Evening star., 1918-06-04
SHRAPNEL
Si4eliehts on. the War
oEIvKR OWN KUHN.

One of the most noted orders OF
commanding generals to their men is
that of Sir Arthur Currfe, commander
in-chief OF the Canadian forces on the
western front. who. on the eve of the
latest great battle in Flanders. said:
Under the orders Of your devoted
officers in the coming battle you will
advance or fall where you stand, fac
ing the enemy"
An ingenious person has calculated
the chances of the average Londoner
being hurt by enemy bombs.
Taking the area Of London as 100
square miles" Che says), with a circle
sixty yards in diameter as the area in
which a bomb would cause serious in
convenience. and assuming the enemy
succeeds in dropping geo bombs in
London every month all the year
round assuming also that there is an
equal likelihood Of bomb dropping
at any one point as at any other, the
war win have to last thirty-two years
for it to be likely that bomb will
drop within ones own circle.
In other words. in thirty-two years
of such bombing there would be an
even chance for and against such an
event happening. Again, the chances
roof of ten yards square il warfare Of
this intensity were to continue Ssh
years"
This story is teld of a British fiier.
He engaged an enemy machine. and
it appeared that the German was to
get the best of the arHument. when
the British fiier ducked under. and.
while flying topsy-turvy. sent ma
chine gun bullet into his enemy's
petrol tank. The German was forced
to descend The British flier. fol-
In, inc 6Iy
twist. and when he struck the ground
his machine turned over and over.
being a total wreck. The English.
man. however. to the amazement OF
officers standing near the scene;
emerged from the wreckage and
dashed toward the Germans to take
them prisoner.
.Mein Gott, Charlie" cried the Hun.
with outstretched hand.
We'll. I'll be jiggered, Adolph." re-
piled the British fier.
1t happened that the ANTAGONISTS
had worked alongside each other In
a London Office before the war
started.
Once when Sir Thomas Upton was
cided TO ask for an increase in pay.
which he did. His request was turned
down and Upton resigned immediate
w. The other day he received let
ter asking him to intercede with tine
British war Office in behalf of a
young woman, the granddaughter OF
the writer, who wished a position.
The letter was from the man who
once refused to give Upton an in
crease in pay
When Germans discuss their sue
cesses on the western front they con-
stantly refer to their victories over
allied military leaders. and not over
alfred soldiers. They have learned to
respect the men of entente armies.
One German remarked that If British
soldiers could be led by German gen
erals Germany could easily conquer
the world.
A British Tommy had taken pris-
oner While he waited for an escort
to come up the Englishman turned
to the German and asked
Have you wife,?
"Nein." came the response.
"Nine- gasped Tommy. 'Lumme,
where's your iron cross?"
British housewives truly are made
to feel the effects of war. Many of
them are being forced to sweep their
own chimneys owing to the scarcity
of men in this business.
since the British forces started
their march up the Euphrates river
hundreds of canals have been re-
opened and more than 300, 900 acres
Of land made fertile once more. I'm
mense crops are expected during the
present year.