main reason
why Cottrell & Sons send him all
over the world to show their GUS
toners how to run them properly
and with the most efficiency. He has
spent all of his life in the printing
business, and the major portion OF
it with the firm who's utmost con-
fidence he holds, and whenever any
thing goes wrong with one of their
products, George Hill is always the
man they send to investigate,
whether it be in Hoboken or Bombay,
and they can rest assured that the
work will be done right and no
other way. George has been in SO
many places in his time and seen so
many different things that he has had
enough to make the average man
blase, but not him-he is too demo-
cratic and simple in his tastes to
ever reach that bored state of ennui,
and so, he is always glad to get back
to Fort Lee among his friends and
neighbors, no matter where he has
been.
1t was not many weeks ago that
he returned from special trip to
England, where he had been on bust
ness, bringing back with him whole
boat load of interesting experiences
and so much practical knowledge of
the existing conditions in Europe,
and England especially, that his OBJ
servations have an absorbing value.
When asked by a "Palisadin" re-
porter which side was going to win
the war he replied:
"There is no question in my mind
but that the Allies will eventually
win, but it is going to be a tough
struggle. You see determination Is
stamped all over England. Men,
women and children are imbued alike
with the bitterest hatred of the
enemy. 1t quite surprised me. Why
the proprietress of the hotel in which
we stopped in Liverpool, shortly
after the sinking of the Lusitania,
was so bitter in her hatred and de-
nunciation of the German people that
my wife, who was with me and is
descended from German extraction,
became so alarmed at the vehement
CREATIONS of the frenzied woman that
she became frightened that she
might receive some bodily violence,
but it all blew over as clouds do, and
before we left the good womn, who
could have made mince meat of my
wife, in free-for-all, kissed her an
affectionate goodby and told her to
come again."
"Dou you think there is any like
hood of an early peace?" he was
asked.
"Not as far as England is con
cerned. That country is all primed
for a battle to the finish. Nothing
but the abject subjugation of Ger
many will ever satisfy England. And
do you know that the women are all
praying for the war to last long
time? No? Well, that does sound
funny admit, but it is nevertheless
fact. You see, it is this way:
Over 70 per cent of the enlisted men
at the front are married. Their
wives receive sixty cents day from
the government as long as the war
lasts with small per capita allow
ance alo for each child in the family,
nd besides II this the firm which en-
ployed the husband before the war
likewise gives pension of some kind
to the wife and family left behind.
Co yoY1 oan raoJi1xr coo tbot o,~,o,,c,
the poorer classes the families are
living better today than they did
when the husbands were at home, so
that they hope that the war will con-
tinue so that their allowance will
not be cut off. However, | will say
this for the English wife and, that
is, that she does sincerely hope, in
the majority of case, tshat her hus-
band will not get killed, which in
wav is quite commendable.
"a thing which / noticed particu-
larly, was the great fuss made over
soldiers returning from the front,
and sailors just ashore from ship
which had been sunk. Of course,
thi great ado was perfectly natural
and undoubtedly we would feel and
do the same thing over here under
like circumstances, but it made me
feel very sad to see these men go
staggering about the street, made
drunk by the hospitality of their
friends. Every time a chap in the
ranks becomes a sort of hero, it is
the signal for everybody to treat
him to a glass of something or other,
and before very long he is blind
drunk"
"Another strange thing about the
Englishmen is that they seem to re-
sent our not jumping into the fight.
They appear to take it to heart very
seriously and make no bones about
calling US "a lot of Yankee cowards,'
whenever an opportunity offers. |
never shall forget the first man l
heard use this phrase. 1t certainly
made my blood boil, but restrained
myself from violence and merely
asked him instead, if he wanted us
to come over and fight England's
battles for her. l presume this made
him boil too, but if it did, he gave