The New York herald., 1920-01-25

| line magistrate sat Dolt uprlSHl. w mai
an extraordinary thing"' he exclaimed
And after a moment, "A funny way OF
doing it,"
T Concerning things marine. il has just
become known that a new idea in squadron
designation has been perfected for the
various Hnits of the British navy. a color
scheme has been worked out for those
war ships which are to be kept at foreign
! stations
II From the colors thus far announced it
appears America will see the dullest of the
lot. while those living in Eastern climes
will have literal forget-me-nots in their
i harbors. Vessels in the East Indies and
the Red Sea are to be painted white, with
! primrose-yellow tunnels and masts. For
China and the Pacific the war ships will
be painted white, with gray uppers.
Solid Gray Here.
The Atlantic units. on duty in North
America as well as the west coast of
Africa will be solid gray The basic dis
tinction of British war ships in the two
great oceans viii be the white and gray
hulls. with further possible deviations in
the upper works, according to substaton.
! London is having a laugh over a letter,
which has just come to light, from Ger
/
attitude expressed in this letter is cri-
terion OF the postwar industrial awaken
! ing In Germany, then the allied world must
watch out. for Fritz is overlooking nth
| ing. Carl Won Noight. OF Neuwerk Ger
many. wrote as follows to a London ink
manufacturing firm
Looking through my books, I find
have still standing a balance of As. plus
interest at 6 per cent Is, 3D.. making
a total of 5s., 3D. TO your debit. Please
! favor me with your cheque for this
amount (Which interest and all, amounts
to $1.2S at the normal rate of exchanged
so that 1 will be able to square your ac-
count"
Bill Already Paid.
! The firm to which the letter was ad-
dressed. in making it public, stated that
| the fact the debt was contracted In Febru-
airy of 1914, rather lessened the German S
chances, but that the most convincing
argument against Carl was the fact that
taid-before the WARMTH receipt on
! file,
Z Michael OBrien, demobiliZed soldier
who lost his leg in the war, was brought
before a Magistrate in London the other
day on charge of travelling from Holy
head to London by train without a ticket.
He said the reason was that he had no
money: that he lived In Dublin but came
to London because its no use for an ex-
soldier to ask for work in Dublin; they
only laugh at YOU
Sir William Sutherland NJ. p, Parlia-
mentary Secretary of the Treasury, told
an amusing story in the course of a speech
at the Gaelic Victory dinner. An English
man. Sir William said, was in Budapest
Il ho Il Rn1ShpViSt
~ was unable to get passport or any
other credentials with which to leave the
country Desparing Of legitimate methods
and not caring to risk subterfuges, ne
went to the railway station with decision
to take advantage of any bit OF luck that
came his way.
i At the station, he saw a train to all in
ltents preparing to pull out. There were
no guards about. 50 he opened the door
of a compa rtment in one of the coaches
and stepped in. After a few moments a
group of Bolsheviks, inspecting the train.
drew UP at his compartment. The Eng
lishman was prepared for anything, so he
decided the best way was to simply ignore
the investigators. They asked him some
thing-which he did not even care TO un-
derstand--at which he made Indifferent
and casual signs to the effect that ne diu
not speak their language and was not 20
be bothered The Bolshevik guards iett
but soon returned with officers. Again
they questioned him in tongue that he
did not comprehend. Finally, in exaspera-
| ton. he exclaimed at his insistent ques-
tioners, "Oh, buzz off. buzz Off And
with a wave of his hand he as much as
dismissed them.
Bewnre He's q Count.
The words he had spoken, as unintelli-
gible to the Bolsheviks their words
were to him. made a profound impression
upon the officers. sAfter moment OF re-
Election on their part. and brief inter-
change OF comment, they began salaaming
and bowing to the astonished Englishman.
who. however. had presence OF. nina
enough TO take everything that came his
way AftGa another moment the Boil
sheviks prSnuced a sign board from
somewhere. wrote something upon il, and
hung IL from the knob OF the door In the
compartment. The train moved out. The
door was locked and the Englishman did
not know whether he had been quaran-
tined. condemned or exalted.
4 At the next station the Englishman got
n guards attention and the door was
opened for him. With alacrity he hoped
from the compartment to read what the
Bolsheviks had posted on the door. This
Is what he saw:-'vrhis compartment is
reserved for and occupied by Count
BuZzoff."
This man thus escaped from Hungary
Sir William said. "and that was the man
lner i'm which the people OF the British
Il Empire carried on the traditions of their
/ great race
1 The Prime Minister, Mr.. David Lloyd
I George, has reached the distinctive posi-
ton i'm which commentators find great
satisfaction in recording what he reads
j and WHAT he does not read. Some of the
! Prime Minister'S critics assert nc reads
too littlc-and acts 1t in his statesman
ship: others say he reads too much--with
little in his public life TO show for II. n
writer i'm John O'Londons Weekly"
however has come forward with an as
iyet undcnicd account of what the King q
chief minister does read. This writer
says Mr.. Lloyd George always has new
book or two on hand--nowadays usually
novels" The Prime Minister Is not. he
says. skipper: II he likes book he
reads IL carefully and soemnly from
cover TO cover. lie does not like gloomy
books, nor those with sad ondings.
Likes Historical Novels.
i Historical novels are his favorites Chis
critics say he doesn't know history. else
he would demean himself differently in
diplomacy and he has almost the passion
OF the schoolboy for tales OF adventure
and daring. "rhe things which do not in
lterest him." continues this authority,
"arc modern romanccs or the story which
IdcaIe with n,av.bniouv and tho analygig of