The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-08-28
RETURN FROM A
SUMMER VISIT TO
GREAT BRITAIN
Captain and Mrs. A. J. Crellin
Sailed from Liverpool
August Is.
SIGHT BIG BRITISH
WARSHIPS AT SEA
Millionaire, Merchant, Profess
ional Man and Immigrant
Travel Third Cabin.

England is not enthusiastic about
the prospect of a long drawn out war
in Europe, but England believes it is
upholding it's national honor in joining
with the French republic in war
against Germany, under it's pledge to
preserve Belgian neutrality, according
to Captain A. J. Crellin of the Norman
mine, Virginia, who returned last
night with Mrs. Crellin from a two
months visit in the Furness district
and in the iron and coal district of
Cumberland in England.
Captain and Mrs. Crellin sailed from
Liverpool on the Campania of the
Cunard line August Is. They had
previously been booked to sail on the
Mauretania, which was impressed by
the British admiralty to be fitted as
cruiser and transport ship and on the
third cabin. Their trip across the
ocean was uneventful. Saturday
night about 100 miles off New York
harbor they sighted and passed two
British battleships cruising off the
coast. Before leaving England they
were compelled to line up and exhibit
their United States citizenship papers
to the purser and upon their arrival
at New York in passing through the
customs they were again subjected to
delay by rigid inspection of baggage
and credentials.
"There are still many people in Eng
land anxious to return to America"
said Captain Crellin last night, ''But
the British government~.is according
them every consideration. On the
Campania millionaire tourists, doctors,
lawyers, professional men of all
classes and some few immigrants
travelled together third cabin The
boat is % years old and the conditions
were naturally not Of the best and
there was a deal of complaint, but all
passengers were emphatic in their
praise of the treatment accorded them
by the British government. Many of
the Campanias passengers were tourist
refugees from the continental inter-
ior, who were marooned when the war
broke out and some of them had har
rowing tales to tell.
"The full import of the war has not
yet dawned on England. There is no
enthusiasm, but there is a great deal
of excitement. The English view of
the situation is that the war was in
evitable and that England was in
honor bound to enforce Belgian neu-
trality in accordance with it's treaty
pledges.
Everywhere troops are being mob
ilized. The territorials, which CORES
pond to our militia are being modified
and sent to points in the interior and
Ireland to do duty where regular army
regiments are being assigned to duty
with the expeditionary forces in
France. The English people have su-
preme confidence in their navy and a
German invasion of England is re-
garded as impossible. The war is
everywhere the sole topic of CONVEX
sation. In England the provision
sharks would have taken advantage of
it to raise the price of living, but the
government took prompt action and
stopped them. Prices on articles of
import affected by the far are natur-
ally rising, but the price levels of
,oodstuffs remain the same. All Eng
land believes it's cause is just and al.
England hopes and fervently prays
for the triumph of its arms on land
and sea-"