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COUNTESS OF WARWICK LAUDS GEN. FRENCH HOLY WAR ONLY AWAITS WORD OF SULTAN SIR JOHN FRENCH IS, RESOLUTE LEADER AS COUNTESS SES HIM Impressions of Britain's Leading Soldier Related by Countess of Warwick, IS A GIFTED COMMANDER Worshiped by Hli Man la Spite of Bli Merciless Insistence on Efficiency i of Highest Order. By 'ountNx Warwick. London, Nov. HO. In the Dally Ex-! press the. f'oiuitcPN of Warwick gives' ai Interesting sketch of bir John . French. J My first meeting with Field Mar-J shal Kir John French, commander In ; chief of the "contemptible Utile army" that in busy helping to make history, dates hack to tlie South African war. My latest meeting with him wag In August of last year. On each occasion h was on the point of leaving for the front. In the wide space that separates the Hoer war from the great International conflict, we met very often; he was frequently our guest at East on bodge and sometimes at Warwick castlie, and I visited him at Government House, Aldershot. I have hail many opportu nities of hearlnic his views of the world problem that confronts lis now, Joi- ho had seen It coming nearer and' nearer, and hail labored night and day to meet It. Other men had doubts; ho found no room for any. It was at iaridges hotel we .met riming the Hoer war. My eldest son, Guy. Lord Brooke, had then arrived at Hie ripe tige of 17, and still at El ton, had sold all his personal effects. Including ln.s fur coat and Jewelry given him by fuinlly and frlendH, to provide himself with the m,ean.s of getting to the front and equipping hlniK'if when there. We only learned his Intention when U was too late to Mop them, and I do not think that either rily husband or myself was real Iv anxious to keep him from nerving his country'. The only difficulty was to find him something useful to do, and Sir .John offered to take him on Ms staff as galloper. Today I am pleased to think that he is still serv ing under him, now as brigadier gen eral. A Resolute Figure. I recall General French as 1 saw him at t'lalrldge's, firm mouthed, curt l'i manner, briefly Incisive in speech, saving no more than vas absolutely necessary, and looking at me with the (urlijus glance that bespeaks the man of action who dreams and sees visions. A strong, resolute flgurf, with an ioii will hehind It. a human war machine In perfect order that was my first impression. Manv of my soldier friends vere with li t in in South Africa, where hia gltts as a cavalry leader roused en thusiasm. Writing home from the front, they told me he had but one. fault as a commanding officer he could not realize that horses d" not respond as readily as soldtcrs to hu i::un emotions. lie could overdrive his men, uiid they did their utmost for him. as they (lid for another martinet, the late General (iatacre. because I" each case they bail Implicit belief in their lea. lei's direction und -.inbounded faith in lis skill, but he over worked his horses, and kept the department In despair. He came hack to England wearing all the laurels of a successful general, and 1 met him several times in town. "Th; dust of praise' that Is blown eerywheie." w;is no more to John French than any other dust. He brushed It sharply away, and devoted all his leisure to considering the prob lems of war. Learns to Speak French. When the entente cordlale was in the air and there was a chance that Great Britain and France would work aide by side, he was delighted. Such n arrangement was for him an Ideal one, and he was, I may say, one of the first. If not the very first, of our lead ing military men who showed a full Appreciation of Its value. Unfortu nately, though a well educated and, in a strictly professional sense, a deeply read man, he had no knowledge of the French language, and he could not rest until that defect was remedied. Su In the summer of 1906 I think this was the year he settled in the little, village of La Boulle. near Rouen, and lived for three months in absolute re tirement, mastering the language. He would not clainj to have acquired the T .!.. .. I.,, 1, ...... U lnt X ai IBiau ft' CIH, UUI uu t-ail Ul Irani peak fluently. We were motoring throurih .France that summer, and stayed In the little hotel he had chosen for his headquar ters. He was extremely anxious to take me on a motor tour over the scene of Napoleon's Jast . campaign,, an ambition , of