The Washington times., 1915-11-04
ENGLISH DISLIKE
WAR DEADLOCK
People Beginning to Demand
That the Government Show
Results For the Sacrifices.

LONDON. oct. IL (by rsaiD.-At last
there has come the news that there has
oecn something doing" In France. The
weary months Of preparations are
drawing to close. and that is all that
most people ask. They know that there
must be heavy losses. but are prepared
10 race them. for n the hope OF . speedy
end OF the hghting Is dead. confidence In
the ultimate success Of the war Is as
Ereat as ever. and the nation Ia ready to
pay the price to hasten It along.
Yet the war has bitten deeply into
the national life. In spite of the news
paper talk OF "slacker whole districts
nave sent practically every man Of mill
Wary age. and the enrolment q some
member of a family has become no COM
mon that II has ceased to be a matter
OF ordinary conversation. A chance
visitor may be some time at a house
before his hostess mentions she has one
or two sons at the front. and she Is no
more likely to dwell upon II than upon
the fact that they were At the>univer-
sity.
Hut war service Is only one form Of
war work and war work Ia in evi.
dcnce everywhere. In cities. towns.
and even villages throughout the
country hospitals and convalescent
homes have been established. AMI
uniforms are the conmonest OF sights
Wherever one goes.
Dons Nurses Dress.
These Institutions are managed gen
orally by amateur nurses under com
pstent professional supervision. and
the girl who passed her afternoon on
the golf links or tennis courts 10
likely to don the cotton dress of the
nurse ana take her turn in looking
after the Tommies.
Her father may belong to the Vol
unteer Reserve, and drill on half
holidays Or Sundays to At himself
for home guard work. In case OF u
raid or belongs to the special con-
stabulary and gives up night after
spccial areas. 40 as to relieve and nr-
sist the regular police. Knitted
articles and sandbags are being mad.
by the elder women literally by the
hundred thousand. and London hotels
and country towns alike have estab-
lished rooms. into which those with n
few minutes To- spare may drop to
roll bandages or stitch a shirt. .>r-
peals for special funds. for tobacco.
for magazines. for prisoners. or for
the the care of army horses and mules
are continuous and IN many schools
tho children have voluntarily agreed
that the money that should have been
spent on their prizes should be given
to the war.
Labor Hard To Get.
Labor Is scarce. Certain cailings
have. of course. been almost thrown out
Of employment. Artists. actors. and lit
erary workers have found their occu-
patton largely gone. while II has been
necessary to pass special legislation to
enable oxford and Cambridge TO meet
the sudden crisis in their fortunes. But
these are the exceptions. and there Is
one very serious effect In the lack OF
the ordinary laborinE man.
The most striking feature OF the sltua-
ton in Great Britain today. however
is the willingness OF the people to do
anything whatever TO help on the war,
and the patience with which they sub
nit to the policy OF silence Imposed by
the government. That there is complete
confidence In the government itself
would be ridiculous to maintain.
But the nation is perfectly willing to
assent to the ban OF the censorship as
long as II Is assured that the authori-
ties are not using the plea OF military
necessity to hide their slackness and
mistakes
So the young men Of the Country have
enlisted by the million. all classes have
subscribed not far short Of $4,000, 600 O0O
to the war loan. and every man. wom-
an. and child Ia consenting to radical