Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-05
British Go Out of Way to Extend
Courtesies to Army and
Navy Men.
FRIENDLY GUIDES AT HAND
Ohio Man Tells Of Getting Cards to
Parliament From Joe OeVelin
Describes Air Raid In
London.

New YOrk-The eagerness or the
English and Irish to do favOrs to wan
dering Americans on leave from mil
itary duty abroad. and the general
Kindness met with everywhere over
there" is told In letter OF an Ameri-
can naval officer. living In Ohio. now
in the war zone. He and friend. who
had been shown friendliness by strang-
ers they had met by accident. found
on two occasions that the men who
had extended such courtesy were per-
sons Of considerable distinction. The
officers wrote:
Now that look back over 1t. II
seems that my spare time was very
well spent. I utilized every moment OF
II. l met hosts Of people and made
many friends. Every one seemed bent
on entertaining US, and I can vouch for
their success In this.
ION one occasion not long before
left Lady Curzon held a reception for
Admiral Sims. his staff, and other
American officers. and it was my good
fortune to be introduced to David
Lloyd George. Sir William Robertson
and Balfour were among some Of the
other celebrities. The premier Is
most impressive man. not In stature,
for he was much shorter than l believ-
ed him to be. but in his fine face. per-
sonality. and sincerity Of speech. he.
! think, is very wonderful.
ION the day that the houses Of par
lament opened. some months ago. II
was rumOred that the premier would
speak In the house of commons. SO
Lieutenant Jackson and hurried down
to Westminster Mt about 5 80 In the
afternoon, determined. by hook or
crook. to get tickets to the gallery. A
dignifed ''bObbie" pointed out some
member Of Parliament to US. and hav-
ing decided on one because of his small
stature and kindly face. Jackson and
l swooped down upon him. one on eth
er side. We sOberly explained to him
with dramatic little tOuches-thanks
TO JacksOn-hOw much our hearts were
act on getting tickets. He stood smil-
ing at us. very short, thick-set little
man, with an enormous head and a
fine, honest face. and then said. Have
We inst come Over-r fr-r-rOm Amerr-r
ricar We told him how long we had
been across and he said that he had
one ticket only, but that he thought
that he could find another for us. He
signed his ticket-JOe Develin. He
was the great Irish Unionist. man as
big In mind as he is small in stature.
He soon returned with another men,
her, whom he introduced. This was
John Burns. the Labor leader.
THAT was a notable afternoon in
the house of commons. Asquith. with
his beautiful and precise oratOry, but
seeming to lack that sincerity of pur'
pose and speech which Is dominant
with Lloyd George. asked questions OF
the premier. the answers to which
would apparently have given valuable
information to the enemy. and the pre-
mier's tense. flashing reply caused
some few dramatic moments.
"Then there were the air raids
These proved very exciting at first
but finally they lost their interest fol
me and became so commonplace that
/ paid little attention to them. only
staying inside to avoid being hit by
the falling shrapnel.
II was awakened ~ the guns In the
outer defense Mt 4 80 in the morning
and then the inner defense guns be