Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-21
SIDELIGHTS ON THE
GREAT EUROPEAN WAR

soldiers, who were henceforth to be
free in respect to trade and residence.
The term favorable was amply justi-
fed considering all the circumstances
Of the moment at which the agreement
was drawn up MILAN
To Prince Ching, however the duty
of negotiating for it's revision will be
a task rich in opportunities, especial
ly as the imperial seal appears to be
a sine qua non of revival of mon.
archy In the eyes of Europeans, the
de Ig9s 9ql o. psuogllg eouBlIodm!
pears amusingly exaggerated; to the
Chinese. on the other hand, Journalism
is everything and it is of the essence
of the present situation that the edicts
in which the Manchus announced their
abdication delegated to, Yuan Shikai
authority to "organize with full powers
II provisional republican government" =
Theoretically, therefore, as long as the.
! Menchus retain the seal they retain.
the source and symbol of the author
iity which they allowed Yuan Shi-kai
| to use.
| London-The Women's Reserve
| Ambulance got chance to show
what it can do on the night of the big
Zeppelin raid on London, October 49,.
How the women acquitted themselves
| is told by one Of their number, Cap.
tain Kilroy Kenyon in Votes for
Women
| I'VE were all laughing and talking
together" she says, when suddenly
we heard guns and bombs in the dis
lance. 1t was a tremendous test of
the efficacy Of the drilling and dis
cipline of the last few months, for
none Of the girls had really been test
ed in an emergency before. They all
behaved magnificently from begin
ming to end In a second they were
all in their place at attention waiting
for orders The orders We're given
and in less than minute we were in
the ambulance and off.
THE driver, Captain 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
police 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 1t was found that several per-
sons had been killed or injured. The
women took command of the situation
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 another
ambulance appeared on the scene only
to be told by the police, THE ladies
have finished this job and there is
nothing left for you to do
At the third place to which the am
bulance was driven that same night
there was also work for the women
to do. Although no one had been
killed or seriously injured by bombs,
several firemen. who had been en-
gagged fighting the fires caused by the
bombs, had been overcome by smoke.
They were given first aid by the WON
Ell and then driven in an ambulance
to the hospital.
The Women's Reserve Ambulance
is an offshoot of the Women's Volun-
teer Reserve corps. which was start
ed by the Hon Mrs Haverfield. a
vice president of the United Suffra-
gists. soon after the war broke out. 1t
began with six members. 1t now has
900 1t is run on military lines and
with militray titles. too, with day and
night shifts ready to turn out when
ever an alarmk sounds.
Budapest, Hungary.-A systematic