The Keota news., 1918-06-07
British Go Out Of Way to Extend
Courtesles to Army and
Navy Men.
FRIENDLY GUIDES At HAND
Ohio Man Tells o. Getting Cards %
Parliament From Joe 0evolin
-oeoerlboo Air Raid In
London.

-0sserIbes Air Raid In
London.
New York.-The eageeneo0 OF tho
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" u told In letter Of an Amssi.
can naval ohicer. 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
odicers wrote:
"Now that I look back over It. Il
seems that my spare time was very
well spent. / utilized every moment Of
It. I met hosts Of people and made
many friends. Every ono seemed bent
on entertaining rs. and can vouch for
their success In this.
ION one occasion not long before I
left Lady Curzon held . reception for
Admiral Sims. his stan. and other
American odlcers. and It was my good
fortune to bs introduced to David
Lloyd George. Sir william Robertson
and Balfour were among some Of the
other celebrities. The premier II .
most impressive man. not In stature.
ed him to be, but In his flne face. per
sonality. and sincerity Of speech. he.
think. 10 very wonderful.
ION 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 Westminstef at about 8 80 In the
afternoon. determined. BY hook or
crook. to get tickets to the gallery. A
digni6ed "bobbie" pointed out some
member Of Parliament to N. and hav.
Ing decided on one because Of his small
stature and kindly face. Jackson and
I swooped down upon him. one on eth
er side. We soberly explained to him
with dramatic little toucheo-thanks
to Jackson-how much our hearts were
set on setting tickets. He stood smil.
ing at %. q very short. thick-set little
man. With an enormous head and .
hne. honest face. and then said. Have
70 Just come over-r fr.rrom Amer.f.F.
ricar 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 ind another for us He
signed his ucket-Joe Develin. He
was the great Irish Unionist. . man -
big In mind ~ he 10 small In stature.
He soon returned with another mem.
Der. whom he introduced. This WAS
John Burns, the Labor leader.
THAT was q notable afternoon In
the house Of commons. AsQuith. With
his beautiful and precise oratory. but
seeming to lack that sincerity Of pur-
pose and speech which 10 dominant
with Lloyd George. asked questions Of
the premier, the answers to which
would apparently have Owen valuable
information to the enemy. and the pre-.
mier's tense. flashing reply caused
some few dramatic moments.
'~Then there were the air raids.
These proved very exciting at arst.
but finally they lost their interest for
me and became % commonplace that
l paid little attention to them. only
staying inside to avoid being hit By
the failing shrapnel.
II WAS awakened ~ the guns In the
outer defense at 4:8o In the morning,
and tAea tAo innse defense guns b.