long standing only now possible of fulfilment. We came very near to going with hiiri, but, unfortu nately, something Intervened. Even Bir John cannot make war anything but unspeakably horrible to me, but I arn yet free to confess thr.t his vast 'knowledge and soul-deep convictions make It fearfully Interesting. A Born SnMtar A born soldier, he is merciless to the Inefficient. He broke a high of ficer, who was also a personal friend, because that officer made a bad blun der. Private considerations were swept Rheumatism A Home Core Given b;0oe Who Had It . lu the spring uf 193 I waa attacked tijr Muacular and Inflammatory ltheuinitlaiu. I suffered oulj thuae wtn bare it know, for over tbree ear. I tried remedy after retiWdy, and ductor after dctur, but auab relief us 1 received was only temporary, finally, I fouuii a remedy that cured me romi'lnly, aud it baa never returned. I bave. liven It to a number wiio were terrl bir tftilcted and even bedriddeu itb UbeuinatUui and It effected a cure lu every cae. j want every sufferer frwn angy form of rheumatic trouble to try tola mar velous healluf power. lon't send a cent; Imply mull your name and address and I will send It free to try. After you bare used it aud It bas proven Itself to be Ibait leaf-looked for mean of curluf your Rheu matism, you mny send the price of it. one dollar, but. understand, 1 do not want your money nulesa you are perfectly aetlafied to eeud it. Isn't that fair? Way suffer any lonfer when positive relief Is thus off fered yoo free) Ion't delay. Write today. Mark U, Jackson. No. sstiB Qorney. Bid.. JSyracuee. N. 1. . . " ? Sir John Turkey Has More Than Two Million Men Under Arms; Declares Minister of War Envcr Pasha Is Described by German Correspondent as Masterful Leader, Quite Unlike the Demon He Is Painted. Berlin. Nov. 20 (I. N. S.) Dr. Kmil Ltidwig, the t'onstantinople corre spondent of the Berliner Tageblatt. telegraphs: "The Turkish war ministry Is the strangest place In the world, an old pulace built in the romantic days of Ihe Ottoman empire, with a brauMfuI Italian arcade, a colossal stairway and Innumerable large halls of ori ental splendor. One of thet-e magnifi cent salons serve as reception room, and gives the Impression of a museum. Behind the enormous chairs uphol stered In red velvet, on wonderful Turkish and Persian rugs, stand long rowg of glass cases filled with collec tions of the most costly weapons, ar morers of ancient Turkey. Damascene golden shields, and daggers and sabers studded with diamonds and other pre cious stone-!?. Behind one of the mas sive doors that lead from this reposi tory of the Turkey of long aco is tha office of the great modern Turk who uses submarines and mortars like a German. There Knver Pasha is at work. Sum Faaha Misrepresented. "The man who is not only directing the present war of Turkey, but has made it possible by his wonderful tal ent for organization and energy, has risen from an obscure lieutenant to the rank of generalissimo and son-in-law of the sultan In eight short years. In the European clubs of I'era he has al ternately been described as an adven turer without a conscience, a demoniac character animated by boundless ambi tion, a hero, and a second Napoleon, but those who have made his acquaint ance know that ho is neither a corrupt conspirator nor a new Napoleon, but a aside, as" they always are with him. He spares nobody. least of all himself, but his men love him almost with a jealous eye. They ire the component parts of the war machine, and must be ut their best. In the conventional sense he has no re'igion, and yet I regard him as one of the most religious men I know. Ills views of the hereafter are clear; lie Ik confidently assured of the soul's survival, its reincarnation, the fulfil ment of its ambitions. He is an ideal ist, an enthusiast, a man who could not act dishonestly if he tried, terrible in his strength, resistless iij his pur pose, tireless in his aims. It Is well for England that she has had a John French to !ead her armies. All Out of Luck. Iondon, Nov. 2Q. Private W. II. El liott, Alberta, Canada, was in the trenches just one" hour, ig gassed, sent to Boulogne, then embarked for Canada; survived the torpedoed Hes parlan; again sailed for Canada and got 'here. WHAT BULGARIA EXPECTS FROM KAISER NISH linMTCNBAOn eirtonje rts (V JX&X&ii t.:.:!W.V".av.