Attention Ex-Service Men
There is a prevailing feeling among the ex-service men that all the American Legion, including Franklin D'Olier, former national commander of the American Legion, has just returned from a two months vacation in Japan, where during his travels he was trailed continuously and his baggage and personal papers frequently and surreptitiously examined. Mr. D'Olier was informed this was the work of Japanese government agents who sought to investigate the report that Mr. D'Olier came to Japan to "organize American reservists." New York.

Mr. D'Olier related the story with a good deal of amusement to the members of the board of directors of the American Legion Weekly, meeting of which Mr. D'Olier came to New York to attend. Every time he and Mrs. D'Olier left their hotel, the former commander said, he would discover on their return that everything they had had been examined. Finally, he adopted the policy of leaving his trunks open and his papers handy where they could be inspected without undue trouble on the part of the inspectors. At the conclusion of his sojourn, Mr. D'Olier told his "guide" he would be glad to explain anything the "guide" had not understood in the papers he had examined.

Mr. D'Olier said the apparent cause of the suspicion which seemed to be directed at him was the action of the Legion national convention which voted to support the California exclusion law.

Cincinnati, Ohio—Fire recently seriously damaged the historic Burnet House, the home of Robert E. Bentley.  Post of the American Legion and the scene of many military balls and banquets during the Civil War, including receptions to President Lincoln and General Grant. 