The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-05-31
NERVE or boobies
Police Display Thorouyhness
That kstonishes CoIonIaIs.
London of Today a Marvel, Forming
One of the Most important War
centers OF Entire World.

A Rhodesian who has arrived In
England TO Join up" after service In
the three campaigns undertaken By
the South Africans, assures me OF his
astonishment at the tact and thor.
oughness exhibited in the daily work
of military police, says a writer IL
Westminster Gazette. The London of
today is, indeed, never-ending mar.
vel to the colonial soldier. 1t forms
one of the most important military
centers of the world 1t is inhabited
by floating population drawn from
one of the most cosmopolitan armies
in histOry-an army, too, that is In no
way remarkable for the gentleness of
its fighting methods when the games
afoot. Yet, as my South African
friend phrased It, "the whole mob
goes about on It's business and Its
pleasures like small flock Of con.
tented sheep with couple of we'll
trained dogs behind them"
Things were not always managed
that way In the early days of the
forces raised by the dominions In the
first year of war. My informant Illus
trates the contrast with On incident
that came under his notice while his
regiment lay intrenched at Swakop-
mund during the German South
west" campaign. One morning the
men of the Union advanced posts saw
approaching them from the desert
three living skeletons, who staggered
like drunken men as they groped
their way blindly through the fur
mace of sand A comrade lay help
less a mile or so behind, too far gone
to walk He was brought In later,
unconscious, but still alive. The four
heroes-captives In the hands Of the
Hun-had preferred the chances OF
death to the grim certainty of cruel
and CALLING captivity, and had man
aged to escape from their jailers un-
der cover of darkness. Practically
without food and, for the most part.
without water, they had travelled
some hundreds OF miles-from one
end of the vast territory to the
other. Almost naked, the ice-cold
winds of night had crippled them, hun
ger had robbed them OF their
strength, and thirst had all but driven
them to madness. They had escaped
''by the skin of their teeth" from
both vengeful Hun and prowling lion.
And an officious military policeman
greeted them on their arrival in the
British lines with the order that they
were not to loiter in the streets of
the town!
Insists on It's War Program.
The Mersey (England) district feds
Grafton Of engineering and shipbuild-
ing trades, at q meeting attended by
1000 members, adopted resolution
calling for all possible resistance to
any further call upon the country's
man power, unless the government Inn
mediately declares its willingness to
adopt the labor party's war aims,
al workers conference and agrees to
the CONSUMPTION Of wealth. There
were only two dissenting votes.
Then AnanIas Turned Over.
First Dentist-The fact Is, I've got
gentleness down to such a fine point
that all my patients go to sleep while
I'm pulling their teeth.
Second Dentist-That's nothingl
Mine are beginning to have their
photographs taken while ! operate,
because they always have such q
pleasant expression on their faces.