The Washington herald., 1918-12-16
WHOOPS OF YANKS RE-ECHO
NLONDON AT PEACE NEWS
Doughboys. Mingle Yells with Tommies;
Colonels Dance with Privates When
Flash" on Armistice Comes.

came OF and the great throng. led by
a chorus OF munition girls who a
moment before had been waving ban
ners and screaming with happiness.
sans reverently. "Oh. God, Our Help
in Ages Past
Thrones crashing and monarChs hUs-
Ting into exile in all parts Of Central
Europe have not shaken the loyalty
Of the people Of Great Britain toward
King George. Nobody who has wit
messed the scenes around Buckingham
Palace during the last two days could
doubt this fact The first thought Of
tens of thousands OF Londoners when
the glad news was signaled by the
firing OF air raid warning bombs was
the king. and they hastened to the
great square before the palace, and
there, morning, noon and night. huge
crowds have remained ever since,
cheering themselves hoarse at the fire.
quent appearance Of royalty on the
caparisoned0 balcony and filling in the
intervals with songs and smaller dem
onstrations for the notables who con-
stantly dive in and out Of the palace
yard. One Of the first cars to arrive
on Monday morning. coming from
American headquarters just around the
corner, was that bearing the two white
stars on red ground Of Mai. Gen.
Riddle, commanding the American
forces in these islands.
A Mixed ProcessIon.
The celebrations in London have
been only less American than they are
British. Doughboys and Jack Tars
were among the first TO organize pro-
cessions, and as they marched through
the streets waving the flags OF the
allies and carrying huge American
banners they were pelted with flowers
and cheered again and again. One
procession that marched in perfect
order down the Mall. through Trafal-
gar Square and up PiccadiIly, was
unique in that the marshals Of the
parade, who marched in front with the
Stars and Stripes. were a corporal
and a ships carpenter, while behind
them in the ranks, arm in arm, walked
privates. colonels. lieutenants. en-
signs and ordinary seamen, all dis
tinctions imposed by military disci-
pline forgotten in the happiness en-
gendered by victory.
London crowds. for all their riotous
rejoicing, have been orderly. Univer-
sal good temper prevailed. There was
no drunkenness TO speak Of. no rowdy-
ism, and those who feared that peace
week would bring a recrudescence of
the violent scenes of Mafeking night.
when the people got out Of hand. were
pleasantly disappointed. for the police
this week have had nothing to do ex-
cept to mingle their own JOY with that
which shines from the faces Of all
their fellow countrymen.
Holiday for Americans.
Of Victoria Station has gradually
become, during these last few
months. a little America. Here are
concentrated the embassy. the naval
and military headquarters. the Red
Cross and Y. NJ. c. A. central or
sanizations, the bureaus employing
hundreds Of hands. For a distance
of several blocks almost every pri-
vste house has been cOmmandeered
and flies the Stars and Stripes.
Here the Peace Week Carnival
has taken an American turn. A few
minutes after the flash" on the ar
mistice came through on Monday.
Gen. Biddle had cleared the COM
mRndeered hotels under his control
Oi dll lItlT nun0EtuE OF OlAlNNIE anu
clerks, and caused notices to be
posted that work was over for the
day. Admiral Sims let everybody
go from naval headquarters, who
could possibly be spared and the
streets around the embassy ever
since have resounded with American
yells. whoops and songs. the most
popular of the latter being a parody
on over There in which the sig
nificance Of the refrain is altered to
intimate the desire of the vocalist
to return at the earliest possible
moment to the U. s. A.
Boys Back Home Soon.
Nor have the wounded been neg
lected in the American naval and
military hospitals. All the patients
who can be moved spend their time
On the balconies or at the windows,
waving bandaged arms or crutches
to the demonstrators who pass be-
low on the tops OF taxis OF ir lor-
ries, busses and even furniture
vans and luggage trucks that they
have taken over. and who are not
slow. especially the feminine cele-
brants. to return with interest the
greeting of the mained Yanks who
cheer them despite their wistful
yearnings to take part in the fun.
The first thought of nearly every
body in these islands when the glad
news came was, Thank God he's
safer The second was, when will
he get out of the army and come
back to usT
The plans for mobilization, I
understand. are already worked out
and ready to run smoothly. and
there win be no DELAY in allowing