Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-30
SHRAPNEL.
Siideights on the War
-BY-
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

The wearing Of life belts aboard ship
has given more annoyance to travellers
than all the ''tin fish, In the Atlantic,
Sometimes passengers on ocean-going
vessels are forced to spend entire days
in life belts sitting quite upright on
deck chairs.
Were the people Of the St. Mihiel
salient jealous that they were Hber-
ated by the Americans and not. the
French? This is a question often
peasant:
did all they could to liberate US. We
love the Americans as our own flesh
and blood
five years close to court life in Berlin.
one observer writes:
1.-The German is notoriously arrogant,
vain and envious. These qualities are
to be found in the kaiser's character
blended with a high patriotism and a
est critics will not deny him. To the
foreign observer living in Germany and
seeing the emperor, as I used to see
him, several times month Gin as many
sesseO. the kaiser appeared as man
basking for ever in the limelight Of
publicity. One could see him preen
himself. One could almost hear his
eternal self-questioning: What do they
think of me abroad?' For your good
not give a rap for the opinion of his
fellow countrymen. He knows too well
that good taste and discrimination are
non-existent in the German people No,
he looks beyond the German frontiers
for admiration and approval
THAT is the gist of the fll-feelfng
which existed between King Edward
and his imperial nephew. King Edward,
shrewd man of the world as he was,
saw through the emperor's perpetual
posturings and laughed at him. The
kaiser knew that the first gentleman
in Europe held him in low esteem, and
it angered him beyond measure. The
adulation of English and American
|snobs never compensated him for King
Edwards polished condescension."
Surgeons attached to allied armies
sinking fast Invariably think Of their
loved ones while going west" AS
an Illustration: Recently young
officer received terrible wound in
the stomach, and as he was carried
Calling one Of his comrades. he muir
INJURED:
TELL Mary[-did my-best Send
|-my-belt--to her-she gave-it.to
|have-betterS Teli-Mary@"
And then his eyes closed.
The work Of the men who rescue
airplanes after they have fallen in
no mans land is highly important
Many a grim little war is fought
out on strafed no mans land between
never read and seldom hear about
Whether the disabled machine is. a
friend or a Jerry" matters little. The
machinery-and possible hidden Sc
When the crash" is reached the
real work begins. It may be a nose
dive. with the boss of the sp1intered
prop imbedded deep in the ground.
levers. welded by muscular hands.
come into active service, the gun crew
defying interference.
There is also a grimly grewsome side
to the feverishly hurried business The
remains of friend and foe alike are rev.
erent1y treated. and up on to the car
rier the wreck is hoisted. An explosive
cracixle from the engine, the "An
aboard!' and "Al1 clear" from be-
hind. and away. helter-skelter. speed
teries Of Fritz--silent while his con-
federates were in range of his bullets
barking angry disappointment
A pulse-quickening race home. with
death alongside every yard Of the way.
y At night the risks are greater. Hid
den shell holes, filled with stagnant
water. prove veritable death traps to
the ''savages" in the heavy, shuddering
vehicles running against time-and
other odds But. as Tommy says in
his newly acquired best French. TITS
all ceaa ne fait rien".
ne French government has called IN |
many copper coins and replaced them
with alloy. This h done that coppee>I
may b used for strictly war purposes
Tho 4Ve oenttme piece has . hoao
through the middle, much Nh . CM-
1ese coin. . -