The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
SEEN AND HEARD
BY GEORGE MINER
Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
Copyright 1915. by the Mcclure Newspaper sypdIcate

New York. Feb. l3.-After another in
, effectual attempt to be war corre-
| spondent, Mr. Richard Harding Dayis has
returned to these hospitabIe shores with
all his war-going clothes and medals.
He did not miss the war entirely this
trip for. to Judge from his interviews, he
saw good deal Of 1t on the moving
picture screens in the London theaters.
Mr.. Davis as a war correspondent Is
getting to be q monumental joke. He
seems to spend most of his time in going
| and coming. We are forever hearing OF
him as just departing for the front with
loud blare of publicity or else as Just
| arriving after a fruitless attempt to get
there.
Didn't Appreciate "Dicky" Davis.
At the time % the Vera Cruz affair he
went down to be a war correspondent
| and risk his life. but didn't even get
ashore. The MeXicans were unapprecia-
| tive. Then in the early part OF the war
he went to France TO give the battling
armies the once over. The French did
not appreciate him. either. for as soon
as he got somewhere near the zone of
activities the French soldiery locked him
up in barn, and after keeping him there
! a few days told him TO go on back home
and not bother them any more.
With the wealth and material thus
gathered he was able to write some vivid
stories about the war such as the bonn
bardment of Rheims and SO on.
This last time he went to Salonki, but
as they did not appreciate the importance
OF having things happen while he was
there nothing did happen. They over
looked an opportunity at Salonik. So
Mr.. Davis came back home again.
The message he brings back from the
front this time is that they hate us in
England and France: in England because
We don't declare war against Germany
over the Lusitania, and in France be-
cause American manufacturers sold them
shoes made out of paper and shells
which fell to the ground 500 yards from
the mouth OF the gun.
Mr.. Davis says on his own hook that
Americans are stingy and don't give
enough to war sufferers
How about the millions We have sent
into Belgium? And the hundred and one
other charities for which vast sums have
been given? Never in the history OF the
world was there known such open
handed lberality as Americans have
shown during this terrible war.
Let me give one instance. Among my
personal friends is a Jew who retired
from business a few years ago with a
com forta BILE fortune. h5 was old and
proposed to rest for the remainder OF his
life. He had earned It by years of hard
work. When the war brought such suf-
fering to many people of his race he took
it severely to heart. He went back to
work and works day and night. harder
than he ever did in his life, to make all
the money he can, and every cent he
makes he gives for the relief OF suffering
Jews.
That's only a fair sample OF the spirit
that prevails in this country amoug Jews
and Gentiles alike.
A Correspondent and His Medals.
Once when Mr.. Davis was in England
and much younger than he is now. he
was very anxious to meet Sir Henry Ir-
wing. A friend promised to introduce
him. The famous story writer and war