Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-19
DEACOMS THRILLED
ON FOREIGN JOURNEY
Witnessed Many Exciting Incl
dents During Visit to Near
East Countries.

Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Beacon
have returned from their trip abroad
which brought them in contact with
much foreign history in tho making.
After a delightful trip across tho
ocean on . comfortable and not over
crowded rhip. tho party stopped At
Fiume. The Carmania was tho frst
largo vessel to call there since the
War and plans had been made TO give
her a special welcome, but a. tho
vessel arrived soon after tho bonn
bardment Of tho palace and tho ex-
pulsion Of Zanclli. passengers wcre al
lowed to 20 ashore only after signing
papers assuming all responsibility for
anything that might happen. No ono
was injured although a miniature riot
took place In the square Just as the
tender landed.
Greece was at war with Turkey and
threatened with revolution. There
were rumors that Athens was unsafe
TO visit as there was much excitement
and tho political situation WAS acute.
After leaving France and italy. II was
hard 10 got nows. for there were no
recent English. papers and as Mr.
Greek or Hebrew or Arabic, even
street rigns arc unintelligible. Athens
ls so beautiful that the travellers did
not wonder at the intense patriotism
Of tho Greeks. for tho view from the
Auopolis. or Mars HHl over the city or
TO the mountains beyond. was almost
too good TO he true.
Tho route lay through tho Daryie-
nclles. the Sea Of MarmorA, past Gal
lipoli. and UP through tho Bosphorous
to tho Black Sea. In the harbor OF
Constantinople were American. British.
French. Italian, Greek and Turkish
hatueships. and In the city were SOL
diere from various allied nations.
Palestine wae perhaps the strongest
attraction for the party. for aside
from tho religious and historical as
sociauons. there Is great natural
beauty OF the country and the Wild
| flowers are the ioveliest In the world.
The British have cleaned up Jerusa-
lem. have brought good water into the
city and established law and order.
II was comparatively easy to reach
Cairo over the British railroad from
Jerusalem even though much OF the
way was across what had not long
ago been trackless desert. Evidences
Of the war WIRE plentiful. wire en-
tanglements still being in place, auto
mobile roads etili covered with
mountains OF sand, the pipe line which
brought water TO the troope still In
position, G~sa ahell-torn. and war
cemeteries along the way.
.rhs parv 100 ~ x,airs1 80,
l OF coronation day, but although the
stage was set the crown ready and
the kins willing, the people were not
as they objected to the king because
he had been chosen by the Britsh
and was too friendly with them. Sc
In place OF a coronation. there was q
reception and q little riot that might
easily have become big ono II
British eoldicrp had not dis spersed the
crowd the native police refusing to
interfere. This took place in front OF
one of the big hotels. The one mar
\ injured was spirited away, through tn,
back door OF the hotel and rumor had
i Il that he died soon sfterward. The
1 repers had little TO say about the mat
ter. Nor DID the king attend his owr
birthday party, for although dixtin.
suished guests arrived, he doubles,
felt that open air in the streets %
Cairo would be bad for his health. a,
EsyTt Is ono other place where tn
political situation IL acute. Mr.. anS
Mrs Beacon found the land OF tn,
phsraohe Tremendously interesting
and fascinating. In Cairo. however
the sanitary conditions are unspcak
able in the native quarter and h'
death rate il high, especially anon,
children.
The trip was varied from the Frencl
, Riviera, with all its lure and charm
20 the deserts Of Africa, the battle
fields OF Asia. Stromooli in action
snow on NesuvIus in April. a san,
storm in Egypt, and a wnterspOut a
? SEA. which fortunately kept its dis
I tance Captain Nelson -: the Car
mon,a. when asked about the giTan
tic wstcrspout. smllingly said. "Il
never tell what would hhv. happened
~ Il had cAuCht us. In fact. ] neve
could have told. We would have beef
listed as missing IN the marine regis
ter"