Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-17
Cleaned From Foreign
Exchanges

| stood at Westminster and saw the |
oldest power on earth do something !
new. l saw a man turning handle
and a column Of water rising like Il
solid thing.
From the beginning of the world
the waters have been moving. They
have rolled from shore to shore in
mighty waves, moving impressively
and silently from century to century,
this way. that way, for ever and ever.
They have been drawn up by the sun
and lifted to the clouds, and have
come down to the earth as rain. They
have gathered fearful strength in
storms and swept across the e1rt1
with pitileSS destru ction. They have
made the earth Il garden or a wilder
Eess as it might suit their mood. but
never since the earth was made have
| they been for moment still.
! And yet, through all the aeons of
| time, no man till now has seen water
| rising from a well save in a bucket or
| in something to contaL: it. We let a
! bucket down a we'll and bring it up
filled with sparkling liquid; but the
new sight that is now to be seen is
Ct water rising from a well without n
bucket 1t viii stick to a chain like
! glue; it w6l come I'D in hundreds OF
gallons es fast as you turn a handle;
it win rise from a river for hundreds
Of feet if You have a chain big enough
and long enough.
1t is all incredible until man has
seen it; but tine new chain that goes
round and round with water clinging
to it as if il were coming from a foun-
tain or hoKe is one of the rare
things to be seen in London now, and
s5me day it will be pumning every
Where-the simplest means ever
known Of raising water to great
heights Of emptying water out Of
mines, or salving snnken ships.
| Mr.. Wilson is to stay where possible
in American embassies. because tech
nicaliy these are part Of American
soil, but the practice Of the United
States in the matter differs 4 good
deal from that of ether nations, which
LuiId or buy and maintain stately res
licences IN foreign capitals, which are
; the property of the state and the per
manent home Of its representatives
abroad.
America has not taken kindly 10 tbs
/ custom and possesses in London and
, elsewhere no such permanent ernbas-
s.. Things have been made easier fer
her representatives in later years, but
the American aElba Ssador has still to
[ choose his own residence, and there
ere quite a number OF houses in Lon
Go. which have been American soil'
> at some time or another
, "We!cone home! Thank you. bows
for all you've done" is the kindly
greeting or a banner which is daily
saluting the eyes of soldiers on theii
way to the rehabilitation camp al
- Wimbledon. 1t was a happy though
! to greet the war worn men who ploC
up the road which has been troadef
. | by tens of thousands OF their com
! rades. The station yard at Wimble
0 don has witnessed poianant scenes o
t farewell. Now the soldiers one see:
| there are wearing smiles that won
f come off"
e Lord CoIerrdge claimed at a meetin.
o in London that Marshal Foch hac
risen above the standard of almost al
! former conquering captains.
6 He had the Germans in the hollow
- Of his hand, and he coul1 anyicipat
II such victory. such a surrender, a
s would put Sedan and Waterloo IN tn
shadow. But he resisted the .empta
q ton, because it would mean the sac
IL rifce of more innocent ives. Til
!, stamped him not only as n great war
~ r;or but as a great Christian man.
The meanest thing III The Who'll
war was the Germans abandonment
n Of their own kaiser.
=. The Berliner Tageblatt learns thu
- the British admiral conducting arms
$ tice negotiations with German officer
and officials has had occasion to re
10 mind the Germans of the right to oc
sr cupy Heligoland should the condition
= of the armistice not be executed full,
Ut Great sums have been earned dur