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j muvrx the acton free press tiiuiusday hkitembeit 3rd 1m3 british government r en lertainsganadian editors awncuc no w thy llttgh ivtttph all kinds of honor- wr paid the small croup of can ml inn rctltor who travelled to uritaln at the invl- 1 tit ion of the british council but 1 muppotr thr greatest honor of them all um th luncheon glwn lo us by the british oowrnment w were the special guests dinner nt which about half the members of the cabinet ant many other of the groat- ml m the land were prearnt thirttwo people tat down around the lone table in curujgrs hotel that afternoon of october 1st itml of the twrlvv canadian two had rank or title that sounded impres sive when written in full the very rev canon chamberland and- tho ut rev bishop h j renlson the rest of u had none except the kaq placed afier each of our name by cur polite hosts o that we wouldnt feel too lone1 of the other twent there were two vucounts onr lord four sir four flight honorable one air mar shal one hear admiral one major- general one cardinal and one very rr monseigneur now an ou imagine that tou cant imagine it the answer must be no you can t imagine it and i am nfraid i cannot describe it but 1 am going to make nn attempt to tell vou in m own wn and v reassure vou b saving at the start that i enjoved it to givt vou better description 1 should co baik to the beginning of the dm that will provide something of the background m darv begins to tell of october ld svpt t 11 lo oclock and roe vvearv and worn though i had hoei home r 11 night before i hid hen in london eleven days the had tevn xtrenuou davs there hid been a dailv program lnid out which uuallv began about s30 in the morning and wa apt to continue till long after midnight it sometimes inickikl long trips by motor car sometime at 90 miles an hour oer the broad straight new roads that connect the larger cities- there was nn exhilaration about the thing that vept me going now at last the program was cas ing off instead of seeing- interesting place we were being entertained b v artous groups alw ays as the dis tinguished visitor who flew the at lantic to bring u greetings from can- a da or something of the sort on the da before i had met win my pyjamas and silk dressing rowii preparing l ha melf perhaps even that was a faux pas 1 suppose the gentlemen in aitcit suite should not shave thomselves hut canadians are a seifrvuant rare so i wn there in front of the huge blue hiwal houl- ton wash basin with my shaving felt scattered around its circumference the valet knoeked and entered what he whs reml to do for me i have not the slighter idea for i gnve him nl encouragement hut he was agreeable and friendly i oh sir he remarked nt last i see ou have this famous bnwth- room m ctirloslt was nroustnl had it been the scene of a murder or some thing but apparently not you would see how this otel n dnmagthl hv the homo jlrt he con tinued yes i had been the bark of the building including the wall of the famous restaurant ha 1 apparently been removed almost in one piece at least there had been a long gash down its face now repaired and in front just outside the window the workmen wen repairing other scars i the valet stood beside the bath tub and indicated that it was the damage outside the window to which w referred i mention the tih be muse it was the most striking featuie of the room it vui huge and deep et down into the floor uomnnstvle one stepted over n broad edge and down into the big blue tub also frtb- ruated of uovnl doulton and on the wall above were two buttons one marked valet and the other one moid it used to be n temptation to me everv time i took n bnth ro lean against them both and see what happened but i never did the valet went on with his storv you see sir w hen the bltt w as lidv soandso had this suite and the night thjit big bomb went off out there she was- standing just where von are now and it blow ml her clean into the bloodv bnwth that morning was idiort it was too late for breakfast probablv the onlv one i missed while in london there was no need to wonder what to wear no person in london wears fapgv clothes to oven the most dis tinguished gathering nnv more i had two suits with me and chose the blue one as looking slightlv more for mal downstairs i met some of the other canadlnns checked up on the bees kill bees to save honey inmalblo kffwt of itnumually warm fiptil on honey crop