River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
WHAT ''THEY SAY"
IN ENGLAND NOW
Men In the Street Give Views
About the War.
OPINIONS WIDELY DIFFER.

man Says Allies Cant WIN Ontlt All
Fit Men In England Are Sent to the
Front.
What do peopIe-chiedy British peo-
pic Of various sorts and conditions-say
about the war?
The following opinions were collect
ed in English trains, shops, offices and
streets. No leading questions were
asked, and what these people said Is
printed in their exact words:
A Journalist - The Germans are
learning efficiency from their blunders,
while we have learned nothing. We
can win this war, but unless the Brit
ish public takes the matter into its own
hands and insists upon the dismissal
Of inefficient bunglers among the poll
ticians and at the war Office, we shall
lose the support Of our allies, the en-
waste the magnificent efforts Of our
soldiers and sailors, and eventually we
shall lose the war.
A Peer (WhO is a financial authority
The belligerent countries have not
realized the tremendous financial per-
lis. Sooner or later there must be a
crash. And think that Germany must
collapse financially before we do. 1t
is obvious that no nation can go on In
definitely spending the millions that
are being spent daily on this squalid
war.
A Manufacturers Agent-It's going
very slowly. We don't seem to be able
to move. I think 1t will turn out all
right In the end, but we shall lose q
tremendous lot. AS regards the west
ern front, am convinced that the war
will end on almost the exact line it is
being fought on now.
His partner tnterposed, II do not
agree. When Austria is utterly beat
en- Germany Will ask for peace. am
not frightened of the wonderful Ger
man system I've seen too much OF
it in business. The German is lost the
moment he gets away from his system.
And a clerk in Hamburg takes three
quarters Of an hour over an invoice
that London clerk would do In ten
minutes. It's no better as an invoice,
and no more accurate, and the Gus
toner who examines it isn't giving
prizes for handwriting. Organization
has served them we'll up to now. But
wait till 1t cracks"
A StatiOner'S Manager am sur
prised that we did not get through
the first part of the war with a great
er disaster. We have only just begun
to wake up. just as we did In South
Africa. l think the Dardanelles ex-
petition is a great mistake. We have
deliberately given them warning.
"Things Are None Too Happy"
A Hatter-Things are none too hap
py. / don't think now that we shall
ever get them out of Belgium. I have
thought so for months past.
A Jeweler-Tm quite sanguine as to
the ultimate result This old country
was always slow in getting into her
stride But we are now making the
supreme effort. Valuable time has
been lost, but we shall get through.
A Policeman-Take all the f1t men in
the country and Well do it and not
before. Look at present conditions;
attack after attack, and never a move.
A Solicitor, LII D. of Cambridge
Look upon the whole thing on broadly
historical lines. There is nothing In
the history of Germany, let alone Aus
tria, to show military omnipotence.
Forget the surprise strokes Of 1865
and 1870, and look at Germany's pre-
vious history. She has had more de-
feats than victories. And Austria has
always had nothing but defeats. II
Germany were to accomplish what
she set out to accomplish she would
have done it In the first three months
of the war and certainly within the
first twelve months. Failing that. ulti-
mate defeat is inevitable, bar one
thing, and one thing only, and that is
that some democratic fool of q states
man on the allies side persuades us to
make peace on jnconclusive terms.
That is Germany's sole hope. and she
knows it.
A Warehouse Packer-It's a terrible
thing, but still know that we shall
win In the end.
His Friend "a van manu- don't agree
/ think that we will get an awful hid
ing yet if we are not careful. Directly
the Germans have done with Russia
they will come back against our lot
We ought to have had those high ex-
| plosives. Why haven't we after near
ly year? That's what we all want
to know. When you hear Of 10000
men lying unburied!
A Railway Porter-We're going to
fight each other to a standstill. That's
| nv notion