-.5!ii;;.a &mmm j Jan?i Corfu na A secret treaty between Bulgaria and Germany is said to guarantee Bulgaria Grecian Macedonia and Grecian territory east of Seres, all the territory won by Serbia In tbe Balkan war of 1913.1013, " JUtd tbe whole of Albania in tbe evenj, tbe Teutons are victorious. THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, I " A O C J tl V V O " 1 French. simple and able mo-" -n soldier and an intense patriot. There is nothing de moniac in the appearance of. the dash ing and extremely polite young officer, who speaks German and French as flu ently as his native tongue. "The Pasha just had arrived from Smyrna when he received me. 'Every thing is quiet there,' ha said in Ger man. 7 don't believe that Italian troops will be sent to Gallipoll. The Italians have their hands full on thelf northern border, but even If thev should come to the east, it would not make much difference to us. We really would prefer to fight against them than the Engilsh.' Two Minion Armed Ken. "Our conversation then turned to Grand Duke Nicholas, the former com mander In chief of the Russian armies, who now Is viceroy of the Caucasus. 'I consider the grand duke a very good soldier.' the pasha said, "but he can do no better in the Caucasus than his predecessor, who also was a capable man. That the Russians will e jer rue I reach Constantinople is out or riie question, because we are ready for them and their British and French allies. Wc have over 2,000,000 soldiers under arms.' , "When he noticed my astonishment the young war minister smilingly re- j marked: 'I see that you are surprised and a little incredulous, D.ut I can give you the exact figures. On September 15 we had 1,910.000 men. Since that time six new divisions have been formed, and the 2.000.000 mark is therefore passed. We also have 45,000 men In the ammunition factories and arsenals, but I do not count these un armed reserves.' " If One Is "Zepped," One Must Be Dressed London, Oct. 20. London's night shirt is a fearful and wonderful gar ment, and Count Zeppelin Is responsi ble for ihis "nighty" revolution. Since the Count's Zeps have been Zepping London, no self-respecting Londoner has gone to bed in anything unfit for public gaze. Tasteful blue and pink pajamas, masculine and feminine variety, the lftter beribboned and frilled, are the vogue. They nave almost entirely su perseded the gool old homely unfiilled "nighty." Fancy red, blue or pink slippers to match the gorgeous "night ies" are also most proper, while it is intimated in the best circles that nightcaps not liquid ones have come back to their very own. Tatent hair curlers have been dis carded by the women. No feminine Londoner, says good authority, will take the risk of being "Zepped" In these, at least, not in "Zepping" season. levr iOFI S Drama a. smisbi N Ctei C1 !?r -J"JaW JLGEAN SEA Lansld J DO UnDETIPM PADITM O IN L .1 VL IWlLllvjjI OA ll I A LO IVOLED PROPHET TO INVOKE A HOLY WAR F TURKEY TOPPLES Allies Will Never Take Con- i stantinople Is Declaration of Turkish Merchant, MOSLEMS IN READINESS One Word From Sultan Would Prompt El Senuesi to It Xoose Armed Hordes of the Faithful. London, Nov. 20 (I. N. 8.) "Britain and her allies will never tak Constan tinople. Their policy In the Balkans has been stupid and sujcldal. Before they beat the Turkish empire they will b. faced with over forty millions of Moslems, for a world wide Jehad, or holy war, is now in course of prepara tion. This was the statement today of Mr. Kahlda, a prominent Turkish mer chant who has but recently left Con stantinople. He ranks high among his compatriots as a Mohammedan who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca. He declares that the peril of a great holy war is Imminent. "The preparations for a Jehad." said Mr Kahlda, "have.been going on since 1S11, when Italy attacked Turkey. So fa as Turkey is concerned in the pres ent war she has little money to con tinue, but she is receiving support, and the nation Itself is rich, and the people are intensely patriotic. Turkish Army Efficient. "The army is a perfect fighting ma chine as the British and French now in Gallipoll have admitted. The rulers of the Ottoman empire recognize that this is likely to be a fight to the death, and in the last resort, should therq be a sign that Turkey is likely to be beaten there still remains the last re sort. That effort would be the great est of all, and would effectively par alyse