Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1914 — E. P. Honan Receives Letter From His Brother, Dr. J. H. Honan. [ARTICLE]

E. P. Honan Receives Letter From His Brother, Dr. J. H. Honan.

E. P. Honan received a letter yesterday morning from his brother, Dr. James H. Ilonan, of Badtiauheim, Germany, who left there soon after the outbreak of the war with two special cars which he had chartered to take his patients to London. He will soon sail for America. Through the kindness of Mr. Honan we are permitted to publish tho letter or, so much of it as would be of interest to our readers. The fvords In paranthesis are ours: “London, Sept. 2, ’l4. * “The Welbeck Palace Hotel, “Welbeck Street W. “My Dear Brother and Sister: “It is at times hard for me to realize that we are in the midst of what I fear may prove one of the greatest wars in history, and no doubt it will be tho most destructive. Mrs. H. has written you of our flight thus far, and as for telling you with pen the details to It, I have lived through too much history in the making to describe it now. Furthermore, I hope to have a long visit with you soon when I shall have many things to tell you. “I do hope you received our two cables (only one of these was received) which would relieve your minds of any worry about us.* * * “I brought all of my very ill patients here with me and shall do the best I can for them until we reach home. “I am going down to the S. S. office to arrange sailing and will finish this later. “Later—We have secured sailings on ft. S. Calgarian of the Allan Line, sailing from Liverpool to Quebec on Sept. 25, and will be due to reach Quebec on Oct. 1 or 2. What our plans’will be on landing I am as yet unable to say, but can probably give you something more definite before leaving here. “We are thanking Almighty God daily, yes hourly, that we are thus far safe and well. “Every S. S. office is jammed with Americans scrambling for places to get home. T shall write you again before sailing.”