DR. KENNEDY'S STORY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 118, 20 January 1915, Page 3

DR. KENNEDY'S STORY.

The Ve-y Rav. Dr.. Kennedy relates Lhat he .was in' Par; witn D< an Hoiley when the d )ej i '.l in; o." war came like a .thunderclap. The mobilisation pi troops was ".n once, .proceeded with, mi:] notice was .■jv ; oii to .foreigners (o i-;u'e the c&piicii withjii ,_M hours, i'he cngeslicn at Ili•» ir.aia railway station vas . terrible. It took the man hour ; uu] a half to g-st their ticket-;. Thvife yas an awful crush on their train.but they got to London next morning all •dght. Dean Relink had been, tc Ohartres, and when he got back to Paris they had o;c-u?. Returning tc England they..w3*.j within ten )iles i of the fighting line, aitbougn (hey <IW tiot know it. The only sign of what, was going on was a German Zappelin soaring over their .heads. One of the wounded soldiers from Mons, who was able to walk, travelled with them on the Channel steamer, and : he -s&vo a . ivid description of the battle, which ''■'■ d taken place there. He was in the M'MHery, and one shockintr incident hat- came within his experie-nco was •o.see hi-: brother's heal .b'ov/n oIT i'.h a shell, lie was wearing his brofunic, which Avas covered'with •!o:'d, -beenuse in the hurry of retrea' I:.e could hot find his own.

r BUSINESS AS USUAL 3 in England there was no excitement;-, ;1 lie iroups mustered quietly, and. th-ey-iiarched to different centres just as if :hey were going to a peaceful review. f iJnsiness in all channels was conduct: , -vd us usual, and there was not the • slightest suspicion of panic. The only - liing to denote the war was the shut- - ting oil of lights at night from fear ? f hat a raid might be made by 7'eppeins. • The American feeling was generally !i favour of the Allies, though some • the paper's were. strongly pro-Ger-3rs. They endeavoured to make out } ..i.l Germany was anting in se.'lf-de-i ■: ::■:.■. knowing thai France and Eng■xml were combining to attack her. She had simply taken fhe initiative in .' : :ii!" into the field first. A small sec- ; .: of fiishnien in America whe were! ■ .\ ; anti-rong'ish had -also piderl v,w''ii tb" fiormcim, hut the bulk ; of •-,.? American population were thor- ■■ :hly sympathetic with the British. EDUCATIONAL ENQUIRIES. .■ - Dr. Kennedy visited a number c ; educational institutions in England, j •>.»vd America, lie had intended going! o Germany, but of eo.ifrsn was pre:lyded from doing so. lie weu'l tc ><]toii and Harrow and other big public 1 schools, as well as some of the leading Catholfoj schools —Stoneyhurst, fjshaw (near Durham-), and other pla- - -es. •••In America he ait-ended several ,)f the universities and gained much iseful information. While the new ;:•!:(.ols in the United States are bet:. :er equipped than those, of New Zealand, he does not think that the American methods of instruction are so mpericr that those of New Zealand i'ould not bear comparison with them , While in London he was delighted o ft rid the. high estimation in which Nfdw Zealand was held When speeche; 1 ■vore being made in Hyde Park arid nen were being encouraged to enlist is soldiers, New Zealand was held Up 5s an excellent example. The opinion entertained in England with regard ■o the soldiers New Zealand supplied vt short notice was very high indeed ..'", was considered that in relation tc j ->e>' pcDulation, New Zealand was do- I : ng remarkably well in furnishin? | n.eu f:r the front, and her patriotism as the jheme of general admiration