the enemies of Islam. All ar rangements have been made to put this into effect, and call a holy war. "Should the sultan find the empire imperilled he has It In his power, as the personal representative of the prophet, to call a Jehad, which would mean a general uprising of all Islam against the empire's enemies. Despite all reports to the contrary, no such call has been made, though the kaiser of. Germany knows well what power the sultan has, and has been assured that the call will be made if neces sary. "Abdul Hamid once made such a threae and so ended Eurosjen aggres sion, but the passing of Abdul Hamid Thas not changed the position, for the t present sultan Vould be supported by an even greater personage In the Mos lem world I mean the veiled -prophet of Kufra, at whose sign over forty million Mohammedans will be hurled against Turkey's enemies. That sign will be given perhaps sooner than ex pected. Mohammedans Are United. "The great powers have long known of the power of this veiled prophet, Sidi el Senussl. The British foreign office has been at pains to find cut all about him, and is well -aw-aro that after 26 vnr Kl Kenunhi has welded together all the Moslems of every race. From India to Haussaland, and from Acla Minor to the source of the Nile every Mohammedan is united with his brothers In blind obedience to the prophet. "El Senussi has been seen by only one white man, the late Herr Nachti gal, the German traveler, and the two had an interesting conversation. El Senussti is descended directly from Mohammed's favorite wife. He has the infallible mark between his thonl dtrs, his eyes are blue, and one of his arms Is longer than the other all proof of his right to the Important position he holds. "Whenever the Senussl founds a new colony he appoints a rookkadim and civil governor. He buys up caravans of slaves and after teaching them his doctrine sends them abroad to teach it to the tribes from which they came. Abdul Hamid was converted by him, and the present sultan has now become one of his pupils. Prophet Merer Seen TJnveUed. "Only lately the French military in telligence department tried to find out what the Senussi was planning. They sent emissaries to Tunis and Algiers, but El Senussi knew, of the coming of these spies before they landed, for he too has spies In every Important pert in the Mediterranean and beyond. Save for the mokkadims who confer with tbe prophet once a year, he is never seen unveiled. "Ten years ago, under his direction, when his capital was at Jerebub, great factories and armories were estab lished for the coming Jehad, and weapons were transported by caravan from Asia, Arabia and even from South Africa. Five thousand camels are kept in readiness In case of a surprise attack by his enemies." LACtC ilYOO SEA XirlclnliSM MARMOJU S4 BKUS& eVKfi Albania SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1015 I yPX ' ym I '-v-' - I , tl i t y Z t i A W I - j-' r few s.-w-'IJh - - t I nv&Mif &L Tiff'' V;'., nytf&JL- HHfWtnVif - "- ; Tfi - " 13 A lck Serbian, TO SPEAK ENGLISH; That Day of ' Deliverance Is Coming Is Their Firm Be lief Children Independent. London. Nov. 20. (I. N. S.) The following account of conditions lu Belgium is from the pen of an American who has arrived in Jxmdon after a year's stay in the Belgian capital : "Belgium today is learning to speak English. Everywhere you go, you can see the old and young usually carry ing notebooks, studying in the streets and trams. In the cafes, restaurants, and in the homes, all talking English, using English expressions and words on all possible occasions. "Belgium is confident. You have only to look at their faces to see it, and if you talk with them, they say, 'Just wait.' The day of deliverance is coming. It may be this summer or next summer, but never? Vous ete fou! Divided Into Tare Districts. t "From the Germany military stand point. Belgium is organized into three districts, the first, the Operattons gebeit or the zone of operations, which extends some 15 to 20 miles behind the actual line of fighting; the second, the Etappen, which Is an intermediary zone where all the sup plies for the front are collected and distributed; and the third, the Occu-patlons-gebeit or the occupied terri tory organized with both military and civil governments. No person can go from one to the other except on spe cial permission, and then only by train, which includes