The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-03-03
ENGLAND's CITIZENS
REALLY WANT PEACE
But Afraid to Ask for It-Heads Of
Government Make It Evident All
the While That England Will Never
Give in Until Germany Has Been
Crushed.

Mrs. II. w. Suydam, mother of
Henry Suydam, The Brooklyn Eagles
war correspondent, is back at her
home, 172 cambridge street, after a
stay of more than two months in Eng
land, and bringing with her the con-
viction that the great mass of the
English people really want peace but
are afraid to say it.
Prom friends over there, English
people, l gained the impression that
most everybody in Great Britain &C.
tually longs for peace, but those now
at the head of the government make
it evident all the while that England
will never give in until Germany has
been crushed" said Mrs. Suydam.
AS Mrs. Suydam left England on
January 81, before the United States
had broken off diplomatic relations
complete change of sentiment in Eng
land, she brought away with her many
painful remembrances of bitter feel
ing toward America among nearly all
classes OF the British people.
1T was dreadful to hear the way so
many of the people spoke about Amer
hn ,ko
were horribly bitter. If one could be-
lieve what they said, they despised
America and Americans in way that
showed they had absolutely no use for
us. Indeed, the lot of Americans in
England was very hard, because the
remarks and the actions toward them
were insulting in every way. And the
ignorance they showed about Amer
lea! Why, | could not believe they
could be so ignorant.
For example, they were especially
bitter toward President Wilson. To
show his picture anywhere was the
signal for demonstration of kissing
and near-riot. They had to take down
his picture everywhere to prevent
trouble, and orders were given that
Wilson's picture must not be shown
at the movies because Of the trouble
that was caused. And what do you
suppose. they said, among other
things, about Wilson? They said that,
of course, he wasn't so much to be
blamed because he had married a
German wife and naturally she influ-
enced him to be pro.German! Just
imagine, when the general thought
over here that the President, if any
thing has been pro-British!"
The recollections of London brought
by Mrs. Suydam were entirely gloomy
and depressing. During the whole
time that she stayed there, from De-
cembcr to January 81, the sun could
be seen trying to break through the
fog and gloom for just seven hours
During all the rest of that time there
was fog and blackness.
ct was almost impossible to find
your way around, except by feeling
your way with cane" said Mrs. Suy-
dam. "There was absolutely no diff
ference between night and day except
that you knew it was day according
to the clock and except that you knew
night was approaching when at
o'clock, with the precision that
amounted to ceremonial, all the
shades and blinds were closed so that
not ray of light should penetrate to
the streets from the homes. The Eng
lish papers said that it was the worst
winter for fog and blackness that
London had known since 1881. How
people found their way around / could
not understand. You might imagine
the condition from this, that Mr.. Suy
dam with a number of other CORE
spondents left the Foreign Office one
afternoon and crossed small square
near it and got completely lost They
were lost for fully half an hour"
but if the fog and blackness didn't
make gloom enough, there was always
depression from seeing so many young
men whom the war had crippled
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