fat forwhmt 1ndanalkmt cp allout hum prtuluction in indiana and the united stales and canada is per illed b the war paradoxically due i im acute need of sweet enln young bees are killing off i heir elders in n fiercer wnr of silt ival so ihev can eat the remaining honey hi ores 1 hen selv es hundreds of hnoster apinruts are taking time out from other vital form production in an effort to nvert this civil war the premature mild april weather tricked the bees into raising an in- usunl number of offspring which con sumed most of the resorye honey stores at the same time wartime sugar rationing prevented beekeepers from supplying fowl needed to jlde the tvees over to the nectar flow in late august and early fnll indiana ranked as the eighth honeyproducing state in the union la foremost in honey originating from clover and this ears hoosler clover ih having a run of bnd luck agriculturists point out thnt city and farm folk alike will be affected be cause the golden gooey stuff has found its wav into home and tndus- li iul uses it s in hand lotions cnnd bars ice i ream cough and cold remedies it flavors tobacco anil cures smoking pipes bakeries alrend are using a third of the annual t rop and the de- pai tments of agriculture are urging housew iv es to can and cook with honev ns a sugar substitute indiana innkeepers hove asked the government to reln sugnr rationing to ullevtnte this current threat to the bee indus r a o smith of mt vernon iml one of the foremost honey producers in southwest indi- nnn warns thnt unless bees ore fed sugar in large ptoportions at once jhyndreds of bee colonies will die be fore the fall nettnr flow ofifuans uuhed night air attaeka in rir4 lrat war with 1ukl on laontlun and kantern khgtaiul hv ii ii uohiwn canadian irwi klaf writer london and kuglnudm etiktein i mio tics ipirlence4l nighl air talds mm imig nut as 1017 ieimimh niimm- llght slitbs at the lunpltew uipltal lit the klrst dreat war went tuning tompaiid to he mammoth ntlm k of id40 hut pttmluceil rcfiillmr h no means negligible iernmn nlr raids on ilrltniii jr venrs ago in some rrnmru set the pattern for the modern hilt air ships used extensively som after the outbreak of the klrst irettt war be came easy prey and daylight raids by henvlerthnnnir iraff followei un til defence efficiency courted the en emy to abandon this form of attntk night raiding won notuinustial over the battlefields of france jmd flnm- ers but its terrors first luvnme known to civilian england on sipt h 1017 swooping in over the north foreland at 1010 p m the raiders ftowtmt the thames estunrv and dioppe1 thcli immhs on chnthmn lela in warning there was a i entral ontrol in those ihivk and warnings wen sent out immediately he cerman nurse was determined hut there was a serious ilelav in issuing the wnrmnr nt chattinm and n hmnti fell on i drill hall w hyre lulntlreds of smlois we sleeping no fewer than llo persons were kllltil and ss vvoundiil in thi raid the following nighl between ji and ui rnhlers crossed the inglish mnsl of these 10 niniuiged to et as far as londons met ropolttan are i honibs were dropped in ilummum stmi- fonl hornsev iloltnwnv and kegenls tark as well ns in the heart of the iitv one bomb fell near clenpntins needle on the i homes imi inknu tit nine persons wire killed hut on- ulde ring the srale of th raid prop- erty dot huge was si wall unlit in favncable innnn- vrtrlmls eonllpuiml until mny tlllk when de fence measures tierame so eflrlenl that limlon wiih snveil f 1001 further imtuhlng in the inst rnlil from 141 to 10 planes of iermnnvs ird hdmhlng s4uodion ithik part the nllnj kers lout threi mat bine in air 1 nmhnt thiee wen tlowml by guiilln and one t lushed through engine double vatal casualties 1 lei 1111111 iluv and night lolds on i iiglonr iluiltig hi flint lireat war hrought death tn i ii i prisons and illjllller to 1107 night tlllds fie muimlllv npwd woik ovei w hie aieati hill defeine meohinv held men and ntiilellnl fiom the battlefiont in fi 1110 e i w n hundred pilots and us iiuinv uliplunet wen kept tu london hi a time when thsy wr imilly nd ed on i he western front aprons were devltwwl hi n means of defence after 11117 raids thmui wore smwiis of wire flint eollliflm tnlsed in 1 01 mm fpel liy cat hint hut- hmins tho antbnlrcnift barrage de- sullied by one cablnnl minister as setflhimii ti dment proved increas ingly effective olid nightfighters in fast sioiif pliiues met with a inxasiire