as one of its comforts a thorough searching. "No person can leave the town In which he lives, except by train or or. foot. Those who wish to ride in automobiles must pay 20 marks a week or more. In the fortified cities of Eiege, Namur, and Antwerp, you must be in your houses at 9 o'clock in the evening. Plight to Holland XTsqnsst. "Naturally no Belgian can go . to Holland except by stealth, and I have good reason to believe that some 60, 000 have passed the frontier since the first of the year. Sometimes this necessitates the killing of one or two sentinels. "Above all It is 6trlctly forbidden to sing or play the Brabanoon, the Marseillaise, and Tlpperary, as a re sult of -which, nearly every Belgian can sing Tlpperary and does so very often. On the Boulevard Anspach :n Brussels one day four little boyi were marching towards the Bourse singing at the top of their lungs the Branbanoon. It was not long before some German soldiers chased them, catching one, who. . as he marched away to the Kommandatur. cried out to his friends: "Run and tell mamrpa that I am a prisoner of war." The young Belgians all wear caps modeled on the soldier's rest caps and are very independent." Swiss Newspapers Placed Under Ban Berne, Nov. 20. Censorship In France is becoming even more strict. All Swiss newspapers, which are not supporting the cause of the allies, have been barred from French territory and are destroyed by the authorities as soon as they cross the frontier. Tha publishers recently submitted a protest to the Swiss federal coun cil, but they were informed that noth ing could be done In the matter, as tha right of the French government to bar any foreign newspaper is unques tionable. Now the publishers demand tha return of the postage paid by them for the confiscated papers. BELGIANS EARNING OPT MISM S MARKED tihcken with typhus, seeks respite in Gen. Joffre Makes Visits to His Men Franch Commander-in-Chief Makes aree.uet.t Sorties Among Soldiers In Kls Army. Paris, Nov. 20. General Joseph Joffre. French commander-ln-'iiief. sometimes lays aside hir. uniform and jroes Incognito amonu 1-is soldlen in the clothes of a citlsen. Joffre wishes first hand information as to how his men are farlnp, whether they are satisfied with their lot: If their food is all right and their diges tion O. K. An inhabitant of Rivesaltes, Joffre birthplace down on the Spanish border, vouches for the truth of the story his son tells In a letter Just received Fresh from the trenches, the soldier raid, he and his two friends wete off cuty back of the lines. Relatives had sent them 2J0 snails and these they prepared with Spanish peppers and ether strong spices. As they began to eat, a motorcar drew up and stopped. Three or four men In civilian attire got out. One of these eame over to the fnail eaters. "What are you doing there?" the rtranger asked. "Eating snails, as you can see for yourself." one of the soldiers replied In the offhand way soldiers have with "civils," adding. "If you Wke, you might taste hem." "I won't say no to that!" exclaimed the mysterious visitor. He also "gar gled" wine. In a way to make jealous the purest of the Catalans. "Ah!" he exclaimed. "Where did you get It?" "From a litije place you never heard of," he was told. "From Rivesaltes." "From Rivesaltes!" the stranger ex claimed. "Do you come from Rive saltes?" "I do." "What's your name?" The Rlvesalt ian told. "Your father lives in the third house from the end of the main road entering the village from the south, doesn't he?" "He does, sir; but how did you know?" the youn.; soldier was greatly rurprised. The stranger chuckled. "The first time you write home." he said, "just tell your mother and father that Oenesal Joffre sends them his regards." The three soldiers sprang to their feet and came to a rigid salute. Nurse Borlase a Second Nightingale She Has MrrtL la -All Farts of In. ropa Since Great War Began; How Off to Bnssla. London, Oct. JO. Florence Nightin gale, the second, is Nurse Borlase. fhe woman who knows every British bat tlefield In Europe. She has nursed In England. France, Flanders, Serbia and the Dardanelles and is now in London to recuperate before she goes to Rus sia. On the close cut, mannish Jacket of this elderly grey haired Florence Night ingale there are two South African war medal ribbons; also Belgtan, Serbian. British and French medals, won in the present war. Jn the South