New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29

Il ~2n OF tiiO
-ar ,an Southwest Africa for the Brit
/ rmrjre. And the words "Sun, Sand
- Sin" make up the title of volume
Zen bv Joan Kennedy. and recently
Tsbed in London, to let me world
- the bravery Of deeds performed
~ Isrdships endured by the British
.,;.rs who made a desert march thai
.,5 rank among the greatest in
%tcy.
prt the world is not to know this
..cb Miss Kenncdy's book, simply
..ose in Britain's vast military organ
.4or there is at least one person WITH
. sense Of humor. He sits not in
l.. trenches. where the mud and humor
s,nnd but in a comfortable office in
.,5on. reading what people write about
H.. war and-himself. He Yields the
.rer of life and death over words, ut
..,.d and unuttcred, such as no sultanic
l~.;estv with a safety first sword pos
- or. for that matter, no colyum
i.,,ductor This observation-disclosures
l4.bumor is the censor.
| He read "Sun, Sand and Sin" 1t dis
.,.sred from the bookshOps. Now
,rsrvbodv wants to read the book, too,
~ discover what the censor found IN
SIM Sand and Sin" to impel him for
No sake of his King and country to sup
,,ess q book describing a march under
lsgning sun, through binding sand and
I,nong mine-sown ways and poisoned
Eaters.
| Certainly. his censorship did not wish
censor the Sin in the book, since 1t
is committed by Germans. AS Bar
llrgton. who had hunted diamonds be
brp enlisting to hunt Germans, said;
The sin was there all right! Wells
v,re fouled with arsenic and dead Hot
I,utots. water-holes were destroyed and
Zines were sown everywhere
Then there is a reference to the capt
70 of a German moving picture ma
thine and a supply of films. The South
african engineers got everything into
Ivorking order and gave a show. Every
I5ody. even the general himself, went to
lbe movies the opening night. The
Generator having trouble with the ma
lhine at the very beginning, the general
brew tired and fell asleep. For half an
our he slept, and for half an hour his
DOpers saw films which for immoral
lssmes could not be beaten IN filth" to
note Billy, a trooper, who was present
nth both eyes open.
When the general woke up he rose up
anger, Jealous of the morals Of his
snsn.
Burn the - things! Burn them!
Burn themp he shouted.
Cries Of "Nc, sir"
Burn theml Burn them, l say y
And the German films were burned.
films that had passed the board Of CEN
isrs in America and England replaced
aem.
%But those picturesY said Billy. ooh!
By Jove?'
A cleaner sort of amusement was pro-
lied the South Africans by German
zmed Miller. The owner Of an aero
lane. he had turned air scout. But
serything that he saw and did was not
sds strictly military nature. An inter
ntonal" football match was beng
zpsyed in Luderitzbucht by the South
africans when Miller arrived above the
zane. Everybody expected the usual
snation of bombs. Nevertheless, the
lame went on. Nothing came from Null
a until next day, when this message
Ess received by the South Africans
Vreless:
Sorry to trouble you, but who won
be game?"
Another time the South Africans got
svireless saying, IF you want to beat
Is, try less football and more drill
lssady to meet you at any time at Kol-
nan's Kop. Another kind of match.
Three weeks later Botha's men were at
Solman's Kop, and they won the
match" They took twenty-five pris-