The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1918-01-17
CONGRESSMAN TIblBERI AXE RELATES
HORRORS OF WAR ASSEM- BY HIMON
BLOODY BATTLE FRONT OF EUROPE
Continued From Last Week.

CONTINUED From Last Week.
We also went to st Dunstan's hos
pital for blind soldiers, where soldiers
whose eyesight had been shot away are
taught trades and sounds they could
not learn while they could see. These
sights and many more of similar
nature, showed US how they repaired
human wrecks of war, and all this was
before we had seen the war itself.
Then We were taken to the House
of Commons and the House Of Lords
as guests of honor on the day when
England's greatest statesman told of
the wonderful deeds of valor of her
sailors and soldiers on water and on
land and over and under both. We
were banqueted in the House of Com
mons by Mr.. Malcolm and Mr.. Balfour
at noon and by Lord Finlay, the Lord
High Chancellor of the House of
Lords, at night when David Lloyd
George, the Prime Minister, The
Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Cur
ION, Lord Cecil, General French and
numerous others of Englsnd's great
est statesman. We had already seen
the destruction in various parts of
London caused by Zeppilin raids, just
two days before our arrival and as we
hurried to our hotel that night along
deserted streets at HOO o'clock we
heard from every corner to cry of
"Take Cover" being given by police
and boy scouts while the people hur-
ried in Easements and cellars.
On the Sabbath we were taken to
Windsor Castle, the Kings residence,
and went through many apartments
which were open in our honor and for
the first time since the war began.
We attended service at St. Gorge's
Chapel, the Chapel of the King, and
sat in the seats of the Knights of the
Garter. Here we were honored again
when at the close of the service the
organ pealed forth "The Star Spangled
Banner" That was the first time
that tune ives ever played in the
Kings Chapel. We visited Eaton
School, where for 400 years most OF
England's greatest statesman and
literary men have been educated. We
looked upon Runnymede, the birth
place of England's liberty and saw al
10 the Country Church Yard" con-
corning which Gray wrote the famous
Elogy.
On another day we were taken thru
the Csnsor's office where 1877 Ian
guages are read, and ia 200 ,OOO
pieces of mail censored every month
We were shown the blockade system
and saw 10 Downing Street, London
Then we went to France. l shall
not enlarge upon our trip across the
angry English Channel during which
most of Us Fed the Fishes" other
than to say that with two dirigible
balloons circling over the boat and
five destroyers riding around it, We
an realized fully that it was a real
danger zone.
In Paris, it required two days to
make arrangements for the trip to the
fronts. During this time there was
not an idle hour. General Pershing
entertained US at dinner. We were
taken into the crypt Of the tomb Of
Napoleon where only Kings were ever
allowed to go before the war, and
where no other American had evez
been taken except Genl. Pershing. On
the same day, We lad . wreath on thu
tomb Of Lafayette. We saw the Y
M. C. A. hotels for our soldiers and
visited the American Headquarters
Again we visited Red Cross Hospitals
and saw more Of the wonderful women
and men who are nursing back to life
the soldiers who have all but died.
In Military cars under the direction
of Colonel Parker of the American
Army and Count LeMoix Of the French
Army we went to the battle fronts. Il
was just at the time when French
troops were leaving for Italy. W.
saw thousands and tens of thousands
Of Infantry on the march, the long
lines Of tories, the big guns, the road
side kitchens and camouflage of ever,
imaginable kind. We saw Scissors ant
its ruined Cathedral. We visitet