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Show Sir William Treloar Doubts That America Us Free Country NEW YOflK, Oct. 0. Sir William Trcloav, the Knglish philanthropist and former lord mayor of London, who has been in tho United Siates and Canada a month, sailed Saturday on the Celtic of the White Star lino, after pronouncing pronounc-ing ths American women "tho smartest drossed -women in the world." Their kindncs, too, impressed the Britisher, who found, on boarding- Ihe steamer, that ontiugh flowers had been sent with cards from newly made friends on f his side 'Mo mako the other passengers think I might bo a bride." Sir William praised tho American cocktail, which he found superior lo Knglish drinks, ho said, but he could not understand why in riding through the "province" of "Maine, ho should be refused a cocktail on tho buffet car of the train. "Anl ynu call ibis a free country?" dot-laved the Britishor. "When a man who likes a drink, can't tako cue because be-cause some one else feels that he should not? Why. even when I camo in I hey asked 111c whether 1 was male or fc-nuile fc-nuile and if 1 had over been in pmon. Upon answering the questions satisfactory satisfac-tory that I wan not a femilo nnd had never been sentenced lo prison, permission permis-sion was granted for mc to land. Wo know no such ridiculous questioning or restricting in England, yet you call j America free! I "By contrast vou furnish examples hard fnr an Englishman lo understand, he continued, "even though not freo as you boast, you are independent and to get along here, independence must be met in kind. 1 asked for a taxi when I canio over. 'Take a four-wheeler. ' re plied the man addressed. ' 1 don't waul a four-wheeler,' 3' said, 'T want a taxi,' was my reply. 44 ' can't get a taxi,' growled the man. His tone was not what J call courteous, and T said to him, 'Didn't I ask vou to get mc a taxi?' 'Well, who in hell are you?' 'And what the hell business is th'at of yours?' I camo back, and his manner at onco changod into respect at my independence. "Over here it takes a show of independence inde-pendence to avoid impertinence that would not be attempted in England." |