Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-03-19
no CONSUMPTION
N ENGLAND

LONDON. March 5.-By mail to
New York).-There II no ~conscrip-
ton in England. But there is a form
OF persuasion. "that is just as effec-
tive" by which Lord Kitchners army
has, in part been made up.
The big landowners Of England are
among the most effective recruiters
that England has today. There are
parts OF the little island Of England
where one may stand on a high hill
aud look about him with field glasses
aid know that every inch OF land, as
titr as ne a see, Is owned by M
man. On this land are small villages.
These villages have their homes,
their business streets, their libraries,
their hotels and railroad stations and
postoffices, but every institution In
the village and every person exists
In that district by permission OF the
duke or lord who owns the land. To
these persons IN such villages the
good will CT tho landowner is of
importance than the good will
OF the king. His grace" as the ten
ants call him. possesses an almost
unlimited power over the lives and
actions Of the tenants.
His grace, in one of these small
towns, has only to publicly express
his wish that every able bodied young
man In that place shall enlist and af-
ter that wish is expressed woe betde
b young man, who. several weeks
later, without good reason, is still
found within the village precinct.
The old men and women revile him
and the girls Of the village "cut"
him dead. There is only one thing
for him to do and that Is 10 go to
war.
The village of Arundel, on the es-
tate Of the Duke Of Norfolk, who
owns $4,000 acres in t he south of
England Is an example Of the small
English town where young men are
not to be seen. What influence the
Duke OF Norfolk used in helping his
king to secure recruits is not known.
But the fact remains that Arundel
has contributed all Of its u men,
who could possibly get away, to the
army.
AS you pass through the streets Of
Arundel you see, hanging in the win
dcTs OF the cottages, large and gaily
colored cards bearing the name of
the men in that household vino have
gone to war. 1t is not unusual to
see three or four cards in the window
OF q little home.
Who are those cards for?" I asked
a woman standing at the door of her
cottage.
MY two cons and my husband"
she said proudly. 81 haven't any more
and they are away at the front. Those
cards are all ! have to show that any
men ever lived In this house."
In the CREST miliion-dollar cathe-
dral OF the town, which the duke
built with his o wn money, there were
eighteen RlacS-bordered cards on the
bulletin boards, bearing the names of
mon who beye fallen In battle. And
the congregation OF the church num-
here only Loco, . large majority OF
them being women. There are few
churches in England that can show
e record like that OF the Duke Of
N0riolk's cathedral.
The Yerger of the church tells Wig
itorG:
almost all the young men have
some to a Eve got three SOM
and two grandsons serving"
This persuasion OF the English
landowners may indicate q condition
bordering on feudalism, but the young
men march Off singing and happy and
their families remain, proud and full
OF assurance that they are doing their
duty by 'ais grace.