Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-30

leo. In the tea garden whore resi-
81 about thirty miles from London. Z /
neafd. as il CHANGED. no word of war
Tramp of Marching Men.
AT bend in the road that lea me
homeward through hilgy and appar-
IentN deserted stretch OF country. nj
suddenly heard the tramp of march
ing men, and, in am instant, they were
upon me, Ina column of fours. their
sray-green khaki covered with the
dust of long route march. The red
bands ON their sleeves bearing the
black letters q. r. government recog-
milton. or Georgms Rex. as YOU pre-
! terl marked them as a portion Of that
/ body of Britons who. knowing them
selves unfit for the army. are none the
less determined to arm equip and
train at their own expense in the i'm
= terests of preparedness There are
now near quarter of a million Of
these. I believe, and You can run
lacross them doggedly drilling an over
, rural England If YOU invade il afoot
/ or awheel during the week end
At the mere thought OF remotely
possible invasion of this peaceful lit
lie land. this national guard sprang
into being fostered by prominent ciu-
! zens, precisely as our own training
Ieamps of last summer. For Instance
/ the erudite and somewhat stiff jointed
editor Of a weekly journal we'll known
20 Americans. spends his Sundays I'M
( the saddle, maneuvering amateur cav
airy an over the country of my walk
! This voluntary movement has positive
iN forced itself on the war office, and
lii is already far'more extensive than
our, and fully as determined 20 be-
come a permanent feature of national
life Yet it is a mere sideshow i'm the
military activity Of the empire
This brings me to the question Of
London as a fortified town, can ten
YOU in confidence that London has I'M
deed been inordinately fortified 10y
these same volunteers. Superanuated
gentlemen "of substance from the
city, clerks and other office men who
would be rejected by any medical of !
.ficer, lock their desks and steal |
.stealthily out on Saturday afternoons
to seize pick and spade for practice i'm !
trench digging And since the lord /
mayor has openly congratulated them /
upon the creditable evidences that /
now exist, in the suburbs Of this biz /.
ceps-developing and paunch-reduclug /
work. Count Reyentlow is of course /
entitled to demand that London be /
evacuated"
No Sign of Evacuation
Still nobody seems to be eyaeuatng |
it, The German argument on the de- |
fences of London appears 70 be based /
on the following facts: At the out /
break of the war the German press !
agents ostentatiously announced that (
ability ana intention to attack de-
fenseless London from the air. TIL +
authorities here thereupon devised I
certain precautions and prepared GER /
tain defenses. the adequacy of which !
the population of London has of Late I
been very vigorously discussing Fin !
ally German Zeppelin commandGs |
have prepared lengthy accounts of he (
evidence of these defenses observed (
from their peculiar point of view and /
they urge these as entire Justification
for their dropping of bombs as lear
to hospitals, theaters and blOcGs OF
private dwellings as may prove con-
venent in an attack" which ra1
only be pronounced as Successful
it inflicts damage somewhere, without /
exposing the Zeppelin to the more Sc (
rious risk involved in near approach /
TO well defended military establish /
ments. 1t is perfectly clear to the !
of London that the objec- /
tive of the Zeppelin raids is the indis- /
criminate destruction of property and, /
let us say incidentally, of life in the /
heart of London. Not only has no 7
military or other important public I
such as the docks arsenals, /
etc. glibly reported by the Germans, /,
been damaged By the Zeppelins, but /
they evidenced no disposition to seek
them out and attack them. The pur-
pose of the raids is quite obviously
pure terrorism of the population, (
which if you care to accept the Ger
man code. you may regard as a legit-
innate military objective
1t is impossible, however for even
a neutral to argue about the status an
law of air raids on Lon
lon if. and when. that neutral hap
pens to be looking up, as the writer
has been on two occasions at a Yep
lclfn cruising close to his home, while
MS ears are filled with the vicious de-
onation Of its bombs near by hold /
.cry definite views about the detenses
IF London on such occasions, and res
dents here are inclined to estimate
he LEGALITY" Of their possible recur-
'ence in terms of such incidents as
hat of the little London lad, VINO
prang dazed and terrified from ms
'ot only to plunge down to death
through the wreckage of the tloor
which a Zeppelin bomb had wrought
II his bed chamber. Indeed, ! round
myself on the last occasion when the
.missaries Of "Kultur' visited London,
haking my fist up in the air at them
md cursing them roundly in good
american fashion, to the complete
urprise and even CONSERVATION OIL
ny more restrained British neighbors.
British Efficiency.
AS we Americans in London nave
,een officially informed by our am
,assador that in the matter Of af
aids. we are here at our own RISK
,ur neutral observation Of British ei-
iciency in the prosecution of the war
s naturally tmgod with unusual per
onal interest. The present public dis
tt In !