The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-31
Great Britain Is Determined That Her
Part In the World War
Shall Not be
Sighted.
JUST WHAT SHE Is DOING
Question Has Often Been Asked
Whether England is Do
ing Her Full
Share.
by VIM. Phillip Simms, United Press
Staff CORRESPONDENT

Great Britain is determined that
France shall not overlook the part
Britain is playing in this war. Not
only have prominent Frenchmen been
invited to England to look the coun-
try over, but missionaries have been
sent to France from England to
preach the gospel OF John Bull.
Some weeks ago wrote that France
was not satisfied with the help Eng
land has furnished Not official
France. but the public. The French
man-in-the-street feels that France
has given her every man and boy to
the army; that the country as unit
is making the greatest sacrifice of it's
history.
The Frenchman feels business in
England has suffered little. Through
dislike of CONSUMPTION many English
youths are enjoying life, football, the
races. and SO on. as usual. England
has not, France feels, put self and
resources intellectually into the
war. Because Of this, many people
here feel the war is prolonged.
But" you say. taking England's
part, Great Britain has swept the
seas Of German war vessels, and II
she hasn't held q very long section
Of line In France, she has done her
share in other ways
"Has she?" the Frenchman will an.
swer. THAT depends on what you
call her share. The question is: Has
England done all she Is able to DO!
France has put forth every ounce OF
her strength. Has England done like
wise? If she has, nobody has right
to grumble, no matter whether she
has done more or less than We"
Summed up. the situation is Just
that. France thinks every ally should
go his limit without regard to amount.
France has given her last man, her
last SOU. She asks England to do the
same. firm in the belief that the war
will thus be ended sooner and victory
for the, allies will be the more decis'
live.
The English don't like this attitude.
The newspapers are demanding that
the public be enlightened" and the
"enlightment" is under way
Adolph Smith. sometimes described
IN England as the "organizer of fra
ternity" because he has been the OFF,
cial interpreter at international meet.
ings in Europe for the past thirty
years, has completed arrangements
for a two-months' tour Of France,
doing missionary work. He will speak
and so will John Hodge, member OF
parliament, telling what the British
working man, among others, is doing
in the war.
The meetings began with lecture
at the ministry of public works here
September % when Minister Marcel
Sembat and other members OF the
chamber Of deputies were present.
Speeches at Brest, Rennes. Bour
ges, Montlucon. Lyons, Vienne, Mar
bonnie, Bordeaux, Angouleme, Tou.
louise and other cities will follow.
Certain English writers are doing
more harm than good by their at
tempts to make the French under
stand Robert Blatchford wrote:
II believe in speaking out and tell
ing the French the truth in friend.
| ". but frank way, not only about our
selves but also about them. We hear
good deal about the smallness of
the western line held by our troops.
But when we speak Of the few miles
of line we hold we ought to ask our
selves: Which liner and the answer
will be: Mary, the French line
I'VE helped the French defend
Paris. to defend Calais. We have
lost 10000 lives on French soil. We
defend the whole of our coast and
our colonies and dependencies. We
defend India and Egypt. We helped
the Iaranese at Using Tau. We fought
| the. Turks in Persia. We are bearing
the br,lnt Of the fighting In the Oar
daneIIes. We are defending Britain
and our colonies and India and Egypt
and are helping to defend France and
Belgium and We are defending all
| the. seas and the sea routes against
Germany and besides, we are fighting
/ Turkey.
| "If France had been strong enough
to resist Germany, we might have re-
NAMED neutral
| THE French have fought magnifi-
lcently-for France Bit all our fight
| ing. except a few brushes at sea, has
been done for France or Russia. We
! have never fired shot on land for
! Britain.
1--WE came into this war for two
| reasons: One was to uphold the neil
/ trality of Belgium, the other was to
help France.
"The British government. press,
public. armv and navy have feen
thoroughly loyal to our allies. They
ought to be told about il and the
sooner thew are told about it and the
more frankly told the better"
These words were reprinted by a
British paper in Paris, but, full OF
tact, the French refused to be led into
| a controversy
| The French manufactured. how.
ever, was ruffled He considered the
article representative OF British pub
lie opinion and he shrugged his shoul
! ders
/ THAT is part true and part not
The says. We are lighting like the