Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-06
BRITAIN KEEPS
ONLY VICTORY
IN Mind TODAY
Visiting Salvation Army Officer
Tells of Stirring Times
He Left Behind

but also for the Allies armies came
Lieut.. Col. John Maclnnes direct from
England IN the Niagara on his way TO
New Zealand where he will be chief
secretary Of Salvation Army work. He
spent several hours here with local
salvation Army workers. Mrs. Mac
fnnes and their two daughters, Esther
and Catherine, accompany him.
Machines left London August and
has since been travelling across the
Atlantic ocean, part OF the states and
part OF Canada and last over the Pa
cffic. He says the whole of England
has been converted into one great
var camp with everything commercial
as well -as military appropriated and
directed by the government
Holidays. Sundays. rest hours, all
have been forgotten says the Saliva
ton Army man, the one main in
rrnfiVe OF everyone being TO see II
throu1h Munition factories Is well
as those wInre ANYTHING Unnecessary %
the soldier Is tufned out roar night
and day. Never before has England
seen such Industry and zeal and the
common belief now is that the day OF
peace is approaching. :
victorious Peace Expected
Machines does not infer, however,
that England would accept anything
short OF a victorious peace but he
says II is the general impression that
this IS at hand. They have establish
ed with the other Allies an iron band;
now they are preparing to squeeze it.
he says.
There is no dissatisfaction in Eng
land now" is one OF Machines state
ments. England, Ireland, Scotland
and Wales are united with all the col
onies with the common desire to win,
regardless of the cost or time Of
struggle. Everything was scarce at
the first Of the war but now there is
plenty OF men, munitions and money"
Salvation Army Helps
Speaking Of the Salvation Army's
part In the great struggle, the visitor
told Of between fifty and sixty thou
sand soldiers on the battle front who
have been rescued and cared for by
voluntary Salvation Army officers
working in conjunction with the Red
Cross.
The Salvation Army has several
hundred officers on the firing line and
maintains hut meeting houses and
soldier civic centers behind the lines
similar to those of the Y. M. G. A.
Machines has been in the Saliva
ton Army service for 33 years, start
ing in Aberdeen. Scotland. his birth
place. During that time he has been
identified with the movement in many
cities OF the british Isles, including
Glasgow Birmingham, London and
places IN wales. For the last three
years he has been located in Man
chester
= And speaking OF Manchester he be-
comes excited
Everyoue Docs Part
Its the most industrious city in
the world now without doubt, he
exclaimed. everybody that can do
something does It and most Of them
can. They are turning shells out there
by the millions and when the car
fridge boxes are cleared away they
start all over again.
In Manchester are many hospitals
Cor wounded soldiers and Just before
leaving for his 13,Q00-mile iaunt to
New Zealand he visited many of he
boys who had come from the place TO
which he was going to get q message
kefe ard letter there Or I verbal
message Of love or endearneEs &c
carry to their homes. II was in me
Of these hospitals that Machines heard
and saw one Of the pathetic sights OF
the war.
Mrs. Machines spoke to an Austria
Ian boy and asked him II he would
like to write a letter home. AS an
answer he asked her to raise the bed
snread. Both OF his hands had been
shot off. Mrs. Machines took the
stumps in her hands and .cnderly
thanked the boy for his mobile sacri-
flee. In return he exclaimed:
sMavbe you appreciate IL all right,
hnt how will the other people when
IL Is ali overs VIII thay realize how
many have been killed and how many
practically ruined for hfe?D
Mrs. Machines comforted him with
assurance that most people would.
Miss Mary Booth, daughter Of Gen.
BramwelI Booth of the Salvation Army,
is one who has sacrificed everything
to do her own share of war work, &C
cording to Machines. She Is now IN
a European hospital.
In New York City Machines was
delighted with the work being done
nv the salvation Army although his
movements were restricted to certain
areas on account of the infantile
paralysis epidemic and because ne
had two daughters under 10 years OF
age Before crossing into Canada
they were subjected to a rigid medical
examination. The Canadian Salvation
Army work pleased the visitors i'm
mensely.
The Machines family had lunch TO,
day at the Salvation Army Girls
Home in Manoa valley and then were
driven to the beach and few other
places. They said the short stay here
nroved all the nice things they had
heard about the islands and their as
ISOLATION here.
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