The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-27
Make the World a Decent
Place to Live That's
Why We Fight, Peat Says

/ the chauticur's head sheer off his shoul-
dcrs A nasty sight ! knew OF per
sons, women, who laughed at 1t in the
awful hySteria OF the moment.
There Never is Panic.
Yet there is never panic. British
ers are not OF the type.
+ Our defensive measures are more ef-
! fective now Folk are not so rcckleSsly
eager to see what is going on. Maroons
are sounded a warning to take shelter
or to stay AT home. The "All Clear" is
i sent pcaing through deserted city
streets when the raid is passed. and
the enemy driven off-soundcd by Boy
Ncouts-lulc fellows pcrchcd on the
/ back OF a police motor wagon AMI
blowing Justify
A decent place
We brosht down some Icpps There
wa, the one at Culilcy which fell. a
mass of flame hurting ITS crew to
eternity The bodies had military iu-
neral We Britishcrs are Ire that On
the other hand the verdict of the cor
oncrs on the dead remains OF mutHatcd
women and children was "wiliul muir
der"
Then the lighter aircraft came
Co.h3s-Swit. flying low with ease, and
difficult TO locate by scarchlight less
area to hit by auti-aircrait guns more
danger OF making a target OF our own
.alrmcn Hying TO engage the enemy in
tire sky. Gothas which can hide be-
hind a cloud and drop death through
&. Go,has which iluttcr like butter.
flies. drop and rise again dart hv the
air barragc and dodge round bursting
s'ranncl
The Death Toll.
Eleven dead and iortv-scvcn wound
ed whilst another six are possibly bur
rl under wrccklRc"
, Make the world a decent place
They were Londoncrs, Of course. with
dwellings three thousand miles from
here Not belonging to New York, nor
yet Chicago. Still, they were English
speaking, with traditions OF Liberty un-
known 10 any other country IN the fight
for world freedom allies early allie,
Of gallant France, defenders OF plucky
little Belgium
HtNt llNlflltN W lllt bdI dkV I'M
concentrated drum-firc | have watched
the curtain of artillery swing round
and round its arc with the apparent
rapidlty OF lightning The enemy air
men must have been hard put to keep
their balance and their nerve in the
rackiug uncertainty
Suddenly from ont of nowhere, as
. ...y,.I 1t.t,v.t tr.,,, tl,. 1r,,,y, o., tt,tf
Of our own fire there came a whilzng
with a piercing shrek, a momcntary
flash OF flame, a mounting rush Of
air and earth and water, a clatcrinp
rumble Two scvcn-room houses had
collapsed like a pack Of built-up cards
before a brcath-a crater lurkcd I'M
evenly in the roadway There were
CroanS and cries and silence.
Always Prepared
| II seemed only minute had passed
when softly padding ambulance sped
! into view--a dozen special constahlcs
a couple OF white coiifcd nurses, doc
tor, a Boy Scout on a bicycle, ready
for an emergency message to 60 any
where.
The rescuers walked all night. All
he occupants Of the houses were in
urcd-some may have lived | did
NOT hear.
The world-a decent place
We passed along further We
reached a suburb Of good residential
hoH7cs-Solid brick and mortar. nc
flimsy timber. nor light stucco Thre,
stares high the miniature gardens al
well kept There we're four Of these
houses Of a pattern, flat-roofed anc
! somewhat close set
The sky was clear overhead now, IN,
dumfirc seemed 10 die in the distance
! A couple Of our own airmen pasSc'
swiftly toward the red glow in TN
south II was safe here-quie'. almost
Another plane showed a rough out
line, a searchlight fingered the SIX
with white tentacles, picked the Graf
lup. then missed it. The white liph
sought and sought again Rropingll
| The sky line was smooth. even I'M
broken but for a tiny grayiSh cloud
The cloud hoyered above the block o
houses but a moment. then il openc
and d'snersed. through lis gray soft
ness a black shape hurtled free !
hit the roof OF the center building
We stopped in our strides-stunned
A heap Of smoking bricks Law hud
died across four neatly trimmed gar
den patches A flame flickered no