Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-22
English People See
No Cause For War.
Says Mrs. Cummings

That the English people generally
are not in favor Of the present Euro
pean war, and that they feel that there
is no cause for the terrible conflict, Is
the statement of Mrs. B. r. Cummings,
wife of Judge Cummings, who reahced
home this morning from her two
months stay in England.
Mrs. Cummings and daughter Mary
and Miss Fannie Quaife, landed in
Montreal on the Corinthian of the Allan
line Wednesday, after a twelve days
voyage. during which time they had
been literally cut off from the entire
outside world. Judge. Cummings met
the members of the party at Queoec
on Tuesday. and accompanied them to
Montreal. and his wife and daughter
home. Miss Quaife went from Mon
treal to Amherst, Mass. to visit a
brother and will reach the city next
week.
Il wouldn't have missed the expert
ence for the world said Mrs. Cum
mings today, "altho / am truly glad
that l was in England rather than on
the continent. We really suffered no
1t was hard to get money in London,
owing to the fact that the Bank OF
England closed for a week. thereby
cutting off the supply. But as for GO
ing hungry, we had no such expert
ences. At our hotel we We're kept az
the advanced rates. and our accounts
We're charged until such time as We
could get gold. Hotel rates were ad-
IN
were charged a discount of 10 per cent.
If one had a :-posind note, SIS. it was
necessary to spend pounds in order to
get any change al all Prices of all
foodstuffs went UP with the declaration
of war; and fresh eggs sold for S cents
ca ch.
Attic we had letters of credit. they
did US no good for a time. The Amer
ican Express Company was Very kind.
and paid certain amount on all checks.
l saw people stand for hours waiting
TO get SIS or $50 Americans with as
much as 5000 and $500 on their persons
were fed by the Salvation Army. The
people who came In from the continent
We're the ones who suffered as they
had no baggage, and the hotels would
not keep them because they had no Sc
curity IN the way of baggage. In get.
ting the Americans out Of the CONT
nent railroads showed the baggage TO
one side and left it, so that many
Americans landed in London with abb
soiutely nothing il the way OF belong
!,lgs but the clothes on their backs.
THE Americans in England were very
kind to one another however. and there
was tendency 10 divide and tide one
another over the difficulty.
I'VE gave up all sightseeing after war
pas declared Al midnight July 81.
ard until We left FIVE days later. were
interested ir The sights OF mobilization.
The people evidenced much excitement,
materials but from what I could gather
Tie English people generally were not
in favor Of the war: in fact they couid
not feel that there was any cause TOT
it as far as England was concerned.
While not experiencing the thrliiins
and exciting sensation of being pur-
sued by a foreign warship. the Cor
inshian. which left London Aug. 6, took
all precautions against meeting Ger
man vessel.
on the third night out the Corin-
THAN. which is Canadian boat and
sails under the British colors. was
stopped four times TO give an account
of itself. and for three or four nights
ran with all lights shaded. The wire
less was ordered dispensed with, ana
no one was allowed to send or receive
messages This placed the vessel out
Of communica ton with the world. and
prevented those on board from furnish
iny to the folks a home any iniorma-
ton as TO their Whereabouts