Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-06-07
Open THEIR ARMS
70 OUR OFFICERS
British Go OF Of Way 10 Extend
Courtesles to Army and
Navy Men.
FRIENDLY GUIDES N HAND

ohio Man Tells Of Getting Cards 10
Parliament From Joe peveiin
~-Descrihss Alr Raid Ia
London.
New York.-The eagerness Of the
English and irish to do favors to wan
dering Americans on leave from milk
itary duty abroad. aud the general
kindness met with everywhere "Ovef
there" ia told In a letter Of an Ameri-
can naval officer. living In Ohio, now.
IN the war zone. He and a 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:
aNow that I look back over It. It
seems that my spare time was very
well spent. utilized every moment Of
II. / met hosts OF people and made
many friends. Every one seemed bent
on entertaining US, and I can vouch for
their success in this.
"On one occasion not long before !
left Lady Curzon held reception for
Admiral Sims, his staff, and other
| American officers, and II 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-
| cd him to be, hut In his fine face. per-
sonality, and sincerity Of speech. He,
think. Is very wonderful.
Got cards TO Parliament.
i Won the day that the houses Of par.
lament opened. some months ago, II
was fumored that the premier would
speak III 'tke house of cQmnions. 81
I Iaeutenant jackson and hurried down
to Westminster ut about $50 In thu
1 afternoon, determined. by hook OF
crook, to get tickets to the gallery. 4
dignified 'bobbie" pointed out some
1 member Of Parliament to us, and hav
ing decided on one because Of his small
stature and kindly face. Jackson ant
I swooped. down upon him, one on eth
er side. We soberly explained to hin
| with dramatic little touches--thankl
| to Jackson--how much our hearts wer'
set on getting tickets. He stood smil
inr at us, q very short. thick-set littl'
man, with an enormous head and
One. honest face, aud then said, 'Hav
ye lust come oyer-r fr-r-rom Amer-r-i
Il ricaf We told him how long we ha
been across and he said that he ha'
one ticket only. but that he though
that be could find another for us. II
signed his ticket--Joe Devesfn. Il
was the great Irish unionist, a man q
big in mind as he Is small In stature
II He soon returned with another naen
Der, whom he introduced This VIA
i John Burns. the Labor leader.
II "That was notable afternoon
the house Of commons. Asquith, wit
his beautiful and precise oratory, b.
} seeming to lack that sincerity OF pu
81 pose and speech which Is deminaI
! with Lloyd George, asked questions
: the premier, the answers to whie
: would apparently have given vnluab
> information to the enemy, and the pr
! mier's tense, finishing reply cause
some few dramatic moments.
III "Then there were the air raid
These proved very exciting at mrs
but finally they lost their interest +
me and became 50 commonplace tn
| paid little attention to them, on
staying inside to avoid being hit
the falling shTapnel.
III Describes Ar Raid IN London.
II II was awakened by the guns In Il
| outer defense at 4:80 In the mornin
| and then the inner defense guns b
| gan to bark. The moon was a sli
crescent In the sky, and II was a-bea
| tiful night, although cold. Present
| the faint drone Of the raiding plan
| could be distinguished and there car
the reverberating rumbles Of bonn
| being dropped. Finally the noise
| the motors died away and the guAs
the coast could be heard, throwing !
| their barrage At the returning T.
planes, and at about six the bugl
| were sounding all clear through I
: streets.
1T was reported that two Of the !
p raiders were brought down. It seel
~ that the crews Of these Gotha plan
. wear electrically heated clothing 2
2 d one machlne the heating elements
2 the pilots clothing absorbed 30 mn
9 current that. being unable to disct
= meet them. he was forced b tlescel
+ The dothas have q wing spread Of q
4 siderably over 100 feet are twin =
Y tered. and carry q crew Of three men
q pilot. gunner, and bomber. Being tw
y motore<l. their Sonorous double hum
n 1a,-5< AfzfinafIva ffn fffa mast bT{ifff