A Surprising Speech.
TN his new book, “ All in a Lifetime,” Mr R. D. Blumenfeld, editor of the “ Daily Express,” tells a delightful story of a Canadian soldier in the Great War: One of the Brigade Commanders of the Canadians is Brigadier-General Lord Brooke, the son and heir of the Earl of Warwick, who is the only Imperial officer at present attached to the Canadians, and he is in command of a magnificent brigade. He tells me that one afternoon recently he was met in the street by a Canadian private, who saluted and said, “ Beg pardon, sir. I hope you will forgive me for this intrusion, but I would like you to know, sir, that I have never before in my life spoken to a general, and by the same token I have never in my life addressed myself to a lord.” Thereupon he saluted properly and walked off, leaving the general in a state of semicollapse from his surprise at the speech.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 302, 21 December 1931, Page 6
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