LXXXI. Man with a Cigarette. " LXXXII. Mr. Lloyd George, President Wilson, M. Clemenceau. " LXXXIII. A Meeting of the Peace Conference. " LXXXIV. Admiral of the Fleet Lord Wester Wemyss, G.C.B., etc. " LXXXV. Colonel Edward M. House. " LXXXVI. Mr. Robert Lansing. " LXXXVII. The Emir Feisul. " LXXXVIII. M. Eleutherios Venezelos. " LXXXIX. Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, Viscount Borodale of Wexford, O.M., G.C.B., etc. " XC. The Right Hon. W. F. Massey, P.C. " XCI. General The Right Hon. J. C. Smuts, P.C., C.H. " XCII. The Right Hon. G. N. Barnes, P.C. " XCIII. The Right Hon. W. M. Hughes, P.C., K.C. " XCIV. Brigadier-General A. Carton de Wiart, K.C., C.B., etc. " XCV. M. Paul Hymans. " XCVI. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Borden, G.C.M.G., etc. " AN ONLOOKER IN FRANCE (p. 011) CHAPTER I TO FRANCE (APRIL 1917) The boat was crowded. Khaki, everywhere khaki; lifebelts, rain and storm, everything soaked. Destroyers, churning through the waves, played strange games all round us. Some old-time Tommies, taking everything for granted, smoked and laughed and told funny stories. Others had the look of dumb animals in pain, going to what they knew only too well. The new hands for France asked many questions, pretended to laugh, pretended not to care, but for the most part were in terror of the unknown. It was strange to watch this huddled heap of humanity, study their faces and realise that perhaps half of them would meet a bloody end before a new moon was over, and wonder how they could do it, why they did it--Patriotism? Yes, and perhaps it was the chance of getting home again when the war was over. Think of the life they would have! The old song:-- "We don't want to lose you, But we think you ought to go, For your King and your Country Both need you so. "We shall-want you and miss you, (p. 012) But with all our might and main We shall cheer you, thank you, kiss you, When you come back again." Did they think of that, and all the joys it seemed to promise them? I pray not.