“TIPPERARY” IN THE STATES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 54, 6 March 1915, Page 4

“TIPPERARY” IN THE STATES.

A Newport message through the Oen-| trul News Agency in December explains that it had just come to light that the order given by Commander Kvaus barring the singing of “Tipperary” by the hoys of the Naval Training School was brought about by a combination of j circumstances. Moving pictures showing the latest war views were among the weekly attractions provided in the school auditorium, and it vnis noticed by the officers in charge that the Allies were always lustily cheered, whilst pictures of German troops were received with almost complete silence. I his led to an order to make the applause equal between the German pictures and those of the English and Drench. The order was not observed to the satisfaction of the executive officer, however, and the next order was to the efiect that no applause would be allowed until the end of the reel. Forbidden to plaud when pictures of the Allies were thrown on the screen, the boys took I to singing “Tipperary,” and then came] an order for the maintenance of complete silence. The spirits of the boys, nevertheless, refused to be repressed, j and as their partisanship became more and more marked, it was deemed wise to stop altogether the singing of “Tipperary.” Shockingly anxious to avoid j giving offence ITulo Sam appears to he, ~ n !