Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-17
Yep" PARTIES ARE
QUITE THE FASHION
John Mantel Clapp Describes How
London Feels in Talk to
Palimpsest Club.
BRITAIN WILL FIGHT 10 END

According to John Mantel Clapp
of Lake Forest college, addressing
the Palimpsest club last evening at
the Omaha club, IL is quite the style
these days for Londoners to go out
in buses, taxis or hansoms, or even
on foot. to view zeppellns which soar
10000 feet above the British me-
tropolis during the Silly night.
These people have Yep" parties
and seem to think 1t is jolly fine.
Mr.. Clapp attended one of these
soirees during last summer, while in
London securing data for his lee
ture, London in War Time" which
he delivered last evening to sixty
/ Omahans.
Il was in a theater when a raid oc-
CURED one evening last September"
stated the lecturer. Il recognized the
( sound Of the engines and 1 was not
afraid. did not know I was q hero
until that time. / remained up until 2:So
a m.
"zep" FIies Very HieA.
THE Yep was about 1000 feet in
the air and looked ltSs a large cigar.
, There were London searchlights playing
on the aerial visitor. In the mo ming l
visited the scenes Of destruction. A bus
was struck and sixteen people killed.
A warehouse was set Attire and a grass
plat in Queens Square was struck. 1
think the results were rather trivial when
one considers the daring Of the raiders
and the expense incurred. l learned the
British are making aeroplanos kh!ch will
fly faster and hurl more destruct, n At
these Zeps.' The effect Of these raids is
to stimulate recruiting"
:. or the European contest the speaker
said viewing the situation in London'
1T believe It Ia a contest not of sci ish
ends, but OF ideals and principles. There
Is q mangnif cent enthu- iasm 70 which
we must take off our hats. The nations
of Europe are down 70 the very bed
rock of national consciousness. Tho peo-
pie are thinking seriously-mors so than
for many years.
Respect for british.
II came away with a greater respect
! for the British. 1 believe the thing is
going to a finish. Ono can not help but
ladmire the devotion of nations Of men
| who have gone beyond mere superb ial-
! ity. l think the world will be bette
for this revival. II WIZ be the end Of
war. There will be new England and
the same might DO said Of other ma
tions."
/ Mr.. Clapp said his observations while
/ in London led him to believe that the
people of this country are not highly re-
| garded abroad. He said he heard this
i ffnnRa
I'm a Yank and I'm too dern proud to
fight"
I'VE are a world of our own" he said
land not in the center Of this interna-
tional strife, but they do not seem to
! realize that. And yet when you talked to
the men and women Of London you were
told that their wish was that the United
States would not get into the war. for
what would become of the Belgians and
others being helped by us?"
No Hatred for Germans.
He did not observe any real hatred to-
ward the Germans in London. but rather
a feeling that the Germans were misled.
he said the miners OF Britain were rep
resented by greater numbers in the war
| than any other class OF workmen, not
withstanding that when the war was
started the miners were in the throes of
a strike That illustrated the British tenn
permanent. He found grim resolve in
the Britisher's attitude toward the war
| and allAyed anxiety whether the Rus
SLAMS would stick. He found them pre-
pairing for a long, gTuelling fight and de-
termined to go through with It.
Plenty of Munitions Now.
| Information he is said to have received
was that the British have plenty OF mu-
nitions. with more factories being opened
and many women working in the fac
tories, There Is vast reserve of men
and he added that London had not been
tapped.
In his observations of the many classes
of soldiers he saw in London. Mr.. Clapp
told of the honors' conferred upon the
Canadian troops and said Scotland has
contributed more soldiers proportionately
than any OF the countries of the empire.
The darkened streets OF London were
mentioned and he told OF the rich youns
men going to the front in various capaci-
ties. Women of wealth are making over
last seasons dresses. while many Of the
poorer classes are INDUCING in unwonted
extravagances on account OF certain ben
efactions incident TO the war. There u
more money than usual in circulation, al
though professional people and eduoa-
tional institutions are feeling the effects
Of the war.
THE people believe In Kitchener and
generally speaking, the people are with
the government"
The speaker Of the evening was intro
duced by John L. Webster, president OF
the club. Mr.. Webster paid high COM
pliment to foreign-born citizens of this
country. expressing the belief that In
time OF necessity they would be Just "a
patriotic as citizens born under the flag
He said every true American citizen il
willing to let other nations fight theiI
own battles. but this country Is ever
ready to extend the olive branch OF peace
TO the world.