The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-06-05
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 Develin
describes Air Raid in
London.

, lnCTe Is tOlu Ill u lellcT Ol un AllleTl-
can naval officer, living in Ohio, now
i'm the war zone. He and Il friend, who
had been shown friendlness 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, 1t
seems that my spare time was very
well spent. utilized every moment of
it. l met hosts of people and made
many friends. Every one seemed bent
on entertaining u.s.. and l can vouch for
their success in this.
"On 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 he introduced TO David
Lloyd George. Sir William Robertson
and Bulfour were among some of the
other celebrities. The premier is
most impressive man, not in stature.
for he was much shorter than believ-
ed hi.l to be, but in his fine face, per-
sonaity, and sincerity of speech. He,
think. is very wonderful.
Get Cards to Parliament.
con the day that the houses of par
lament opened, some months ago, it
Was rumOred that the premier would
speak in the house of commons. So
Lieutenant Jackson and | hurried down
to Westminster ut about > 80 in the
afternoon, determined, by hook or
crook. to get tickets to the gallery. a
dignificd "bobbe" 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 swoopcd down upon him, one on eth
or side. We soberly explained to him
with dramatic little touches--thanks
to Jackson-hOw much our hearts were
set on getting tickets. He stood smil-
Ing at MS, a very short, thlck-set little
man. With an enormous head and a
fine. honest face, ana thon said, Have
We lust come ovcr-r fr-r-rom Amer-r-r.
ricaT We told him how long we hHt
been across and he said that ne had
one ticket only. but that he thought
that he could find another for us. He
signed his tlctet-Ioc Doyelin. He
was the great irish Uni0uisi, a man as
big in mind as he Is small In stature,
He soon returned with aEsther MEM
bor, whom he introduced. This was
John Burns. the Labor leader.
"That was notable afternoon in
tho 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-
mler's tense, finishing reply caused
some few dramatic moments.
"Then there were the air raids.
These proved very exciting at first,
but finally they lost thelr interest for
4 me and became so commonplace that
/ paid. little attention to them, only
staying inside TO avoid being hit by
the falling shrapnel.
Describes Air Raid in London.
81 was awakened by the guns in the
outer defense at 4 80 In the morning,
and then the inner defense guns be-
gan to bark. The moon was slim
crescent in the sky, and 1t was a beau
tiful night. although cold. Presently
the faint drone of the ralding planes
could be distinguished and there came
the reverberating rumbles of bombs
being dropped. Finally the noise of
the motors died away and the guns on
the coast could be heard, throwing up
their barrage at the returning Hun
planes, and at about six the bugles
were sounding all clear through the
streets.
SIT was reported that two of the ten
raiders were brought down. II seems
that the crews of these GOtha planes
wear electrically heated clothing, and
In one machine the heating elements In
the pilots clothing absorbed so much
current that, being unable TO discon-
meet them, he was forced to descend.
The Gothas have wing spread of con-
siderably over 100 feet, are twin mo-
tored, and carry crew Of three men
pilot, gunner, and bomber. Being twin
motored, their sonorous double hum Is
very distinctive. On the most brilliant
Of moonlight nights, when the thrum
of their motors is quite strong, II is
impossible TO see the planes at their
height Of mile or more. On the dark
err nights they may sometimes be
forced to show lights In order TO re-
tain their flying formation, and then. II
you are fortunate, you may glimpse
these tiny points % light moving across
the sky.
"The majority Of the people display
no fright during the raids"
The writer Of the letter was for
some time attached 10 the staff of Vice
Admiral Sims and spent four months
In London.