The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
BOYS IN ENGLISH ARMY.
Miss Watcrson Says WOrkmen Resent
Belgans' Presence - Refugees Ask
Lower Wages.

was enlisting boys 16 years old for &C.
tual service; that campaigns Of an
"evangelistic' aspect were being con-
Quoted to get recruits; that London
swarmed with Belgian refugees and
unidentified orphans; that the English
people were moro or less in ignorance
OF actual happenings of the war; that
Lord kitchener's prohibition meas
ure for Britain was opposed by third
rate noblemen, and hat Belgian peas
ants were competing with British
workmen at a lower wage were some
or the statements of Miss Davina
Waterson. of London, who arrived in
this city yesterday. She sailed from
Liverpool, April II.
Miss Waterson is a guest at the
home of DR.. Howard A. Kelly. 14O6
Eutaw place. She has lived part of
the last five years in this country.
travelling extensively. Six months ago
she went to London to visit relatives.
She has two nephews and many &C
quaintances in the British army at the
front. Miss Waterson is an English
woman, and, Of course, she is pa
triotic.
AS to the feeling Of the English
against the German nation Miss Wa
terson said:
1t Is a mistaken idea hat the Eng
lish people hate the Germans. In
England there is no great hate against
the Germans as a nation, but there is
nate against Kaiser Wilhelm and his
advisers. The English hold him re-
sponsible for this appalling war.
THE United States is the best-in-
formed nation on events of the con-
hict. Masses of the English people
believe that the United States is wait
ing to see what side gets the upper
hand before favoring either. Of course
the masses know nothing about the
food, the metals, guns and ammuni-
ton that America is sending to the al
lies. This information is kept out of
the British newspapers.
kitchener is the dominant figure
of Great Britain; he is a veritable
King His word. with exception o.
the prohibition measure, is law. He
frequently works 20 hours a day. In
his suite of camp rooms at the War
Office Is an army cot, upon which he
sleeps.
1.-The London season in society
would open about this time of the
year, but what a change! P~iccadiIly is
no longer the boulevard OF fashion.
able promenades; the squares, park
and Othor places are in war use. The
hospitals are crowded; thousands of
wounded are being returned to Lon
don and distributed to scores of pub
lie and private hospitals. While there
Is much moving Of troops and war
materials in daytime the bulk of the
traffic Is conducted at night.
In London there are 5000 Boy
Scouts who are doing excellent work
In handling the crowds of refugees. 1
believe there are 100, 900 of these
homeless people in the great city.
Many London workmen resent the in
trusion of the Belgians into certain
ines of employment. Many of these
Belgians have been engaged to work
FOR a lower wage, and this has caused
somo ill-feeling.
-Four hundred sentinels guard
Buckingham Palace. The public is no
longer permitted to visit the historic
place. Sandbags six feet in depth are
piled on h roof to protest the palace
against areo-bombs. This precaution
has been taken with all important
buildings. Dimmed lights only are
seen. King George and Queen Mary
are constantly visiting the wounded in
the hospitals and the soldiers in the
concentration camps. There are 800
ooO under canvas near London ready
Tor the move to the front. 1 have
heard that Kitchener's Grand Army
now totals 1000. 900 men and that his
army will be moved very soon.
Everywhere in London, in day.
lime you hear the recruiting bands.
Boys of 16 years are only permitted
to enlist when they obtain their par
ehts consent. It's a fact. however,
that many lads OF this age are now at
the front. The way they reach the
front Is in this At morning
parade the colonel of the regiment
VIII ask a company: Who's not afraid
TO go to the 'front.' Immediately men
n boys will step forward, and the