American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-08-13
they are enforced rigidIy.

governments allowance, and, TO pre-
vent profiteering. the government
fixes the price of meat and other ne
cessities.
Gasoline and other war necessities
are carefully conserved. In London
the number of taxicabs has been re-
duced, and the fare fixed. Private
cars are forbidden to use gasoline, and
one sees no pleasure riding in Eng
land, and no driving of passenger cars
by private individuals except in the
government service.
On two occasions when l was go
ing on a our of inspection as a guest
of the government, we we're to pass
through Hyde park. Each time the
driver asked me to sign a statement
showing that the car was sent out by
the government. without this state
ment a policeman would have stopped
US and ordered us to appear in police
court We did not see another car
either time in passing through the
park. England wants all the gasoline
saved to use in transporting men and
materials at the front and will not
permit its use for private purposes.
British Grit.
In England. everywhere. one is i'm
pressed with the wonderful spirit of
the people, with the indomitable will,
with the grit, and the cl~everness, yes.
cleyerness which equals that of the
Germans but without the German
Dragging about it, with the capacity
for taking punishment and no whin-
ing, with the generosity which talks of
the achievements of others when their
own are the equal of any.
England has suffered, suffered
~grievously; the young men have died
there by the hundreds of thousands,
died in families in all the walks of
life But the spirit of Britain still
lives.
L spoke of this loss to an English
officer.
Yes. it is true that our young men
have given up their lives for interna-
tiOnai ~decency.' he said, but you
ought to wait until you get to France.
There is where the people have suf-
fered; there is where the ravages of
war are felt. The French are bril-
liant lighters; they take punishment
and come back with a DASH and so
he continued, giving credit to others,
as nearly every Englishman does. when
in reality Great Britain has carried a
very large share of the burden, and
has been the backbone of the war on
the part of the allies.
After having visited their fleet. their
munitiOn plants and training camps.
l remarked to a British colonel that
d THAR QnhfaNau1arfe ura~D uraars Tho
they had come VI of a condition OF
unpreparedness and had made great
strides.
Yes, We have finally gotten in shape
) to do a bit of good work he said. The
man himself had done brilliant work
al the front.
But you Americans are doing thing.
: in a big way. You are accustomed t,
r doing things on a large scale. w
| made many blunders at the beginning
: but your people are shrewd enough u
: study them and profit by them.
think the work of America has beer
wonderful. Your government achiev.
r ed great things quickly.
} You made a great record in thu
first five months of the war, and vol
are still making it. In those fvI
months America declared war. passe,
? appropriation bills. passed a cOnscrip
= ton law. treating all classes alike
built 10 great cantonments, had then
r we'll equipped and ready for use, ant
. had $40 900 soldiers in them. YoI
people may not realize it. but We VIII
! we're in the early struggle here do re
alze that it a a wonderful piece o
u-a-H~ a.I 4 80 - 1900 .
. know that your people as a whole ar
=, behind the movement; that you Civ
and give and pay and pay. with eve
: increasing amounts-and DO it freely
o Nor was there any evidence any
r where OF an effort on the part of tn
British to Jolly" Americans into car
rying Britain's burden. The cOntrar
seemed true to me. Instead of say
: ing, Let America do it," the spir
h seemed TO be more, America has com
:. in, now let us pitch in the haEde.
make more sacrifices, put in ever
9 last nan and all together finish up tn
, job as quickly as possible"
. England already was putting he
q boys of IS years and over into the arm
: and she was taking her men up to 4
4 When America distributed some reg
ments among the troops of the alliei
that act was followed with an expires
sion for combing England still close
TO make sure there was not a singl
4 Stacker.
4 The manager Of one shell and car
non factory said that he had orders
y have 700 of his men ready to go int
. the service. There were 300 me
and 500 women working there. I ash
ed him to point u some of the me
hit for service from the English view
point. and he did. They were mOstl
a men with hair turning gray. 80 to A.
men such as we would not consider +
military material at all. They wer
TO be replaced by women, it havin
, been demonstrated hat women a d
efficient work in all lines of munitio
making.