Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-03-09 | Page 24 | British Nurse Sends Ambulance Picture

BRITISH NURSE SENDS AMBULANCE PICTURE Miss Kathleen X. Phillips Grateful for Contributions Contribu-tions by Utahns. Jliss Kathlene X. Phillips, 'British Red Cross nurse, who gave an address under the auspices of the Britannic association at Barraft hall last summer, writes John James, secretary of the. Cambrian society, from Bloemfonteiri, South Africa. She, sends the photograph of, an ambulance car v.'hick was presented to her by the people of the United States, Bingham, Provo and Salt .Lake being among the contributors. Miss Phillips hud intended using the ambulanco on the western front, but the armistice prevented her making that use of it. Before sailing for South Africa, Miss Phillips visited her old homo in Kil- I leen, Galway, Ireland, and London, Eng- I land. In her letter. Miss Phillips speaks of her I gratitude to the Britannic association, En- ! gcne.C Sullivan, Q. B. Kelly, A. T. Yv'il- ! hams and other friends in Bingham, who, rendered valuable assistance in helping her secure the ambulance. Miss Phillips says tho British people are having very strenuous times, "the natural oftprmath of the period o 'p train and strain' through which this country, iu common with others, has gone. It is also the result of the workers being possessed with a real ycurnhig lor a brighter and a better life." The solution of the many difficulties besetting the British people, Miss Phillips Phil-lips thinks, is "'greater production, with i shorter hours and better pay.' The soldiers returning from the front, she further says, "are not being properly and fairly dealt with." "I had gone among them," she says, "and heard their complaints, and if it is ti ue what they say, the war office certainly cer-tainly shows grpnt inoffieieney and the government should stop dilly-dallying tactics, tac-tics, or there will be a far worse matter to contend, ai.d that right so6n. In my judgment, for the people aro war-weary and hungry." Miss Phillips thm quotes the prices of ii 1 eat, butter, oleomargarine, bacon, rabbi rab-bi Is, chickens, etc., which the terms "ruinous." "The dear old country is not to blame, but the muddlers arc," the says. Mips Phillips was a resident of Pretosia, South A friea, several year?, ago. at the time- Lord Kitchener was governor general, gen-eral, and with whom she- enjoyed an intimate inti-mate acquaintance.