The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-14

a painful duty while foes are in their midst, is as follows:
 A Pleas for Fair Play. ITO the Editor of the Brighton Herald:
 Sir: May beg a. small place in your columns to make a plea. for fair play? we are in the grip of a fearful war, in which the passions of men are. running loose. and cruelty and re- morseless savagery are rampant. We are shocked at the culture of a civilized nation, and we run the risk of being led away by a certain patriotic sec tfon of the community, who, seeking an eye for an eye, aim wide of the, mark and retaIiate upon innocent men who are irresponsible for the war and it's deadly train.
 harmless mortaIs who are living the lives of respectful, hard working God fearing British subjects, is to stop %se mouth of complaint and disgust of the awful atrocities of the mailed fist and the swaggering 'bllllyfsm of the mili- tary Prussian.
 Moreover, 1t will increase the dan ger of Engishmen at present detailed In Germany, and injure the untarnisf- ed reputation for fair play that the English nation so Jealously guard.
 To appeal to a, just God for a suc- eessful issue from the present war and at the same time to persecute peaceful citizens because they were made in Germany should be against an Eng lishnan's morals, besides being hOr- Fibly inconsistent.
 The Gordon hotels company and others have stood justice on one side to please a certain section Of wealthy patriots who fight their battles at the dinner table, while their countrymen lay down their lives to preserve the name and honor of England. Men who have been sacked from work re- cTar 77<s-srxE ErSe 1<~-< sn-eA constant unblemished character Sure ly some discrimination is necessary to Insure fair play. The fact also that they are naturalized has no deiRklts They renounce the land of their birth and accept the responsibility of citizen snip n gland. They expect the protection and aid of their new home at all times. If they are to be pro tected only in time Of peace, they have little to get natura1ized for.
 My own father (Wesche1 is Ger man born, but for many years a nat uralized Englishman, in the employ of the Gordon Hotels Company. Ha has lived for more than 30 years--tI,a.t is. practically the whole Of his lie in England f
 ssHe married an English woman. and has Drought up a family of ten |ehildren. My father is as good a man as ever breathed, noble, true f4od- rearing father. and an industrfous law -abiding citizen, held in the high est esteem by all with whom he cam e In contact He has all his three eli- gible sons in the army, two Of them having given up good positions to re- spond to Englandss call
 While his sons are serving their king and cputnry. the father is turned out of work at half an hour notice after twenty years faithful service with excellent character, for no other fault than the fact that he was born fn Germany My father is now com pelled at his advanced age, to seek work in A1nerica, because his means are scanty and his old home is in danger of being broken up. appeal to my fellow col1rtryrneu and ask: Is this playing the game as Brftons?
 Yours. etc.
 AN ENGLISH SOLDIER. CEsditoria1 Note: Among many cases cited in the Brighton Herald now in possession of the EsrenfnE Farmer. dealing with the alien orders, is one of extreme interest to the cause of humanity w4atFEl as noted by the ad- itors Of the Brighton Herald was af- terward rectiHed by British Home Secretary.9
 An Alien Case at WorthinR.,'
 .fSir: MT. Weavsr Innes has written
 to you and you have commented of, his letter, about bne alien case at Hove. Another case. even naors start l ling. occurred at Worthfne. q report
 of which saw In a Llonszoa paper l with the remark that there should be an end to such proceedings at once cruel and futile
 In that case the defendant, an old lady. Constance Trevor Strohrneyer who tottered feebly into court, was charged with being an unregistered alien within a district scheduled as prohfbfted and ordered to quit the l town within a week
 I How can that be?' she asked in au1azement. I am English and so are all my family. It was explained to her that she had married an Austrian
 who had been dead six years and had I left Austria 26 years ago Tn reply
 she mentioned that she was born in I Calcutta, that three Of her brothers
 had served in the Indian army, and I that Sir Charles Hobhouse was her
 7rother-in-Iaw. The Bench actually believed that it was treating this poor
 old lady with quite exceptional con
 sideration and cfemency
 For aiding and abetting an eneuas alien, the landIady, with whom she
 had lodged for three months, was
 fined five pounds with the option o1
 IA days Imprisonment
 Such irrational harshness to per
 sons of the obviously innocuous and
 not within the kischief of the order
 at all serves only to bring law into
 odium and contempt, and one would
 think that magistrates might have
 something better to do, as by copins
 with increased drunkenness thar
 manufacturing fresh victims to tht i sorrow, misery, and suffering that now
 abounds
 Every tribunal. however inferior possesses or is supposed to possess 2 Judicial discretion, which in the two
 cases at Hove and at worthing, waE T conspicuous by it's absence in naagls
 trates 1vIara seem te. lasa-a r,oa5e +Ia e,,,