Show Fear Underlies Britain's Britain 7 s Brave Smile Smiley By y RICHARD WALDO and GABRIEL NEW YORK Private reports from froni London show extreme Uneasiness uneasiness uneasiness un un- easiness over conditions on the home front In spite of the fact that thousands of young people have bave been enlisted In the defense forces and that the need for in intensification intensification in- in of the country's war efforts is stressed continually yet In the month ending July 15 there was vas an Increase of about people in the ranks of the Everybody ody aware of these 1 figures figures fig fig- ures tires and the trend thus indicated is naturally viewing with alarm Underneath Underneath Underneath Un Un- the confident countenances countenances countenances counte counte- nances and assertions there is genuIne genuine gen gen- utne apprehension of grave mis mismanagement mis- mis m management somewhere Government spokesmen plead extenuating circumstances and point out that the coal mining Industry industry in in- for example is completely disrupted by loss of French Scandinavian Scandinavian Scandinavian Scan Scan- and other continental export export export ex ex- ex- ex port markets A similar condition prevails In other lines Ines of business Opposed to this contraction of volume there has been a large Increase in banknote circulation the bankers arc are anxiously scanning the horizon for signs of Inflation effects Official acts have been criticized as being insufficient and Inadequate for victory But every further step of regimentation and expropriation by taxes and otherwise otherwise other other- wise will inevitably lead to a disruption disruption dis dis- dis- dis of the British way ay of life and of business for private profit So in spite of all patriotism and pep talk Britain's upper classes are downhearted Outside of some successful successful suc sue bombing bombin raids of the R. R A. A F Fw F. there is little ittle cheerful news In checking up the financial losses Josses incurred by the surrender of France experts have discovered that large blocks of shares in some twenty-five twenty leading international corporations have fallen into nazi hands Among them are Belgian equities Norwegians South Africans Africans cans Royal Shell Sheil stock Canadian Pacific shares Rumanians SpanIsh SpanIsh Spanish Span Span- ish stock British War bonds and many others Moreover placed highly-placed Englishmen English EnglIsh- men admit that the massed nazi air raids have demonstrated the vulnerabilIty vulnerability vulnerability of London Therefore preparations are again being made for wholesale evacuation Even the venerable stock exchange Is planning to move to some point undisclosed where limited facilities facilities ties will give the world world especially especially the U. U S. S A. A A.-a A. a foretaste of what th the overwhelming of Britain would mean to other nations accustomed to British leadership Copyright 1910 McClure Syndicate |