Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-22
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nOurS or drinking have just come in
to force over here, and it is interest
ing to us outsiders to see the results
accruing therefrom. There have been
| voluminous letters to all the daily
papers, which might have been ex-
pected, as the greatest prerogative
| OF the Briton, is to write letters up
On all subjects under the sun to his
daily paper, and l might interject,
they all seem to be published. But
what has amazed us neutrals is to
see the really censorious and rebelh-
GUS attitude of the writer's of these
letters. One would think at a time
like this, with all at stake that Great
Britain has, that her people would no
qulbble about so small a thing as
| to whether they shall be enabled to
have drink served to- them in a
restaurant until 800 p. m, instead
of only until 2:30, especially in the
light Of the fact that at least two
Of her allies thought the occasion
precarious enough, to demand their
giving up drink ,all together, for the
duration of the war. And Russia,
most sodden with drink of all the ma
tions, has found the experiment so
eminently successful that she has
puL uAAAh away AO1 oil I11uc ouC tAA0
English mistaking liberty for license
90 on demanding liberty to partake
Of liquor unhampered, despite the
England had three enmeies, Gre
many, Austria, and DRINK" Despite
the fact also, that women whose
husbands are at the front, and who
are supported by generous "Separa-
ton allowances leave their chill
dren to starve and freeze while they
indulge in drunken orgies in the pub
lie houses, and that the drink among
the laboring classes is seriously ef-
fecting the output of munitions; yet
England continues to play with this
most serious problem.
Directly after the new regulations
were published and the storm of pro-
test arose from the brewers and
I their allies the moderate drinkers,
and when yesterday the new restric-
tions came into force, they came
modified, from the original draft
Still they are fairly stringent and I
have no doubt some classes think
they are being cruelty treated. Drink
ing is so universal over here, and so
habitual with almost all classes as a
beverage with their MEALS: that it
assumes much more importance than
it does to us at home. ..
The papers have been giving quite
a deal of space to the antics OF Mr.:
Ford. The Daily Express" publish
ed very clever cartoon of Mr..
Ford, "fording the Atlantic" in his
little Ford, with a dove of peace at
the steering wheel, and an olive
branch serving as a fishing rod
for the owner of the car. For let. it
be said the English do not consider
it quite as funny as we would at
home, but are disposed to consider
it as great advertising scheme, and
to recent the foolish impertience Of
the whole affair. To them the war
is a great tragedy, with the end not
in sight, struggle to the death,
and not enc to be relinquished until
victory is theirs. Their watchword
is. mo peace without victory"
They have their troubles at home
too, unfortunately, and only last
night meeting held by peace
cranks," was broken up by a reso~
lutte body of soldiers in khaki, of
whom the Colonials, the "Anzacs,'
were in the majority. The chief pur-
pose of these peace cranks, seems
not to reach an honorable peace, but
at any price to keep conscription
from coming, and their numbers
seem to be largely constituted
of young men of age for enlist
ment, whom these people dub, SLACK
ers." The date for the coming in OF
conscription has been moved forward,
to the 11th of December, I believe,
another concession to the turbulent
element, who protect against it as
yet another curtailment of their lib
critics.
The women over here have risen
nobly to the exigencies of the war
Many street cars or trans" as they
are called, have women conductors,
and at Chatham where we rode ON
cars crowded with the rough dock
yard element, we observed that the
women seemed to get on bet
ter with their rough passengers
than the men would have done. There
is such shortage Of public vehi--
cles, omnibuses, ETC., now that strap
hanging is the rule and not the ex-
ception, but is all taken very cheer
fully, and often in these public vehl-
CleS tne passengers cu1u Ill <tiu
help the girl-conductors collect the
fares. Women are also being train
ed to take the place of the motor
men and in some cases have al
ready filled their places acceptably.
Also one sees many girls punching
the tickets in the Tubes or un-
derground railways. One hospital, one
of the largest military hospitals In
London, has it's staff composed OF
women, from chief surgeon down to
the smallest orderly and errand girl.
Women now run the elevators in de-