The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
THE MARCH
INTO LONDON

The streets and squares around London Bridge
Station are. on the following morning. "A tre-
hooks Of Germany. gallant Austrians and war
tested sons Of the Pushta dress up"-so far as
that IS possible-and await the historic hour.
Hurrah, Hindenburg has stepped upon the
station square! Sharp at 9 O'Clock he mounts
his horse. He rides between Ludendorff and
Count Zeppelin. The battalions unfurl their flags.
To the strains of the entry into Paris OF 1914.
all head for London Bridge.
Thereon the left bank Of the Thames, where
smoke clouds brew over ruins. there stood until
the day before yesterday for nineteen centuries
th" Tower # London. Several Of the thirty
Busy Berthas" that were sent into the city re-
luced this old defiant fort on the eastern edge
Of the city TO SCOT and ashes. The arsenal, with
its walls ana its proud pinnacles, now Is a scrap
heap. only the blood tower still stands. like "A
weird warning. amid the debris OF the sunken
stone fortress.
With hast. glances the soldiers catch n glimpse
Of the high towering spire Of 81. Paul's Cathedral.
which recalls to mind ST. Peters Church Of
Rome; and now, on through the streets OF the
city. called by native Wit the capital OF London!
The troops destination Is st. James's Park.
They cannot get there by the shortest route, for
between Cannon and Queen Victoria streets RACES
That terrible holocaust which seizes billion values
out OF the warehouses and gives them black
smoke clouds on the way. And the smoke clouds
will s:rew into the ocean what there is left of the
treasures, md the storm will sing its little song
OF tho pedler whose most sacred goods were
eaten by rust and moths.
There IS such a life and tumult In the City
section around London Bridge that even the fan
fares Of the regimental bands are drowned by
the noise. wellington bridge and Charington
Cross bridge have been torn down by the German
heavy artillery and. therefore, the threefold traf-
nc concentrates here.
From the Thames the troops have marched
through King William street. whose houses are
tlnged by the black gray London fogs; now the
,,aarTl,nrg ~ reached tho hnSitSf Qp1 nOiSipSt
spot in the world: the square between Mansion
House. Bank and stock Exchange.
over there. at the tellers' windows in the Bank
or England. where gold greedy money traders
from all parts OF the world used to crowd one
another, things viii now become calmcr. There
they will dream Of the golden calves that have
swum over to America. . . In this banking
house. which once was the richest treasure hold
in the world. the receivers in bankruptcy for tho
Isolation Company. together with an army OF
clerks, will for a generation figure and count and
count and figure.
The German soldiers smirk With delight when
they behold upon the banks roofs the machine
guns ana tho anti Zeppelin guns-then they turn
cheerfully into Cheapside.
lThis chapter is replete with striking observa-
t!ons. mostly dealing with alleged English in
trtgues aimed at .solating Germany and paving
the way for the present war;
The troops march past the proud st. Paul's
Cathedral and shortly turn into Fleet street and
the strand, Where the square meter or ground
costs more than the total OF monthly salaries for
thirty German majors.
Here IL the section OF the music hall, Of the
birthplaces of political popular songs which aided
craftlly In preparing for the war. In these much
frcquented 'tingel tangels" there have been sung
ana rec!ted during the past decade melting coup
lets whose rhymes always ended In the feud cry:
1.-THE world for Great Britain, and a rasher for
Germany
In 1908, when an incentive was needed for the
recruiting business. there wer0 OfOduCed here
the invasion plays. IAN Engl!shman's Home
and "A Nation in Arms" And Germany and her
great Emperor were vilifed until the mobs
yelled with laughter! 80