South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-16
NO CRITICISM Of
"" IN BRITAIN
Or. Gardiner Finds Great
Work Accomplished in
England and Wales.
BY DIR. }. l.. GARDINER. d. d.

BY DIR. j. l.. GARDINER. ID. ID.
LONDON. March 24-A word
concerning conditions as we have
found them in England and IN
Wales may be OF interest
In the first place you hear little
talk about the war. The average
Englishman IL content 70 think OF
he war as a thing OF the past. lie
seems TO want 10 forget IT, And yet
everywhere the visitor cOnrronts
evidences that England has been en-
gagged I'm great life and death
struggle We had travelled from
southampton 10 London. from Lon
don TO northern Wales. across Eng
iapd 10 Manchester and Leeds. and
from the latter city back 20 London
and yet with one eNception-and
that bat FOR a few miles every train
ia which we jOurneyed was without
the FIRST sign OF heat for the accom-
mediation Of the passengers. although
he weather was at times near freeZ-
ing point Trains. railroad stations
and nearly all public places are
Practically unheated
While in RhyL y Wales We visit
e T
and studied with overcoats on.
Churches have little heat and few
hotels have fire save i'm the dining
reading and writing rooms. At one
hotel where we STAYED for a night
we asked FOR "a little leat in the bed
room IA il was quite cold. and We
were told that unless we could pro-
duce a doctors certificate that We
were ill., we could not have it, BY
- special dispeusatiOn the room at
the American Y NJ G. A officers
hotel where We make our head
quarters in London. has been kept
heated for the two tenderfOoted
Americans Everywhere else there
is shortage Of coal.
Butter and sugar short
Then sugar is exceedingly scarce
and butter is almost an unknown
quantity a waiter in fine tea
room in London said TO my preacher
friend when he asked for a little
sugar for his tea. You are from
America. why did you not bring your
sugar with you ?" The only place
that We have seen things in abund-
ance was at the Canadian camp at
Rhyl. y. Wales. II the Canadian
soldiers cannot get ships they can
get plenty OF coal. potatoes and
sugar and something that is called
butter The meals served at the
Canadian officers headquarters were
among the best We have had in the
United Kingdom-and then, strange
though IL may seem. besides the
three meals. at each OF which some
kind OF meat is served. these Ca
madam officers indulge in Il
o'clock"
England is on the lookout for
aliens All aliens except those IN
military uniform must, before they
can De assigned 10 a room 90 a
hotel. make out a written declara-
ton setting forth who they are
whence and why they have come
Then at the earliest date they must
report at the nearest police stations
10 be interviewed by the police. who
are the eyes and ears of the city OF
London Fortunately our military
uniform saved us this trouble, al
though We must say of the LondOr
police that they are the finest type
fif N0lAttAliFAl We ilet = met ally - AAt-l e
They are walking encyclopedias o
knowledge and are ever courteous
to the stranger who comes within
he gates OF the great metropolis
and who seeks his way about tn,
city.
Y VI 4. \ Activities.
By common consent. It Is agree
hat 20 the London visitor of toda,
the one institution that stands on
most prominently is ;he Nounl
Mems Christian association In 81
most every part of the city YOU Sc
he triangle and are greeted witt
the sign y VI. e.. A" There ar
he British the American. the ca
madam. the Australian and the New
Zealand Young Mems Christian as
sociations. Everyone OF these Is do
ing "A commenda bile work We haV
talked 10 soldiers. To sailors and &
civilians and all. with but "a singh