"We were all set to take off, anc I was just going into the gondola when a phone call came through for me from Spa.
*'G.H.Q. this end. That Captain O.? Glad I got you in time. You are on no account to take those gas bombs with you. S.M. (for Seine Majestat, His Majesty, meaning the Kaiser) wishes them to be left behind.
The commander said he was also ordered to use the bombs on Verdun, and again the Kaiser said "No" at the last moment.
Once the officer was just off to bomb a house three miles behind the French lines in which it was known King George V., Marshal Joffre, and Mr. Lloyd George or Mr. Asquith were staying, when he was told the command had been cancelled, Once more it was "S. M.'s orders."
Reason given by the German Officer: "The Kaiser is deeply religious."
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