African war. Nurse Borlase was in the selge of Eadysmlth. The first gun of the European strug gle found her nursing In Canada, whence she went to Flanders to nurse the Belgian wounded. Later, after a few months in France, news reached her of the sufferings of the Serbians and the ravages' of typhus. Without hesitation she went to Serbia and re mained until tbe scourge had passed. It was after this that tha British landed at the Dardanelles and ahe jour neyed to Gallipoll In time to nurse some of the wounded who are now veterans of that campaign. Hera Nurse Borlase'a health failed and she returned to London. When this Is read In America ahe will be on her way to Russia. An Amphibious Craft Amsterdam. Nov. 20 The Berlin Tageblatt says a German submarine which the allies tried to block up In the bay of Alvala "made It way across a narrow neck sf land and h us scaped.' -,-' 4 . - BELLIGERENT AIRMEN ADOPT NEW CHIVALRY BELGIANS ARE LEARNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE a street doorway. T TO ALARMING EXTENT Laws Will Have to Be Re vised or Some Titles Become Extinct, London. Nov. 20. (I. N. S.) The var is making fearful incursions on "Norman blood"'ln Great Britain. No where did the Mother Country's call to duty find readier response than among the English nobility and the casualty lists dally contain many names of ancient stocks. The ranks of the peerage are being thinned in an alarming manner. Many lamllies are threatened with extinc tion in the male line. It is certain that If the war con tinued tcf" the end of the three year period which was a favorite guess of its duration in the early stages, spe cial measures wlfl be necessary to fill i.p the lists of the cream of the upper class here. T Another result of the slaughter Is that titles will be lost through It by many families. In the usual British patent of nobility the title only de scends to "heirs of the body male." There have been exceptions made by jgrllament In special cases, as where Lord Roberts' peerage descended through his daughter. This favor waa granted because of the great services Roberts had done for his country. I.arl Kitchener occupies a similar position and his title, except In the remote contingency that he marry and have a child will descend to his brother ox lila brother's children. Laws May Be merlaed. The w-ar has made such serious in roads in the higher nobility that It Is being proposed a special law shall be parsed providing for soldiers. Where sole heirs die in their country's ser vice. It is argued, the titles might well dt-seend to "heirs female;" or "heirs general." Today it would be hard to find a i oble house In England which Is not in mourning fo.' a father or a brother, lost in Flanders, at the Dardanelles, or on the high seas . All classes have responded to the call for volunteers in a way never seen in any nation before, but the tradi tional leaders of the people have un doubtedly the best record of all. To what an extent the nobility 1s "In khaki" is seen from the recent debate In the house of lords which preceded a refusal to pas a motion authorising the return from the front of those peers who had entered the .army. There jsre today five peerages where th title will disappear by a death in the war unless the rule Is changed. These are the baronies of Knareabor ough, Playfalr, Ribbleadale. and .htam fordham and the marquesate of Lin colnshire. UIm rears Save Bean Xinad. Six peers Lords Congleton, Ha war den, Brabourne. Annealey, Do Freyne and Fetre and about 30 heirs to peer aces have been killed. In all, So sons of peers have perished In the struggle. There are now 213 peers and 424 sons of peers serving' with the colors. Many at those who have died are well known to Americans. Interna tional turfmen heard with especially keen regret of tha death of the Hon orable Francis Lambton, youngest brother of the Earl of Durham. He waa a lieutenant In the Royal Horse Guards and before the outbreak of Armaged don, he directed a successful training stable at Newmarket for the plutocrat, Sir Erneat Cassel. Lord Redesdale sent four sons to the war, two with tbs army and two with the navy. Tift eldest. Major the Hon orable C. B. O. Fiyman-Mltford. is dead. One of the others is the Honor able John Freeman-Milford, who was a i one time attached to the British em bassy In Berlin and about two years ago became the husband of the daugh ter of the lata German '"coal king" Jatrr von Friedlasndar.FuM. , . , - WA HINS RANKS OF BRITAIN S NOBLEMEN 7 AWN A TO THEIR OCCUPATION When a Fellow Pilot Dies, -Though an Enemy, His Name Honored. TIDINGS ARE CARRIED - Common Practloe Is for Aviators to Spread Sews of Other Airmen Wlw Have riaUen. DEVELOP HIVM By William lMiillp Slinms. Pans. Nov. 4. Hy Mail.)