Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-11

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Y ONDON Sept liver since the
Boer was. England's greatest live
ing general. Lord Roberts. has
been crying in the wilder
ness in season and out of sea-
son until he has come Go be
looked ON as something of crank
for the awakening OF England to the
danger OF invasion. Others Joined in
the cry after while. but nothing
much camc of il, the average British
business mans view being that he was
quite safe behind the navy. and that Il
was rather annoying To be bothered
and taxed just 70 CRAFTY the whims
Of folk who didn't happen 90 have any
thing else CD do except excite them
selves over their own fads.
Probably nothing much would have
happened yet If am even greater man
than Lord Roberts had not thrust him-
self into the British consciousness
That was the kaiser. It was not until
about a year ago that the German
scare became noticeable ON what is all
ways the safest surest sign of the ma
tional pulsc-the casual talk of the
hum-drum men i'm the second and third
class compartments of suburban trains
on their way TO their offices and shops
in the morning II there is anything
on that is big enough 90 withdraw their
attention from the doings Of local
cricket and football heroes, it's serious.
/ suspect that It would pay every gov
eminent TO establish Photographs In
the suburban trains OF rival nations
and thus get records Of genuine pop
uIar opinion worth far more than the
reports from the embassies OF the
views Of the top layers Of society.
FOCUSED ON GERMANY.
Wen. as I was saying this talk sud-
denly focused on Germany and the re-
suits shoN what a difference IL makes
IN the intensity of feeling whether you
discuss foreign rivals iu general or
some one rival In particular Rightly
or wrongly. three ideas became wide
spread They were only vaguely Fhad-
owed In the newspapers. but the d. =
y a. g. the man on the suburban
traiu) voiced them blunty First. that
the Germans ms nation would like 10
humliate the English. second. that
they are plotting against English trade.
the English army and the English navy
night and day. scientifically. and with
diaholiCal persistence. inNcntIug mon
stious aud Ingenious engines of war Of
which the British government VIII have
mo- warning till ifs too late. third. that
although nobody wants war set 10 IL
could be managed so that IL wouldn't
inconvenience te NJ s A. 10 would be
a good thing to give Germany "a licking
quick before she gets much stronger
ana before England dogcnorates mucn
farther for The NJ s. n. now holds
that England d. not quite what she
once was.
The results OF all this may make a
lot of difference ln unwrltton pages of
English history
Perhaps the most interesting develop
mont has been the sudden craze let
loose by Gen Baden Powell whom he
invented the Boy Scouts. To-day there
are 100000 OF them In England and the
movement has spread 90 the colonies
and 90 the continent ID is estimated
that "B. f' now has about 10000
Juvenile followers scattered over the
world
BOY SCOUTS RALLY
No game ever caught on here go rap
ids on ro completely Within a month
on two after General "B r." launched
his scheme parties of small boys In
uniform could be seen Ia every park