Evening star., 1918-06-20
SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
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OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

The British government intends to
restrict the use Of horses in pleasure
pursuits.
England has found government con-
troll Of railroads eminently satisfac-
tory. War movements have been
greatly facilitated.
Many ships have been saved by
allied wireless operators who have
been able to detect fake orders sent
out by German U-boats lying in wait
to trap the vessels. Wireless ope-
rators after some experience in the
war zone are able to tell the nation
ality of the sender Of messages by the
difference in the note of the call. All
nationalities have peculiar charac-
teristics in their wireless work.
party of Hindoos working near
one Of the war zones found themselves
held up with some wagons In bog.
and, becoming confused. got out OF
hand. The interpreter was absent,
and the British officer in command OF
the party failed utterly to make the
men understand him. He was almost
despairing, when he espied Saliva
tion Army officer. and asked for his
assistance.
Taking off his cap. the Salvationist
men. shouting. ''Mukti-Fauj!" This is
the Hindoo for salvation Army And
when he had added. 'Hallelujah" to
his simple Grafton, the Hindoos
showed their understanding and ap,
probation, bucked to their work and
in a few minutes got the wagons out
of the bog.
All they required was the comfort Of
their mother-tongue!
Germany never depends upon one
man to obtain Information on a given
point. Usually several men and women
are asked to get the Information that
there be the greatest accuracy.
1t is only on active service that an
oficer can really get into the conf
dence Of his men. In the field. when
death takes the parade, officers and
men fall in together. for in the pres
ence of death all men are equal.
Then is the moment for the officer to
show whether he merits the conf
dence of his men or not. 1t is up to
him to prove whether he is a mere
cipher invested with the authority of
an officer, or whether he is, in fact,
the leader, asking the men to do moth
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One of the oldest Of Japanese proph-
estes reads:
when men fly like birds. ten great
kings will go to war;"
Fliers dread high attitudes at night
The cold is agonizingly intense.
Industrial reformatories establish
ed for the young in England now are
nvarcrnwdnd Thjo 90 HaCJorad IN hn
the fact that SO many men have been
called to the colors. leaving youths
more or less unrestrained.
Though the buildings of the British
admiralty have undergone many
changes since the war broke out the
old board room where meet the lords
commissioners still is retained.
The most instantly striking feature
of the great old room is its monumen-
massive, carved oak frame, in which
every nautical appliance Is depicted,
interming1ed with groups Of fishing
children, and centered with a very
complicated compass card, whose
needle was connected to a Weather
cock mounted on the highest chimney
of the admiralty buildings. enabling
the lords of the admiralty (who are
still. as they have been for centuries,
tho lords Of the seven seas) to know
speed and direction Of the winds. Be- Be-
meath it. on the ledge Of the chimney
piece. are still the two long sticks
mounted with golden apples used by
the bead1es to make a way for my
lords the commissioners Of the admir-
atty.
British prisoners who are held in
the German camp at Ruhleben have
an orchestra OF fifty pieces.
People like to write things on walls
This IL an old and long recognized
falling. It even lives in the trenches.
One travelling through them often
times sees this sign posted:
do not feed the sentry.