Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

The German practice of stripping &C.
cupied territory of valuable art treasures
is not a new thing in military history. 1t
is possible that the allies will make the
same stipulations that were made in 1916.
when they demanded that Napoleon re-
store the plumber he had collected for the
Louvre in his various campaigns. Then
commissioners from fourteen states at
tended the conference and 2.os5 pictures
were reclaimed
Photographers who go with the airmen
over German lines work at lightninglike
speed in obtaining pictures. but they work
no faster than do the map makers at
tached to the allied armies behind the
lines. work which is vitality important
to the belligerent armies. Fully 1900
new maps are made every day from pho
tographs taken by the bird men," Maps
are as important as munitions. say mill
tary men.
The King of England contributes to the
public's meat supply. Cattle and poultry
are sent to the markets from the royal
farms at Windsor
Unless the British government takes a
hand. Sir John Jelicoe, the famous British
naval officer. will be retired a pension
less than the daily wage of the NUM-
tons workers of today.
The word queue once was applied to the
"pigtaif' of hair worn on olden time wigs
The word has been revived and given wide
usage as French and British people are
forced to wait in line before shops to
make their food purchases.
Gen Averesco. the present prime min
lister of Rumania and who comma nded
the nations armies. rose from the ranks,
he having once been private in the army.
He is man of strong opinions. His wife
is Italian
Soldiers are not required to salute
former King Manuel or his wife in Eng
land. it has been officially decreed.
A British soldier who. following the
death of his superior officers, CALAMITY led
a charge against a pill box on the western
and leave to return home. later deserted
and a few days ago was arraigned in
London court for the theft of some soap.
can fire $4,000 feet. 1t is proving terror
to the flying men, who seldom approach a
height more than IL. 900 feet.
thousand pieces the kaiser once re-
marked.
British women once were prone to lie
dUcu uIltu tdte III tus morning, tncn get I'D
and read the newspaper or a novel until
noon Now they are forced to get UP
early and get to the markets to obtain
their share of food. The queue thus has
advantages from a health standpoint, says
a medical authority
Women of Berlin and in other of the
more populous centers of Germany are
gambling more than ever before.
Canadian soldiers and other territorials
have no sympathy with the claims made
in some circles that England has per-
mitted the colonies to carry the chief
burden on the western front.
I'VE are ready to kiss the ground on
which the British walk for having as
signed us to such important positions and
permitted us to take such great share in
the struggle for the emancipation of the
world from the Teutonic menace" said
territorial returned from the front.
In discussing Austria's espousal of
democratic principles a British journal
recalls the statement of Gladstone in
1850, in which he declared that Aus
tria ever had been an enemy to free
dom. He declared that there was not a
spot on the map where one could lay a
finger and say: There Austria did
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