El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31
PUBLIC
CANNOT Realize
PRESENT DANCER
Average Britisher Ready to
Fight But is Only Now
Awakening to Need.
TERRITORIALS SERVE
WITHOUT COMPLAINT
By HERBERT TENIFLE.

ONDON, Eng. Oct 51--English
country people are only beginning
- to realize the danger to their
Country. This was evidenced by re-
cent visit To an English country home
It was an entirely peaceful scene be-
fore we arrived. The farmer and his son
were discussing crops on the lawn IN
the home paddock his we was iced
ing the chickens. The daughter IN the
Da-1or was trying TO find out Why IL
4--es 1ecessarv for her admIrer TO don
his uniform and bid her adieu- ", ar
seemed a very distant thing me
August air lay heavy between Ii-7
hedges in the narrow lans- -, -
True. the papers had Deen IulL LoI
-c--7e 5avs mast of war on the conIl-
nenr and the rumored cgnceL4eL d y y. ~
os troops, but farmer l1lLes' ~ 80 80
British farmhOuse-hlS nome ~ -
at the idea OF war 80 ei1 yrbo nro-
''paying guest an arlst, W. .LJ--. - r,
r7ornced his consonants with eeIlilaLt ~
[-,-,rasis Then We arrived on tltS
scene We swung INTO tAS -
amid the irate protests OF tue - ~
Two companies were 10 oCCIps 10
80 and outbuildings at msnL al-u
die trenches across his lawn IN n -
T.idst of an energetic prouest, Hl5+J
a ne of men and corpora 80
fixed bavonets marched INTO ~ I,,-r
dio Of the artist OF IoIelsA olS-.,--+1--
He was duly searched a anu - ,,t+l he
D1aced under close artest 49, --;-I
rou1d be dealt with by cour ma LI ..
eo-,a six hours later the farmer J 5.-+
THO the officers room as We ssS A0O-
the table in his parlor anu ,-jf charm
ssr07 very sorry If was A ol- So -! :
---i1b 7-o77 this afternoon Jf0usHt 2 -,
,-ere only fooling At manerNe tS- ~
- zee Won are put On business =
TOO mean business and 50 ooes ,..--.ss
honest Britisher- make ; 'u
Guests in nv home
soldiers Now Respected. 49,,
-r. l. the true attitude OF Lne
civilian population Throughout M ,- 49,
r-bev found il very HARD 70 uIluS5 - -
the real significance OF llS ~ W, -e-e
- +5,e est the poIice and the law v e-e
- - 80 Greatest forces in their IlNes
the soldier was a mere nooOuS
,,aTson to be entirely neglected.. ~,
- IN is otherwise and the pop ulel ~,
fe slowly coming to recognize lLie ~ M
is slowly coming 70 TeCOs4ii@e
altered conditions Of lie ,.-i-.--
cs-sduaIIv the civilians are leaFIillls
Mt o1Iv TO know, but to appr.ecl.d, l %
- TO respect the military i. Is -
awakening of a nation o. sho
Tho are soldiers at hearl-
sentries DiSreEnrded-
Asa nroof of how little people IN M
~,--,,.++- have Jumped TO the SITUATION
7r-, TO the present we have olllE 10 -. -
the case Of the many automo MS. =
s1oort- -the. country Not one IN ~ setSI -H
10 have the slightest notion what the
sentry is on duty for .-,.ss.-.--,a
The result Of this air OF indlfIer
10 the sentry's challenge IS thaL H MAJ
owners are now lamenting Dullet-
shattered screen and several casuaItles
have occurred to occupants OF cars re-
fusinez to answer the sentry caL
Spirit Is Excellent
As to the troops themselves, -aIIIlo lsl
entirely composed Of territorialsr tnelr
EDirit Is excellent The vast majority
81 these are suffering. heavy personal
Decunfarv loss, but officers and men
alike do not grudge either their ser
vice or money to the state Everybody
feels that the time for personal consld-
Grafton is past and the terrltorlal
shruEs his shoulders when he remem-
hers that he only now draws q shilling
C25 cents) a day, whereas a few weeks
ago he was drawing $1,000 TO $4,000 a
year salary
The present trouble is how they can
Drovide for their wives and families
such is the situation with those who
have enlisted But 1t viii never be
brought home TO the British public
until the invader sets his foot on Brit
fish soil