Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-12

French; but II Is a fact which made VI
all proud Of our nationality that both
England and France are willing for the
chief part in the settlement TO be TAX
en- by America. 1t is this common sen.
timent that emphasizes. to me, the
words Of President Wilson when he
asked the American people to support
him with a Democratic congress al
next Tuesdays election. America
might understand a divided sentiment
and. perhaps. value it; but the French
and British would take II as n repudi-
alton Of Mr.. Wilson-and the Germans
as much more in its fancied meaning.
Met Lloyd George.
THE day after our visit to the king
we met Lloyd George at a luncheon
given for us in London. The premier
impressed me as most active and alert
mentally. He has a charming manner
and a magnetic personality. He an
swered easily and freely every question
we asked, and with a most open and
frank manner. He Is confident that
the end Of the war Is in sight. and ne
assured US that any attempt by Ger
many to break the entente OF England
and France would fail. He also has
the utmost and implicit confidence In
President Wilson's integrity and abili-
ty At the same time. he assured US
that Mr.. Wilson never took q step
without previously communicating
with both French and English, but
that the presidents answers to Ger
many had been so cleverly prepared
and his use Of the English language
so able, that neither French nor Brit
sh had found 1t necessary to suggest
the change of a single word.
"Of course we went to the battle
front in France. We were about three
miles behind the extreme front, but
that is only a short distance in this
war. We were actually under fire for
ten days. We met General Pershing
and General Bliss. and saw our big
guns fired at the enemy. who was in
visible to us, Of course. We saw a
great deal Of the American soldiers
there, too. and a more cheerful. deter
mined lot Of fighters IT would be diff
cult to imagine. We saw terrain OF
100 square miles over which battle
ragged continuously for months. Before
the war there were so towns and viii
lagos in this section. Now not only Is
there no village there. but every vestige
of every village has been destroyed by
shell fire: so much so that even the
paving stones Of the streets have been
torn up and scattered, and not single
tree remains in the whole vast ex-
panse.
Want Americans to Stay.
speaking Of the American troops
brings to mind a problem that our
American women will have to face aft
er the war. High and low in Great
Britain ana France are singing the
praises Of our soldiers, not only as
fighters, but as men. Our boys have
made a warm place for themselves
among the peoples Of both countries,
and nothing fair will be lacking in an
effort to keep a goodly number OF them
there after the war is over.
Think. England has lost 100000
men In the war and France has sacri-
feed 100000. Their women have
lived on. What are they to do for
husbands, these women who are OF
marriageable age now? 1t is concern
ing even the nobility Of both countries
not a little. A French countess talked
with me about II with the utmost
frankness, saying that before the war
France had 100000 more women
than she had men, and now there were
twice as many as that. She was con-
cerned about the perpetuation OF her
race, and said she hoped that hun
dreds of thousands Of our soldiers
would determine to make their homes
in France after the war was over.
They are the finest men God ever pro-
duced,' she declared. and our women
need them for husbands
I'm England 1t Is the same. Lady
sybil Grey, daughter Of Earl Grey
with many others Of her class. Is In
teresting herself in preparing for the
care of American soldiers after the
war, hoping that they may take UP
their homes in England and marry
English women. Many OF our boys
will be educated in England, under the
plan authorized by congress. TheS
will be accepted in the best homes oil
England and will find no barriers o'
caste prohibiting them from access 70
the best British families. Some OF
them will remain there and marry
The war has changed many things and
this is one of them. 1t Is not longer
question Of impoverishing British
and French noblemen coming to
America to marry our wealthy girls
but of keeping our American boys over
there to marry rich British and French
girls"
Newspapers Prosperous.
Naturally, Mr.. Kellogg paid consid-
erable attention to the newspaper STU
alton in England. He brought oacH
with him a file Of newspapers covering
the full period Of the party's stay 1T
Great Britain.
The British newspaper Is smaller
now than it was before the war;" ne
said. as he showed some. Paper IL
scarce and very dear, advertising rates
have been trebled and the papers are
selling more space than ever oerore
Everybody has an unusual supply Of
money to spend because Of war work
and the people who have something to
sell are getting rich. Those who have
names that they wish to keep before
the public are advertising freely. ever
though they can produce none OF the
goods they keep speaking OF. They
and their names-their good will
will be more firmly impressed upon the
people than ever, and they will ot
more firmly entrenched in the public
KNOWLEDGE than they were before ths