of tun ess hi 4tainkii ukadinkhh londun cli london hns open- id 11 ie lulling oilvc fot a citlen aiiiiv of ihouhiitidm of iimn mid wo men not nheiidv lit tho righting or lvll defi tuu hcivhes jimtl will f mill llieni in mill invasion iniihs mid em- tgeni y woik rinhhuihltobc droph from sky mairsmnlv knulhiid cl lov inmn in nf ihii nky in llm form of u imntriiiihr in irnin vuuitr ih-yer- clil nln niriwrimnn nf llila kxnt ull- ik llm milillnr iln it clirlla wrl nn 11 nmiiniiivro wlmn hi innilcd in a imik umliii ixmlilii iinluilhliik mim iiiiiit now i liny on li lin ntnrrlol evr ttuuuu pm tut nt i old chum cur nut mm eitamtmtw the railway and the war ry thurttan topham steamship vines oionod and opefated by the candla rallioaijs hvw plijed ev oitevl piw in tweoevr effort of thi united nations tuo of a f amous west indies luxunj liners tocrc mttonqlhif ships of the cakclian njklion i mstemsjiips fleet ailiiclifell oictimfothe 7h trcaclierous axia ubom3 r r- jltmm v ticlahii suiucldtcqiuiliuiicd for wr scruico io suiiv in action iti1licmtditcnnoml on juli l7l sci 011 u si cmixillimi truiact tlic uli himokuii uns torpedoed and sunk idiiii out unvmu ott dcut of hhll iii tile ailmlllc oil jmi lormta lf hicf officer pa kclly tncluuoo s of 0110 of thcuviij mimnkmi liuboab liojto con1iiinq 12 paciciujci i id ircui jij smioli hirhtwt lor 1itvc1viiocatkcntiq cv violent storm bofotv benic pukovi up bti the 55 comuotohick tooklhc xut vnoviv tojof i ouhi jupmorwrafiflq tviiikfinnnh cer- itlmt and 1 1 all ml- ewclri sciied btj e gtnadijin ccocrnmcnl its oliip itaooovrririi ihoniandsof troop 5 mid piimn un5 f toar mmerimu tothe vixnoiio warzones nntlumrca ucre akrnbu chiof oficcr vkijv althoujh fhf lifchgalaiorcstuould j hwclfttded into utcktnorc htcanrullijrtioncd4hiood yi deli no exit thecondmird milkmiheajj likehollom of afiib itijhlikewivmr itt- jcruiccthf 5uroivora iiiir colled it ton o- urchin anvthing after that program for the rest of tho day vas kept to b something of an nnti 1 umax or so i supposed- the night before i had eaten awjiy from the svo at a little restaurant and had come home earlv and had gone to bed dogtired no pure ulcrilome hou eail one slips into fnrnurar language locking hack the thought of railing the famous sno hotel home causes c smile home um neer ke that and i trut iv never will b- b k indwell of tonnto sntur- da nit t tplamd the snjnjo me nfor i ev r viw tt he aid it was bu it eut of the profit of ie 1 albert and iull vnn opra to provide the t eijf i t iipnifitvme in london for mltmjj otentate and the lke 1 belv him the savov theatre n m tn ame bull ling the castle of th knight of sao or vmo- ixhiv likt thatt ui to tneupv the ann sie overlooking the thame statue of tilbert and sullivan were in the ganlen herveen the hotel and the rier its front faced the strand one oft he most famous old st reels of ihe wurltl it bark lookrd out over the garden and the embankment to the thames ceitalnl one of the most tamous rivers in the world its pri vate dining rooms werr named after characters in the operas oselroti at the doo lnert wa breakfast in th prinivs ida room and when the moved me to the mtkndo room for a couple of meals i felt out of place that morning i unkcmil late 1 ojxv tht- diarv um and turnel h th likht for the nwm wn o this tanqut thorouhl blatktsluut tht the 4 ur ool sir kru tains and the blind kept out the un- what iitii and finnll took a tnl with major christie to clnndges the drler tak ing the now familiar streets between the strand and the west end indiv iduak in london even the niot important ones have given up trving to keep up appearances but j the hejid v afters and other attend- ants nt these famous london hotels still looked impressive in their toll i the taxi driver let us our at a dde door and we walked down n hall to 1 n lohhv there nn nttendant looked tmpnssed when we asked the wav to the ilovernrncnt luncheon and he di- revteii us dim n a liroail nntetoom at tin far end another man tn uni form isked the name he handed me t older with m name written on the front hugh ivmplin esi and another attendant inside the door announced me and i shook hands with the kinht hon hrendan brack en an old friend bv this time i he room wns large and deioratisl in light grev with big fivmh win- dows in the centre of the nvnm but 1 filling onlv a part of it was the long table at each place wa a can with the iiovernment coat of arms on it in rel hklht a ln v