The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-08
Open THEIR ARMS
TO OUR OFFICERS
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 DeveIin
Describes Air Raid In
London.

New YOrK.-Ino eagernoSS 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 lover
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 I look back over it, it
seems that my spare time was very
we'll spent. utilized every moment Of
1t. 1 met hosts Of people and made
many friends. Every one seemed bent
on entertaining us, and 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 be introduced to David
Lloyd George. Sir William Robertson
and Balfour were among some of the
other celebrities. The premier is a
most impressive man, not in stature,
for he was much shorter than believ-
ed him to be, but in his fine face, per-
sonality, and sincerity of speech. He,
think, is very wonderful.
Got Cards to Parliament.
VOn 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 at about 5 80 in the
determined, by hook or
crook, to get tickets to the gallery. A
dignified "bobbie" pointed out some
of Parliament to us, and hav-
Ing decided on one because Of his small
stature and kindly face, Jackson and
I swooped down upon him, one on eth
err 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 us, a very short, thick-set little
man, with an enormous head and a
fine, honest face, and then said, Have
ye just come over-r fr-r-rom Amer-r-r-
rica? 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
Dig in mind as he is small in stature.
he soon returned with another men,
Der, whom he introduced. This was
John Burns, the Labor leader.
"That was a notable afternoon In
he house of commons. Asquith, with
lis beautiful and precise oratory, but
to lack that sincerity Of pur-
Jose and speech which is dominant
With Lloyd George asked questions of
he premier, the answers to which
would apparently have given valuable
to the enemy, and the pre-
nier's tense, flashing reply caused |
ONE few dramatic moments.
"Then there were the air raids. |
these proved very exciting at first,
ut finally they lost their interest for
ne and became so commonplace that |
paid little attention to them, only
laying inside to avoid being hit by
he falling shrapnel.
Describes Air Raid in London.
81 was awakened by the guns in the
utter defense at 4 80 in the morning,
nd then the inner defense guns be-
an to bark. The moon was a slim
resent in the sky, and it was beau
full night, although cold. Presently
he faint drone of the raiding planes
ould be distinguished and there came
lie reverberating rumbles Of bombs
eng dropped. Finally the noise Of
lie motors died away and the guns on
le coast could be heard, throwing up
leir barrage at the returning Hun
lanes, and at about six the bugles
ere sounding all clear through the
reefs.
ut was reported that two Of the ten
liders were brought down. 1t seems
lat the crews of these Gotha planes
ear electrically heated clothing, and
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e pilots clothing absorbed so much
lrrent that, being unable to discon-
,ct them, he was forced to descend.
he Gothas have wing spread of con-
derably over 100 feet, are twin mo-
red, and carry a crew Of three men
lot, gunner and bomber. Being twin
otored, their sonorous double hum is
ry distinctive. On the most brilliant
moonlight nights, when the thrum
their motors is quite strong, it is
possible to see the planes at their
light of a mile or more. On the dark
nights they may sometimes be
reed to show lights in order to re-
in their flying formation, and then, if
u are fortunate, you may glimpse
csc tiny points oe light moving across
2 sky.
'The majority of the people display
fright during the raids
The writer of the letter was for
ne time attached to the staff of Vice
miral Sims and spent four months
London, l.