The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-01
Associal i Press Letters
From the War Zone
Correspondence of Tho Associated Press,


London, Oct. 16.-The women's Re-
serve Ambulance got chance to show
what it can do on the night of the big
Zeppelin raid on London. October 13.
How the women acquitted themselves
is told by one of their numbers. Cap
tain Kilroy Kenyon in Votes for
Women"
I'VE were all laughing and talk
ing together" she says when sud-
denly we heard guns and bombs in
the distance. 1t was a tremendous
test of the efficacy of the drilling and
discipline of the last few months, for
none of the girls had really been
tested in an emergency before. They
all behaved magnificently from begin
ming to end. In a second they were
all in their places at attention wait
ing for orders. The orders were given
and in less than minute we were In
the ambulance and of.
The driver. Capt. Linton Orman,
was a marvel. She drove us TO the
first fire in twelve minutes and in
pitch darkness. for every light was
turned out. When we arrived the po-
lice asked us how on earth we had
managed to get there in the time"
At the first place they reached no
one had been killed or injured and
they started immediately for the next
nearest place where bombs had fallen.
Here it was found that several per-
sons had been killed or injured. The
women took command of the situa-
ton and. after doing what could be
done on the spot for the injured drove
them to the nearest hospital. 1t was
not until they were Just about to
start, says Captain Kenyon. that an
other ambulance appeared on the
scene onlS to be told by the police:
FThe ladies' have finished this job and
there is nothing left for you to do"
At the third place to which the
ambulance was driven that same night
there was also work for the women 70
do. Although no one had been killed
or seriously injured by bombs. several
firemer. who had been engaged fight
ing the fires caused by the BOMBS, had
been overcome by smoke. They were
given first aid by the women and then
driven in an ambulance to the hos
pitaL
The women's Reserve Ambulance is
an offshoot Of the Women's Volunteer
Reserve Corps, which was started by
the Hon. Mrs. Haverfield, a vice.
president Of the United Suffrag1stS,
soon after the war broke out. 1t be-
gan, with six members. 1t now has
200. II is run on military lines and
with military titles, too, with day and
night shifts ready to turn out when
ever an alarm sounds.
Budapest, Hungary, Oct IA sys-
tematic campaign or opposition To
the censor is being waged by the
newspapers of Austria and Hungary
A memorandum to the prime minister,
signed by publishers and editors,
points out that the newspapers existed
during the first year of the war under
a milder censorship and succeeded In
serving the country worthily and
patriotically. rs it not then unjust"
they ask, "that an increasing number
oe restrictions should be applied daily
The newspapers are tired of being al
lowed to speak only of city authorities
and fraudulent army contractors. and
seek the restoration Of the small free
dom which they enjoyed In pre-war
times"
Since the war, it is stated, 81 Hung.
arian newspapers published by Czechs,
Slovacks. Slavs and Rumanians have
been suppressed.
Stockholm, Oct. SIN order to avoid
the consumption of grain and pora-
toes the manufacture of alcohol and
fodder from reindeer moss is being
tried on an extensive scale in north
ern Germany Reindeer moss is very
plentiful in the arctic sections Of
Scandinavia, being the principal food
of the reindeer during the winter. Sew
eral large shipments of the moss have
been sent to Germany during the past
two months.
Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 3.-When
a delegation representing the Trades
Hall council of Melbourne waited upon
Premier Fisher a week ago and asked
him for a pronouncement as to the at
titude of the government toward con-
scription, Mr.. Fisher declared that
conscription would not be introduced
in Australia unless the people OF the
commonwealth were given an oppor-
tunity of voting upon the question. He
added that the government had no In
tention of bringing in a bill dealing
with conscrIptlon. and as for himself
he was opposed to 1t
Throughout the hearing Mr.. Fisher
showed great impatience over the
whole subject Of oonscription. He said:
$50 far as the government Is con-
cerned il stands exactly as 1t has al
WAYS stood. 1t is pledged under the
defense act to raise our own men by
leyies FOR the defense OF the domin-
lon"
When member of the delegation
suggested that the allies of Great Brit
ain might be pressing her to put con-
script army into the field, he replied
with some heat, "They would not be
allowed any such impertinence."