The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11

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she Kissed through her clenched teeth
this is not war, it is murder And II
that Hun aviator had come to earth
then, he would have been torn il
pieces by the woman with her bare
fists, and If she couldn't have done
1t, I'd have helped her.
Only Once on Military.
only once has there been bomb
dropped on anything of military value
in these raids. I wondered if it was
phsycology or mistake, and l asked
French and English aviators. They
tell me that at 5000 feet, no matter
how black the night, water is blacker
Now, the Thames runs right through
London. On the right is the poor
section of the city, on the left the
Bank of England and many such
buildings which have a military
value. The Hun spirit believes that
they can terrorize the poor of Eng
land into going before their govern
ment and demanding that they chuck
the sponge in this great war ring
But if they could have seen the face
on that woman whose child had been
killed!
81 saw the wonderful British
Tommy, and heard him sing all the
way across the channel, all through
France and up to the front line
! trenches. l want to tell you that it
has taken Great Britain two years
| ~ sx>S~ 1>,,t CT ri
ed, it's efficiency has the Prussian
efficiency beaten forty to one. This
| has taught me that we must be
patient. We cannot get ready in a
month or two mol,ths. 1t may take
year or two years, but we are COM
ing, everywhere. The most encour-
aging signs are among our boys over
there"
cities of the Germans that he had
witnessed against the hospitals of
the allies. He told of visiting ward
in which were men who were gassed,
and how when he patted one poor
fellow on the back and said he was
glad to hear he was going to pull
through, the Tommy said, Thanks,
I'm feeling fine"
Food and Men.
Mr.. Lord told of Premier Clemen-
ceau's reception of the commission.
The premier said, simply: 1--WE are
glad to see you. France has been
sorely tried, but we knew the United
States was with us. We will need
food and men, and yet more men,
perhaps, before you are ready, and
we may be sorely tried" When MI.
Lord asked him which it was more
important to send, men or food, he
replied. why send men If there Is
no food'
Mr.. Lord told of the Smelling of
the cathedral of Rheims, which the
Germans had converted into hos
pital which they had to evacuate
suddenly, leaving their wounded, and
then shelled the building with their
wounded in it. He told Of their plant
ing grenades in the land over which
there had been no fighting, but which
would tend to keep the people from
cultivating. The Germans. he said,
knew the value of starvation. They
had practiced it in Russia.
Pershing's Message.
On the way to the front where he
was billeted with the American Sam
mics, Mr.. Lord opened his Paris edi-
ton of the New York Herald, to
learn from the headlines that his
friend Benjamin Stephen Wolcott had
been brought down over the Bosche
lines. At the American headquarters
he was ushered into the presence of
General John j. Pershing, "the real
lest man l have ever met" he said.
Mr.. Lord asked for a message for the
American people. The eyes of steel
which mark BLACK Jack" hardened,
and he said:
Tell the people that their boys
over here are being trained to kill"
Mr.. Lord was billeted with the
Sammies and he declared they were
the same boys that we had sent
away. Their first query was DO the
people know why we are here, and
are they back Of u.s." A cry Of
You bet" answered the speaker. |
He said he came into his quarters
with the troops in charge of cor
poral and that as he came in the |
door, one of the boys looked up and |
said:
We'll, where in h did you get |
that?"
II tell you they are the same boys |
YOU sent away" Mr.. Lord reitera ted. |
Guest Of the Sanmes.
1t was Saturday afternoon and an
off day, but the machine gun crews
had some rounds of ammunition is
sued They got permission to do
some additional target practice, and
there through that mud they made
five round trips of 120 yards each
way, to set up the gun, set the tar
gets, and observe the effect of the
shots. That evening Mr.. Lord offered
to play host and the Sammies chose
a movie in the town four miles away.
The only thing that saved him, Mr..
Lord said was that for the first time
hat winter France froze up, and he
had fairly solid footing on the way
back