The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-07
PLANS FOR REFUGEES
Thousands Of Private Homes In Eng
land Are Ready to Take
Care Of the
Women.
[By Ed l.. Keen, London Correspond

| LONDON, June 6.-The thorough
ness with which the Ulster provision
al government was prepared for al
the possible eventualities Of civil wal
is just beginning to be realized in this
country. Besides the drilling and
equipping of a fighting force of 100, OOO
volunteers-with arms landed on the
coast and distributed Throughout. the
province in defiance of the kings
proclamation and despite the vigilance
of the LEGAL authorities the estab-
fshment of an extensive hospital
Iorganizati ton, and .he formation OF
ambulance, nursing, signalling, tele-
graph and postal corps, it now de-
|velops that elaborate arrangements
have been made for the refuging in
England Of the women and children
living in the expected war area.
The plans which have been worked
out quietly by the Ulster women and
children committee Of which Harold
Smith, NJ. p, is the head, include not
only the organization camps In the
|neighborhood of the larger west coast
ports, but the housing of refugees in
thousands of private homes Of SYM
pathizers already placed at the. COM
mittee's disposal. Lady Edward Cecil
who acquired valuable experience in
organizing concentration camps dur
ing the South African war has been
appointed to supervise this feature of
the work The duke of Westminster
has promised to provide one complete
camp, with sleeping and mess tents,
hospital, kitchen, and full campaigning
equipment, in the grounds OF Eaton
hall near Chester, which will be a
convenient distributing point for North
Wales, lancaster and Cheshire.
Similar camps will be established at
or near Fishguard, Holyhead and sew
eral other ports.
The committee has mapped .he
country into zones, along the lines OF
railway communication. each Of which
will be in charge of separate Of
fetal. The register of persons who
have agreed to take refugees into
their homes has been carefully CLASH
fed as to the number they can ac-
commodate, whether women or chill
dren, or both, and whether they will
be prepared to receive their guests"
on twelve hours notice, twenty-four,
or forty-eight The collection and
transportation of the refugees from
Ulster will be undertaken by special
corps of provisional government" Of
ficials, The ordinary steamer lines be-
ing utilized, it being assumed by the
English committee that the British
government will not try to stop the
exodus of women and children should
this become necessary. Each party
will arrive in charge of an agent.
with lists OF their names and register
ed numbers which will be turned over
to one of the committees debarkation
officers who will be stationed at every
FORT from Fishguard to Stranrear. He
will check the list, give receipt to
the Ulster agent, and then see that the
refugees are promptly dispatched to
the nearest reception camps, each
party in charge Of an English agent.
It will be the business Of the camp
managers no. only to provide for the
comfort of the visitors but to arrange
for their distribution to their APP
pointed homes with all possible speed
so as to provide for the next corners. |
Possessed Of vast estates and a
bank roll Of such huge dimensions hat |
ne need neyery worry about the pur-
suit Of the nimble dollar. Lord How |
ard de Walden is devoting his talents |
md time to maintaining the reputa- |
ion of being the most versatile peer
n Great Britain. He has jus. broken !
,ut in a fresh place by establishing a |
heatre on wheels which is to tour
Wales and regale the natives with /
I'D folk lore dramas.
The welsh National Theatre" as
ne show is called. is not Howard de
first theatrical venture, for
lie has already produced an operate
lrama of his own writing. as we'll as
ofh