Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-17

neighoorhoods which were ION the
fence" so to speak. at the beginning
l.of the war American resentment
! against so-calied Censored" British
dispatches works for German senti-
ment just as tho Belgian invasion has
against Germany. The following sum
mary shows In cold figures the COM
plete returns to our inquiry. To these
must be added the warmth OF person
| ality az expressed in the statements
OF tho editors.
or the 367 replies, 1o5 editors report
that they favor the allies. twenty favor
the Germans and 242 are neutral
or tho pro-aliy editors thirty-four
In the Eastern states. thirteen In the
Central. forty-sevcn In tho Southern
and eleven I'm the Western.
! Only one pro-Gerrnan editor halls
| from the Eastern States. while ten are
from the Central, Ave from the South
crn and four from the Western group.
The neutral editors number forty
three In the Eastern States, liz in the
Central, hfty-one In the Southern and
thirty-six In the Western.
Tho feeling of the cities and towns
represented is reported as fuvorins
the allies In 1So cases. for the Ger
| mans In thirty-cight and neutral or
divided In lao.
The pro-ally cities and towns heard
from total fltty-two In the Eastern d.
vision, forty I'm the Central. scventy-
! one. III the Southern and twenty-s!
, IN tho Western.
The pro-German communities are
two In tho Eastern group. twenty nine
/ in the Central. four in the Southern and
three in the Western.
| Cities and towns reckoncJ as neu-
trial or divided number twenty four In
the Eastern States, sixty-six in the
Id 49,
and twenty-five In tho Western
| In Maryland. the press Is generally
neutral, although one paper ayows
! that Its sympathy Is with the allies"
| The public. as we hear from the same
city lis mostly antt-Gcrman." And
word comes from Cumberland that
sentiment here. even among large
number OF Germans, Is with tho allies
and against the German Emperor and
his military party. This is due to the
treatment of neutral Belgium and the
belief that the Emperor and not the
German people forced the war"
As straw showing the way tho
wind blows in Washington, u. c., we
are told by an editor that his paper
"jn It's editorial policy aims to be fair
TO both sides in the present European
war. Public sentiment here has been
distinctly in favor OF the allies .
| Il sentiment which has increased since
! the fan of Antwerp.
In the representative cities OF Wiz
( ginia the description of community
! feeling ranges from practically
unanimous for the allies TO pretty
generally In favor OF the allies" the
only exceptions" we heal from
/ Hampton. are among these nearly
fnll-blooded Germans. Most of those
of Pennsylvania or German descent
! are pro-nlly." In West Virginia.
t towns like Huntington and Eilsins arc
squarcly on the side Of the allies. But
! from Wheeling. with IS per cent or
tho population German, and from
, MorSantown, with many Germans
T, employed In the glass factories, We
learn that public opinion is divided"
| y MurtinsburS neutral editor. who
| "dcplores the biased reports OF the
, allies regarding German atrocities"
writes that, ,geuerally speaking. the
! community has recently changed from
the allies and now favors the Ger
! mans. The allies censorship OF the
news unfavorable to them and Japan's
ADVENT at EnGland's urging have done
much to bring about this reversal OF
| feeling until now the German sue
ccsscs are hailed with 10y"