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Show Iffflri Death in New German Air Maid on loMom MR FAILS HI ENGLAND POVERTY " ' j&ny of iPoorer Classes -Are Living Better Than .Before Conflicts, Asserted As-serted by Lord Percy i ' i. Sy International Nawa Service. WASHINGTON, "May 7. War has not brought poverty to England. In fact, many of the poorer classes are living under tetter conditions than they were fefore tha war. Tbh mar be stated upon the au-tkerlty au-tkerlty of Lord Eustace Percy of the Butts mission, a lead Ins economist ni tru6 ")Etpert or England. 1 aire an Intimate knowledge of MtOenent work In London," (aid Lord Percy today, "and I can assure roe thtt many of the people of the lower districts are living in comparative compara-tive Inxiry to what they were before the w. This) la due partly to war wages. Of coarse, the population of these lovar districts Is now largely composed com-posed of women and children, for most af tha men are at the front. But the ea who are left behind and are working in the industries are receiving receiv-ing war wages, far better than those lory received In antewar times. "In the instances of many wives who hive been left behind, they are Bring in comfort which they never eajoyed when their husbands were 1 work. They receive a separate allowance al-lowance from the government, which lor one person far exceeds that which tbeh- husbands formerly brought home M wages. Then, these women have Ween diverted into the industries and re now receiving good wages for war work. "England ia not, however, a country coun-try with luxuries. Although our economy econ-omy has led us to do away with many ails ot luxury, still we find In our htpi expensive clothing and so forth. i'et the class who continue to buy lsxarics of this sort are not truly patriotic pa-triotic people. There are some luxuries lux-uries which we could well do without" |