Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-27

looking over some of the London newspa-
pers as they come in. OF course, we all know that
everything printed by them is subject to censor
ship and yet one cannot but be struck WI 4 :1e
fact that the censorship there must be very spar
ingly and judiciously exercised The papers dis.
cuss edtorialy all the phases of the war and
freely criticise the conduct of officials charged
with different branches of the work The London
Times, for example is extremely outspoken as
to what has been done, or rather as to what has
not been done, with reference to the regulation
and control Of the food supply. The attitude OF
the food controller is denounced as weak and
half-hearted business" 1t complains because he
is not pushing forward scheme of compulsory
training with energy and resolution. That is
what he ought to be doing" it persists. "IIe ought
to have done It months ago, but he has gone on
procrastinating and waiting on hope and it seems
to have become a habit. We take no pleasure
in criticlzing Lord Devonport: He reluctantly
accepted most difficult and thankess task and
he has undoubtedly worked hard at it. He has
had breakdown Of health since he assumed Of
fee and he must have been flooded by conflict
ing advice and opinions. We have done our best
to support his efforts, but we do beg of him not
to daily with this business or to rely on elusory
hopes" The food topic is naturally almost all
absorbing and the London Chronicle calls upon
the government to set a good example by dis
couraging public dinners, its ire being specially
aroused by the fact that an exhibition of allied
war photographs "is made the occasion or the ex-
cuse for dinner at public expense" which 1t ex-
coriates as ian abuse of government hospitality"
The correspondence columns are also full OF let
ters pointing out alleged mistakes and weaknesses
Of the government and telling what must be done
to be saved.
When It comes to news from the war arena
the British papers, judging from these specimens,
are permitted to keep their readers well informed.
They have their own correspondents in the field,
who narrate what Is happening with great de-
tail, and the official announcements occupy col
umns. Telling even more than volumes of de-
scription are the daily lists of names on the
"Roll of Honor" being the killed and wounded
and the missing and also the reported prisoners
of war. The officers are given by their titles and
military commands and the private soldiers by
their names and enlistment numbers arranged
under division headings. There are also "cor-
reetions" of mistakes in previous lists, indicating
mistakes Of identity, killed instead Of wounded,
or vice versa, and later discoveries of men re-
ported missing
II Is worth noting, too, how we'll the British
newspaper readers are being kept posted as to
war activities here in the United States Special
cable dispatches tell Of plans and progress and
particularly follow the movements of the Brit
ish mission. The speech of Mr.. Balfour before
our house OF representatives was presumably
printed word for word in full in London almost
as soon as II came off the presses in Washington
or New York
Likewise noticeable and interesting is the num-
ber and variety of appeals in the advertising col
umns for "war charities" Here are the names of
some of them with their own statements of their
objects and special reasons for public support:
Ada Leigh Homes in Paris-Sufferng gen.
tlewomen from the war zone relieved.
Army Horses Fund-For relief of sick and
wounded horses.
Barnardos Homes-Four thousand children
admitted since the war broke out, large pro-
portion being soldiers and sailors children.
Bulldog Club-For sailors and soldiers and
Church-Army Recreation Huts-At home and
at the fighting fronts.
French Red Cross London Committee-To
help the French wounded.
Jewish Victims Relief Fund-To help Jew
ish refugees in Russia
Ladies' Emergency Committee of the Navy
League-To continue weekly parcels to royal
navy. prisoners of war in Germany.
Metropolitan .Hospital-Two hundred and
nnety-six beds for sick and wounded soldiers
in addition to usual accommodations for civil
population
Mine Sweepers' Fund-Supplies wooden
clothes and comforts to men employed in mine
sweeping and auxiliary naval service.
Orphan Working School-Appeals for help
to maintain children OF warrant and nonconl-
missioned officers falling in the war.
Polish Victims Relief Funds exactly what
its name implies
Royal Society Of Musicians Samaritan Fund
TO assist distressed musicians suffering in
consequence of the war.
Russian Prisoners OF War Fund-To sup
ply food, clothing and comforts.
Saint Dunstans--Caring for and training
soldiers and sailors who have been blinded in
the war.
Shpwreeked Mariners Society-For reliev-
ing victims OF the enemy's submarines.
Urgency Cases Hospital for France-Main-
tanned and stated by British people.
Syria and Palestine Relief Fund-To help
the starving Christian, Jew and Moslem.
War Zone Chaplains Fund--To help main
tain chaplains in the war zone.
incidentally the May number of the Lon
don Times contains the reminder that "two
years ago today, on May 7, 1915, the world
was shocked by the destruction of the Cunard
passenger liner the Lusitania by German
submarine off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ire
land, with loss of 1913 of the passengers and
crew." Its war chronicle is also for that day
under this subheading, THE War: Third Year:
277th Day" -