The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-03-24

the border Of Germany, bat did not en-
ter the country
"switsari&nd was the garden spot OF
the whole trip. A sweet. clean. peace
full, beautiful country. The people are
agreeable 20 all nationaiities. preserve
q neutrality. and try to please. After
the weeks in Egypt Italy and Greece
the visits to Zurich, Interlaken and Lake
Geneva are baths for tho mind"
Col. Riley found Paris still subdued.
with high prices marring the pleasure
OF life in the French capital.
The night life one reads 50 much
about. practically amounts to nothing.
The cafes are closed at 200 a M. and
late risers in Paris then go to bed.
Getting out Of Paris about as far as
Gary is from Chicago one begins TO see
tho real effects of the war. II was
at this point that the Germans made
their furthest advanceI Traversing
thu territory where the war was fought
the traveller encounters tho most dis
tressing scenes that the human eye
can possibly witness. Hamlet after
Hamlet, town after town, often reduced
10 piles OF stone waste Rheims is the
most pitiful example Of wanton estruc-
ton that I saw.
''Frenchmen in the war zone are al
together different than those I met IN
tbs RIVERA In the war zone It IS a
people Of drawn faces. OF humans who
seldom smile and never laugh. on ev-
cry side there are women in black, men
with mourning bands on their arms and
little children grim and sobered.
1T looked TO me as though it VIII take
more than half century to repair the
wanton destruction caused by the Ger
man armies Yet they are now farming
IN tho battle areas and frequently the
ploughman turns UP the body Of fallen
soldier When he does he signals the
nearest burial corps.
The district is 4 vast cemetery.
White crosses mark where allied sold
iers lie; black crosses for the fallen
Germans. And tender care Is given By
the American government to the beau
tiful cemeteries It is maintaining for
the American dead left over there.
"A prominent landmark Of the war
zone IS the great dug out occupied by
the German Crown Prince While the
furniture not longer graces It, this shell
ter 100 feet underground, was a safe
and pleasant retreat
LAS Is to be expected. found the
French people In the devastated zone
feeling revengeful toward the Germans"
Col Riley made the trip from France
TO England by aeroplane. 1t took him
three hours and twenty minutes to fly
from Paris to the landing place near
London.
Looking down from the sky. the i'm
preston Of England Is a beautiful gar
den. It IS a panorama Of beautiful
Landscapes e."
In London. the East Chicagoan found
business better than In continental cit
les.
The English are straining eyesy ef-
fort TO recover from their awful losses
Tet the strife is not a happy one. What
with ireland and india IN an uproar. and
Egypt on the verge OF an outbreak. the
government also faces an acute labor
situation
As an American and from a dry
country. WAS surprised 70 End that
England fs not es wet as most people
imagine. The bars do not open until
u o'clock noon and then close again at
90 p. m. During these two hours Id
uor may be purchased and carried away.
Re-opening again at 600 ?. m the bars
stay open only until $50 p. m, but all
liquor and beer purchased must be drank
at the bar. Incidentally. tho govern
mont provides that the liquor shall DO
OF a proof that mixes It obout one-half
as strong as the kind IN America
1t IS after a tour of this kind that
one really appreciates America"