Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-18
Committee to Help Enemies in Dis
 tress.

tress.
 So far as known, England is the only enc of the countries at war whicff supports charitable committee for the help of enemies in it's midst Yet such is the Emergency Committee for the Assistance of Germans, Austrians and Hungarians in Distress"
 This society was formed by mem bers of the Religious Society of Friends to aid innocent alien enemies in Great Britain rendered destitute by the war;" and it's report for. the last fiscal year shows that nearly one hundred thousand dollars was conrti- buted and disbursed. Membership is not confined to the Quakers, for the Archbishop of Canterbury. the head of the Church of England, and the Bishops of Lichfield and Lincoln, as well as Viscount Bryce, Lord Haldane, formerly Minister for War, and sever al members of parliament and minis ters Of Protestant Churches are among it's supporters
 lar staff of visitors, who pay regular calls and enter sympathetically into the many difficulties that continually arise.
 The report shows how the strain of the war is telling on many people: Many of the women visited are suf- ferfng from depression and other nerve troubles, owing to the great strain put on them by tEe isolation of their po- sition and the struggle for existence. A small special fund has been opened to enable our visitors to cheer these poor souls during the times of acute crisis or prolonged monotony, SO that the mental spiritual strain may be re- 1ieved before the breaking point is reached"
 Still the committee still finds many cases where deportation to Germany Ay. cf~fa i< yerh& Ar months of the war drag on for those who are unable to take any part in the active work going on in all di- rections, and as savings diminish, many families who asked for and ob- taiued, their exemption to stay in England now make up their minds to return to their own countries, The questions we are asked, and the ad- vice sought, become more and more varied. We continue to make up parties of those leaving England, and we are frequently asked to send chill dren back to their relations. So far | we are glad to say that all such chill | dren have reached their destination | safely, although sometimes obliged to travel almost alone. A chain of workers in England and Holland hand them on from one to another" A considerable part of the commit tees activity is devoted to work in | the internment camps. During the | past year the number of interned ci- l williams in England has increased con- siderably, and the military prisoners are also growing in number. With regard to the condition of those in- termed, the report says, We find that l in many cases the men are continually oppressed with anxiety about theii families, whether in England or Ger many. and about their business and future prospects. There is often g deep sense of injustice and of useless ness. It Is only natural that long months of confinement should lead tc depression, sand threaten nervous men. tai Or moral breakdown in q good i many cases.
 We share the feeling of dread and | horror with which prisoners -especi- | ally the civilians, who suffer nost-or
 both sides. look forward to the possi. bflity of another winter in camp ant we are longing for the success of the present negotiations between the gov.
 ernments for ending the whole, intern. | ment system"