| Show I A. A 1 I Society Enemies of Y I U. U Union J n aC do I J TT Unique E i Emergency Asso A. II Fion tOl Supported by English 5 Quakers in London If 11 I i II I L T J DO Dec So 23 far Li J known here a I 1 la ia Ih th I only one of or the thc countries s at War I which supports a n chara charitably charitable ll com com- rom t for tot the help Of ot In n its is midst Y Tot Yot ot such Euch is the tho emer J bent gone committee for the a i aiM talc of or German Austrians j an and Hungar Hungar- I tans lan In distress I I j This society was as formed by t members of ot the n Religious I Society j of ot Friends to aid I Innocent nl alien 1 enemies In Great Grea Britain rend rendered 1 uis t destitute b by the war and lr lu its I Ind 1 It re report re- re port for tor the last fiscal y ar shows I 1 that nearl nearly was Ie ed el and disbursed Membership is Ii j not confined to the t Quakers for foe tho the of ot Canterbury ti the tha rI head of or the England church of or England and i the bishops of ot and Lin Lip Lip- J I coin as well as Viscount Bryce l Lord formerly P Haldane minister of ot r war wal and several o o n p parI par par- r r- r I and ministers Protestant It I lament of I i g I I churches churchea are Its I Among mong Is suppOrt wiThe wi ers The committee maintains lar Jar a regu regular I staff of ot visitors who pay pay- regular regu- regu lar cal calls and enter j T l ly lp into tho the many difficulties 5 rl that u arl arise e. e wj t m The report shows how ho hoth th strain of ot the war is I telling on many peo PM- pIe plc Many of ot tho the women XI are suffering from depression d and and other nerve troubles trouble owing to the great strain put on them by the isolation of ot their position ani the tho rh struggle for lor existence A small special fund has hns been opened amal to 1 l enable our visitors to cheer poor souls during the times of of it I ii acuto crisis or prolonged monet monet- on ony so that tha tho the mental and an spirit ual strain may mo be relieved relo cd the breaking point is reached i Still Stil the committee still sti finds find many nr cases whore where deportation to to Germany or Austria Is sought nought Rought As 1 tho the weary wenry months of ot the war var drag dragt 11 on for tor those who aro are unable to 1 take talce an any part in the active acUe work going on in all directions and as a. a savings diminish many families who asked for tor and anti obtained their their exemption to sta stay In England t I make up their minds to return to 1 3 their own cou countries T The questions 5 U o l ro tuned ana tUtU tie me 1110 auvice sought become more and more va- va nod We TO continue to make mako up parties partes of ot those leaving England k and we are frequently asked to totO send children back to their rela- rela rela i tons So far tar we are glad to ay that nil all al such children have r reached ched their destination safely Bately although sometimes obliged to travel C almost almost al- al n most alone A chain of ot work workers r in J England and Holland Holand hand them them iY on from one to another i E. E A considerable part of ot the com com- com com 1 activity Is devoted to work 1 In the Internment camps tho the past year ear the number of ot Interned In- In t civilians In England has increased In in- ln-fh ln h b creased considerably and the ml- ml t J tar tary prisoners are also growing In in number With th regard to the condition con con- of or those interned the report says sas Wo We Vo find that In itt many cases I the men are continually oppressed with anxiety about about their families I rl whether hether In England or Germany i and about their bu business and future tu- tu tuh j fu h l turo ture prospects There Is often oten a a. a r 1 ill deep sense of or Injustice and of or use use- usef f hIle j hI le It I is only natural that UI long months of ot confinement should lead to depression and threaten nervous mental or moral breakdown break- break 1 down In a good many cases caes lit li liWe e We We share the tc feeling of ot dread I and horror with which prison prisoners s- s e especially the civilians who suf- suf suf 5 t j for fer most most on on both sides eldes look forward forward for- for forward ward to the pos possibility o of another J i winter In camp and we are longing L for tor the success of ot tho the present no- no le- le ne il lek let k between the governments govern govern- ments meats for tor ending the thc whole Internment internment intern intern- r d ment system 1 |
