The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-05-18

cdtloil marks ON my passports .,,,.
had TO 90 to chief Of poli.a ANA ' ''n4
permission to leave London i ny
next step was trip TO Tho I,,.i, ~
consulate general in London g.. ~ u
permission to enter France. This MI, us
some job MS Was
= was usheredf 10y two French sol
uiers INTO a room in which six dtTar
emf men-and Frenchmen too-.,,1,,r,,
sitting in a shaded section r,h,,'.
could hardly see their faces 80,
the contrary, was in q hri,.r+ Hu
where the wrinkles IN NV fa'o ',- .A,
tue gray mars on my head could ha
easily distinguished. The minute !
sn,ereu the whole six of them I'm
broken English, began to fire mos ~
lions at me in rapid succession 7
passed that examination all rirht ana
was led INTO another room whera tbo
ordeal was about the same Afta,.
that came third room where AMI
ly was Informed that they enessed T
wasn't spy and had plenty of ,,ood
reasons for wanting to 20 TO paris
had pocketful of unmoupted nho+,
graphs and they took three of tho.,
attached one to the passport which I
carried to France sent one ahead IN
the French port of Dieppe to identity
me when l arrived and kent the tbir1
one Tor their own records.
That same day l heard of throo
Americans who had come to Fngland
Win the expressed purpose of going
70 France ON business They faIter-
ed somewhere in the midst of their
examinations and none of them rot
through. They had their trim for
nothing. Dozens and dozens fare tbe
same way. Every man is guilty.
until he establishes beyond n doubt
the fact that he is innocent. Those
countries are fighting for their very
existence and are taking no chances
what do they care for the conyen-
fence, the desires and the safety Of
dollar-grabbing American? Nothing
In London it is extremely danger.
GUS to have much to say about any
thing. Big posters are pasted all
over the city warning people to keer
their mouths shut 1t is the same in
France. While / was in London. n
young American going down the street
tried to crack practical Yankee
JOAAN' hC nClloC VI nullOE Oh Il Lon
don policeman isn't noticeable. because
he hasn't any sense of humor The
American, of course, was tending tC
his own business, but that didn't
prevent a cop (slang for Bobby from
tapping him soundly on the shoulder
and asking who he was. The Bobhy
of course, recognized him as a strang
er. The fresh, yung guy from the
States came back at the policeman il
true American fashion.
Ssh, he said, don't tell anybody
I'm German spy"
That young fellow got seven DAYS
! in Jail for his joke and before he was
released he had to convince the auth
critics that he wasn't really a German
spy. They feel over there thai
America is about two-thirds German,
anyway.
But I'm getting away from m,
4 theme. | was on my journey to Par
is and l mustn't delay in getting therC
/ for my permission to go said | mus
go on a certain train on Il certain day
4 II | failed to catch the train which
must leave the next day | would hav,
/ to go through the whole thing ovel
again and get another passport.
/ got up early that next morning an(
caught my train from London a
i fifteen minutes of eight | though
my troubles were over for | had pass
ports, letters, credentials and every
thing that | could possibly get t.
+ identify me and make my standing a.
secure as possible.
4 Our train arrived at Fokestone OF
the English channel at about clever
j thirty. 1T was pouring rain. Every
i passenger on that train was herdeC
like a bunch of cattle in a leaky wood
en- shed. 1t took me over two hour
after getting off that train on to tn,
dock to convince the authorities tina
| had right to step onto the boa
which was bound for France. And b!
4 the way, that boat was the Suisse,
which was blown up short time later
Finally, about one p. m, the rec
/ tape was finished and we were on on
way. The Sussex is a little boat ant
4 the English channel is extremely
rough. | had gotten across the Allan
tic without being sick but that il
nothing to go by when one gets OF
the British channel. The little boa
tossed and turned for five hours and ;
half. Deck chairs flew hither ant
thither Haggard and care-Worn faee
soon began to appear. Groans Wer'
heard and the fishes were freely fed
An English friend. who was with m
and myself paced the deck during tn
whole trip grabbing everything il
sight that locked like good thin'
to hold onto. We kept our mind
off of our surroundings and our eye
on the sky. We got soaking we
from the waves rolling over but KEEP
that perfectly good breakfast Whlcl
we had eaten few hours before.
During the trip across the chalne
life boats were kept within easy reac
and the belts were launched and hal
lowered. No submarine appeared
however and we landed safely
Dieppe on the French coast at ae9u
six p. m.-wet, weary and woe-pe