kpt n thi- etliirii light ih tu t u fr it tttr i wnnhr i otih slp till it n o rim k i sul in v itet wiv in for lht or the mjjt wjium te uttund to in tie the 1 tntnmv ther mn if re uh tuition nslle nn tiinrk1 il t mud an waiter 1 v rv seldom umh t 1 thm bv tiut hint t nt torn r 1 tiitt t hiv h td hrcvkfisi in iwt bui i ntverhd thal mni i vate f ttnn- prfarrevl to ktf ui rti v low n to tt tinini rtui vcrr i taill tnt rtiin hut t vnlrl usl to tm ground in ipii td nu- i qtver let him drr nw- tut h- umhi to thlnv m iho verv dav hang up m suit for mr lav out the orni he thought i woull be wearing and orcauonallv consult mr about something but i never got used to flavin him around on the first day though k gav me one of my best laughs 1 wa standing in the bathroom in 1 there a no need to go looking nt all the placecard in the centre of the folder which had been handed plan j of the table and the seating arrange ment opposite m name was n small rd hand 1 sat on the tight of the 1 uight hon sir mnlcotm robertson of the british council jur host while in england though not the host nl on the other side w a crankshaw though just mt- lu id tn the armv i tovr did dmovr hovond hlin wis major 1 c i nwm simson v ho is n tfie t u of the c an 1 h in uinh 1 onimisjsuuo n ltndon llevond sir mkiuih il rittun ulnn of vlttiwa tmlli lit hon a1e- ind vrsi i 0 the almiriltv in t i- ouni is nn tt iin tim rrimc minut r o 1 nii now nmre happv t- ihii- ih if iiuum of i ords at 1 oh 1 n i w mil med v who who t ntsuit all who wt 1 v hut 1 rn nam s of all of u in tint volunir opv of the british t ii von wmething e at th talde that doum that the m would be f iund and s attei ed here and tht re as fir a pnuohle in ever tnd tat wr tweke nnndian eilitors not on of whom fver found hinimdf in u h hstinguirfhtd forii pan before h alhjuei tiaf hav teen ud for this nt week ill tell ou more toui thee mm and what they did and said there are only a few people who will be interested in this apvertisemjt be a welsher r tets be brutally frank the man or woman who bay a victory bond or certificate to aave race then sellj it except in case of dire necessity is a welsher true there is no law which says you cannot sell your victory bonds or certificates it is not a legal obligation that you keep them for the duration but there is a moral promise to make a loan to your country for the war period to evade that undcrtakingthrough sale at this time of great need is to welsh it is the denial of an obligation which you admitted and accepted by your act of purchase your country does not alc vou lo deny yourself those ncicssary things mhich mike for decent living that you may buy victory bonds and certificates but the voice of public opinion doe say that those persons who now insist on the unnecessary luxuries of life are not themselves decent of coursc you havj no immediate cause for worry no one will ask you to cross the beach and climb the cliffs of dieppe you are not in a slit trench with stuka divebombers showering death ahou you the blazing sun of africa- the winddriven sands will never cut and blister your skin until every exposed part of your body becomes a festering sore no you will never feel the vibrant crash of a torpedo the tilt of ships deck under your feet as it slides to davey jones no one is asking you to leave your favorite chair tonight and flyover germany none of these things la asked of you ail you are asked to do is to w to your country- canada lend at interest all the mpney you can possibly spare to provide the tools for those men who arc fighting your fight you are not expected to deprive yourself to the extent that you must live below the level of ordinary decency but if you think you are doing your pafrhy buying victory bonds only to sell them then you had better take youmelf into a dark room and ask yourself some soulsearching questions ask yourself what you arc doing to protect your loved ones your country and your way of life if you do this we know what the answer will be we know because the men and women of canada arc inherently decent people they value the good opinion and respect of friends and neighbors but most important is the fact that wc v value our own selfrespect we ask charity from none we assume our obligation to work and lend so there can only be one answer you will bold your victory bonds and certificates for the duration except in cases of extreme necessity national war finance comasittbb jtijll