Arizona republican., 1916-12-21
ENGLAND AIDS
 HER INNOCENT
 ALIEN ENEMIES
Republican A. p. Leased WlreJ

LONDON, Dee. 20.-So far as | known here EaIg-and is the only one 1 of the countries at war which sup ports a charitable committee for the 1 help of enemies in it's midst. Yet such is the Emergency Committee for the Assistance of Germans. Aus trians and Hungarians in Distress"
 This society was formed hy mem bers If 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 con tributed and disoursed Membership is not confined to the Quakers. for the Archbishop cf Canter- bury. the head of the Church of England and the Bishops of Lien field and Lincoln. as well as Wis count Bryce Lord Haldame. formerly minister for war. and several mem bers of parliament and ministers oi Protestant churches are among its supporters.
 The committee maintains d regular 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-
 feying from depression and others
 nerve troubles, owing to the great
 strain put on them by the isolation
 of their position and the struggle fo- existence A small special fund has been opened to enable our visitors 10 cheer these poor souls during the times of acute crisis or prolonged monotonv. SO that the mental and spiritual strain may De relieved before the breaking point IS reached.
 StIll the committee still finds many cases where deportation to Germany or Austria is sought As the weary months of the war drag on for those who are unable to take any part in the active work going on in all direc- tions. and ls savings diminish. many families who asked for and obtained. their exemption to stay in England now makr up their minds 10 return to their own countries The questions we are asked. and the advice sought, become more and more varied We continue to make up parties Of those leaving England. and we are frequent ly asked to send children back to their relations. So far We are glad to say that all such children have reached their destination safely, although sometimes obliged to travel almost alone. chain of workers in Eng land and Holland hand them on from one to another"
 4 considerable part of the com mittees activity Is devoted to work in the internment camps. During the past year the number of interned civilians in England has increased considerably. and the military pris- oners are also growing in number With regard to the condition of those iutcrned. the report says. We find that in many cases the men are continually oppressed with anxiety about their families, whether in Eng land or Germany. and about their business and future prospects There Is often deep sense of injustice and uf uselcssncss. IL is only natural that long months of confinement should lead to depression and threat en nervous mental or moral breakdown In good many cases
 We share the feeling of dread and horror with which prlsoners-espe- clally the civilians. who suffer most on both sides look forward to the possibility of another winter in camp and we are longing for the success of the present negotiations between the governments for ending the whole internment system"