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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 143, 11 November 1914, Page 4

writing from London to :i Wellington . iident under date, 21st September, a. con-Kipoiident says:—"Here, in london, we are in the thr- ~ '' '■'--• *-■■•• ful war. There are c in the public parks and squares; in the 3tract there is always -the sound and sight of soldiers inarching by. The !>;:: white trains, painted' with the red cross, wing into the. railway stations carrying tlieir sad burdens, and often at the same lime oilier trains leave crowded with khaki-clad boys, cheering and singing on their way to the front. At night, London usually 50 bright with lamps and electric signs, is darkened, and huge searchlight sweep the sky, and the hundred 01 London newspaper boys run up and down the streets like little black crows shouting: 'War! War!' Although in many ways these are dark and impressing days, still they are lightened by the display of real and splendid courage ,on the part of all the people. The fact that England J9 lighting for something more than merely earthly gain and power seems to have a real'moral effect upon the people, and they arc oecnuo more brave and more generous than Last week T saw one of the ipoor Belgian refugees arriving in London, one, an oh! lady of 03, who had walked miles to escape the .soldiers. Her house had brim burned down, and all r Jier possessions were- gone, but she stepped oivt of the train in her blnek idref- '--" cd as if she were walking in to 1 siou:e. Tlie little children were heartbreaking: they stared about thrai as if ihey were dreaming. One little gir! liad brought her little kitten all the long journey with her; and a small bos-, 'whose 'parents'...'had l -both fteen shot. -najMMod ,k;.