- Between. French. German and British airmen , , ixlsts a strange comraderle, a frater- , -nlty of chivalry and dramatic courte sies which stands out from, ihe mud. j sllngirg and butchery of war like a diamond on black velvet While French, British. Belgian. Ger- . mans and Austrlans n the ground are killing each other by incthodi that make one's blood run cold, tho air men of theillles and the blrdmen from the central empires are putting each . . other to death. hUli in the hky.wlth the utmost courtesy. Psychologists ak If the warfare lu the sky lnt developing the super hero to whom killing In a Port and death but defeat, like arriving second In a hundred yard dash. Enemy Pays Homage. Every tlnie a. French aviator has met J An . 1. ln . . . ' . ..-4 4 .... .. u,.l U c ill ill fiitin, if I i L.'i , uri man ii- atovs carried to I rance news of the event. After Pegoud died in a mid-air duel a wreath and a curd fell from a Tanbe soaring two miles above the French lines. When Garros hh tnkeu prisoner a Gorman airman dropped u note In France praising the i'retich pilot's con duct. When a Cerman viarplane sent crashing to earth in one of theie won derful sir duels, flowers for tho Ger ' man aviators Invariably nre dropped by the French fighters whenever the duel has been fairly fought. It is i-ald that never a British avia tor disappears hut news of him Is brought to his wnlting comrades by German airmen. 8uii and such a thing has happened to so and o. nays note which comes plunging down out of the sky, a bullet attached to give It weight. The British do the name for the Ger mans. It has liKonie a sort vf un written law of the air. Of course there Hte exceptions; there are sportsmen In all contests who cheat and use unfair means. Hut generally the war in the air Is clean. Courage Predominant. It is because the men of the air are heroes of a superior sort. Such, at least, is one answer. For, It is pointed out. most anybody can face txilleta on the ground when hundreds of thou sands of others are facing them. Everybody's coinage Is given to the Individual, and, almost to bis own be wilderment, he finds himself doing th bravest of deeds. But In the air tho aviator is practically alone. Ills fight for life Is fought unseen. When such a brave man meets and brings down ariothor of his own par ticular kind, ho seems lo feel y,o per sonal animosltv toward his opponent, hut merely a keen rivalry, plus, per haps, n certain amount of admiration, depending upon the other's skill and courage and qualities as a "clean" fighter. When It Is over Hie Irresistible de sire fo let the vanquished hero's friends know he died Ilk a man feeums to come over the victor. Russians in Need of Medical Attention Demands of War Have Been So Heavy That Plain People Have Vo Doctors at Their Call. Petrograd, Nov. -. The govern ment Is confronted villi an alarming carf-tty of doctors. So heavy has been the drt.ft of Ruaw titan medical men hy tbe war that the minister of the Interior, Prince N. B. Sherbatoff, in a meti.orandum, just is. sued, declares that a lar;-e portion of he Russian people Is now "depriiad pf the possibility of medics anslstHsV'e." The minister has asked Count P. Ig natleff, minister of education, to con nlder. Immediately, measures to in crease the number of uiedical men In Ihe country. A request was also mads for imperial permission to put medical men of foreign unlvers'tlea, whether Russian subjects or subjects .of al lies or neutral corntrles. In Russian positions, as well as students attend ing the last courses of the medical fae ulties. Energetic measures will also ha taken to Increase tho number of medi cal schools in Russia. Sample rick- ef tha K a ns a i'yraaald rila Treat neat Now Oflerrd Free to Prove) What It Will Da for Yea. I Pyramid Pile Treatment f rives quick re lef, stops Itch . I n sr. bleedlnsr or protruding piles, hemorrhoids and all rectal troubles, in the privacy of your own home. 50c a box at all druggists. A Single box often cures. 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