Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
NUBBINS
BY
BURRIS JENKINS

Unless the prospect alters, we
shall behold, as indeed we have al
ready beheld. some of the greatest
military pageantry in human his
| tory. We have seen some of the
triumphal entries which should
mark the ending of this war. but
we shall see many more. The great
,, est of all of which, o. course, will be
into Berlin.
The writer of this column never
saw one of these world conquerors
and triumphal entries but once and
that, as SO often happens with him,
took place at an English garden
party. Somebody told me. There's
Lord Allenby, if you care to see
him." "Sec him? Man alive, I'd
rather see him than anybody know
of on earth just now" See him?
Why he is a world conquerOr, he
was i'm command of the British
forces which conquered Messopo-
tamia, which includes Syria the
Lebanons, Arabia, the Valleys OF
the Tigris and the Euphrates and,
made his triumphal entry into Jeru-
salem at the orders of the British
government. without detailed in
structions. His staff gathered round
him the day before and asked in
structions.
"Will you use motor, Gcnerai
AlIenby?" He shook his head.
d. "A horse?" Again he shook his
head.
had heard all this story but was
eager to hear it again and to ratity
it.
Then they suggested camel, a
dronedary. He gave negative to
both and stood looking down at
his little swagger-stick and tapping
il against his boots. Finally nc
said.
mo, / shall go i'm afoot." And so
it was. AlIenby. one Of the world
conquerors entered on foot. sur
rounded and followed by his staff
and his army. into perhaps the most
famous city i'm the world. He would
make no comment upon it. no ex-
PLANTATION of it, no preachment
about it. Try as hard as l might,
/ could get nothing out OF that big
burly, thoroughly English gentle
man except, Better so. Much better
taste. Better So" And he looked
away with that blemished eye Of his
which rather threw his cOuntenance
out OF perspective. Nothing startling
about him at first except his size
and proportion. but having once
seen him you never could forget
him. The British Empire never will
forget him. kg5
One evening this writer did see 3
whole bunch of possible world con-
querors and triumphal enterecs. In
deed. he saw them staggering and
strutting and by imagination already
world entering in the Tier Garten
at Berlin. They we're all there to-
gether, world upsetters, 'weuld-be
conauerOrs, disaster makers, headed
by Hitler standing in his open car,
followed by Goering, standing and
clutching onto the back of the
front seat of his car, and the little
lame Goebbels, standing up in his.
They stopped to unload at the krull
opera house. Hitler took his salute
first, turning about with fair mod
esty, as far as any such action
could ever be modest, and waving
at the people. The day before he
had shot u men, most of them his
best friends and had come to tell
the German people about it.
Goering. the most swell headed,
or at least the most swell bodied
of any of this bunch of highwaymen,
not content with accepting plaudits
in his car, got out and walked all
round it and looked up at the sol
diers and the populace and saluted.
He looked for all the world like the
big fat butcher in an American
slaughter hOuse-One of the most
repulsive men your eyes ever could
have fallen on.
Now, Hitler, is or was, hand
some man. Believe it or not, it's so.