By Ouve Dex (Detaven 1 Tuaxsaatssi0n)
London, Sept. 2. When T went to London at 9 aim. yesterday, the booking-clarke told me that the Americans had broadcast at Gam, that Germany had declared war on' Poland. Allowing for the "terminological inexactitude" that there was no declaration, it looks as thou the Americans had creditably scooped. the world on the news, If all our preparations are as good these for the evacuating of Lon-guess how prepared we are—we can face the future serenely. " Full marks €on children—and only two days ago high official of the P. W. D. told that the public did not "even are deservedly due to the organizers. 'Over 1,000,000 children were got away the first day, many more than had deen thought' possible, without the slightest hitch or contusion and with Yeally very. little inconvenience to the general public. A relative of mine, serving as reception officer for Cur district south-west of London, says that the successive parties Of children arrived absolutely to the time table, with clothes ana rations li in good order, So It appears to have. been everywhere. One. strict order to all children was "Don't sude for eat your label." This may have ied a good deal to do with their safe arrival, Tu the autumn we usually make lot of blackberry jam. 'This. seems unlikely' this year." The lanes today fre full of children browsing on the hedges. "What beautiful children London does produce, and how tar Detter and more prettily dressed they are than similar children. youth, Bobbed hair and hatlessness, course, have done wonders for their appearance. But their colouring and complexions are amazing. Our consignment came from Hoxton mostfy. Te must be a health resort, Their manners, too, seem nice. Many of the older ones spoke with real feel-Ing of the Kindness they were mecting with everywhere. But when told that the Church School, which was the receiving entre, was where they would probably fo" to school, faces fell, Evidently they had made their minds that "this country" expedition was to be a continual pleni.
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