The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-29
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By AMOS Q. PIPP | (Author of Through Thirty >Rumors" ano Famous Battles I Have Missed'o
 q shall never forget how close Lloyd George came to a duel with the Maharajah of Bikaner. Only the fact that Lloyd George had already fought six duels that day (and it was then only noon) prevent ed it.
 " c ssss 'The Maharajah accused Lloyd George of repeatedly asking for a match and then fail ing to return the box. Finally, to odtwit him, the Maharajah bought an automatic cigar lighter. The next time Lloyd George asked for a match the Maharajah pulled out this lighter. The British premier took it, lit his cigar with it, and then calmly. threw the device away.
 'The Maharajah, in a great rage, flew at Lloyd and grabbed him by the collar. He demanded either an apology or new auto matic cigar lighter. Lloyd replied by putting on new record and playing, Yes, We Have No Bananas. The Maharajah then rushed to the nearest telegraph station and sent him a challenge to fight him duel with nut-picks in the Grand Canal of Venice"
 (Note: Lloyd George late last night de- nied this story in toto. "The statement that the Maharajah grabbed me by the collar is absurd. I wore no collar that day." he said.'
 II. THE STORY OF A TERRIFIC EN- COUNTER BETWEEN COL. HOUSE AND GEN. POOH.
 This was one of the high lights of the Peace Conference and although it attracted great attention few people ever heard of it. Accordingly this account will be news to everybody, including myself. It seems Foch had rooms in the same hotel as Col. House. One evening he complained that he was kept awake by the colonel talking for publication in the rooms below. He com pIained to the management which notified Col. House he would have to stop talking or leave Paris. The colonel summoned the man. ager to his rooms and demanded an apology and hot water.
 "The management, true to the policy
 of the French hotel keeper, agreed to
 the apology, but declared he would die
 rather than provide hot water.
 "They clinched. The battle was
 good draw when, suddenly, Gen. FOch,
 who had in some way secreted himself
 under the bed, crawled out and bit Col.
 Houses leg. Foch refused to release
 his hold on the limb and for 8 time it
 seemed that he and the colonel might go
 through the entire Peace Conference
 that way.
 "Only quick work by President Will
 son saved the situation. He threw FOch
 a live German. Foch quickly ceased
 eating Col House and began making
 meal of the Roche.
 'T mention this incident for what it
 is worth. It isn't worth much" III. THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF A HAIR ROWING ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A. BONAR LAW AND PREMIER OR LANDO.
 "No battle during the entire Peace Confer ence gave the spectators more of a run for their money than this. I remember it well, whether it happened or not. This was battle with fire hose between Bonar Law and Orlando. It occurred at Versailles.
 "Mr Orlando missed his silk hat, and,
 in Joking for it, he encountered Bonar Law leaning over the great artificial lake
 there scOoping out goldfish with it. Over
 ten quarts of fish had been taken out
 in MT. OrlandO's silk hat already and
 the hat was none the better for it. The
 Italian sneaked up behind Bonar, pushed
 him into the lake and retaliated by rush.
 ing back to the c0atrOOm, getting MT.
 Laws bonnet and feeding it to a cab
 horse.
 'Bonar was fished out of the lake
 under the provisions of Sticle XXIV,
 League of Nations.
 "He challenged MT. Orlando to fight in the Place de la Concorde with six-inch fire hose. If I am correct, the battle is still go- iuO m n