Show G German Air Raids Cowardly Says Sir Philip Jones urn Jones es Deprecates es Barbarous Warfare That Achie s No Mi Military Purpose J an and I He Asserts Does Not Eyen Frighten 1 I r the People of EngI England nd rI LONDON LONDON DON May 6 Abhorring the meth warfare followed bY by the Germans particularly in regard to the Zeppelin air raids Sir Philip Burn Burne has written a letter to Frederic R. R Coudert in which he tells of the absolute determination of England England England Eng Eng- land to carry the war to a conclusion that will make a repetition of the present present pres pres- ent barbarity impossible imposible for ages to come if it not forever He declares positively that until the allies achieve this end the end the complete mastery of the kaiser and his council there will be no thought nor talk of peace in Engla England d. d Of that the kaiser may rest assured he says The day the l kaiser broke faith with Belgium says ys Sir Philip England signed his death warrant An Intimate vision of the life In Lendon Lon Len London London don is given Sir Philip bringing it out clearly that while there is not the general free spirit that preceded the war there is no gloom Everyone Every Every- one Is resigned to endure the discomforts discern discern- forts and hardships as long as necessary necessary sary to insure the downfall of the German German Ger Ger- man nation But all England deprecates deprecates deprecates depre depre- cates the Zeppelin air raids as murderous mur mur- derous and of no military value They kill women and children and do not I even place the inhabitants in a state of constant fear There is no panic no frenzy even In the helpless undefended undefended unde unde- fended villages which the airships at at- tack Sayo America Is Aiding Your Iett letters rs says Sir Philip are area a constant pleasure as well vell as asa a quiet steady encouragement all around for they make one realize the strong sympathy sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy and support support sometimes sometimes to the extent of impatience with the restrictions imposed by official ial neutrality neutrality- which the cause of f the a allies has bas enlist enlisted enlisted en en- I list listed d among all that is finest and best in America I 1 assure you we in England value such fellow feeling and there is a very general sense sense that the United States government Is helping help help- ing lag the struggle for freedom over here far more more ef under existing conditions conditions conditions con con- than if if- they were to openly declare war upon oui our enemies America Is much mistaken If It imagines that there thero is any bitterness in England or any extensive criticism of the American attitude with regard to the war Such Sueh bitterness and such Buch criticism as exist are displayed chiefly by Americans themselves over here It is natural eI enough o gh that any generously generously gener gener- minded man should feel a deep contempt for and indignation at the methods employed by Germany In Inthis Inthis inthis this war and andI I im Imagine gine it must have been an an irresistible desire to enroll himself definitely upon the side of those who were were shedding their life lifeblood lifeblood lifeblood blood In opposing such evil that drove one of your own noblest citizens a afew afew few months ago to the great length of renouncing his nationality so that when he lie died he lie was one of us In taking so momentous a step I am confident confident con con- that Henry James intended no slight to the land of his birth I 1 am equally confident that but for the war he probably would never have ceased to bo be an American England was infinitely the gainer and so was the cause that she stands for With the dying lips of Henry James the soul o of all that is best In America spoke to us and its message was' was one of sympathy and brotherhood Nations Nation's Morale Unshaken So much Jor for our relations with our friends mends across cross the Atlantic As for ourselves here in England you have seen us and can judge for yourself your your- self seIt It is a very different England to that in which the German press would have haye its dupes believe So different dif dlf dif dif- ferent feren that it is hardly worth while particularizing One may say at once however that grievously as Individuals d- d nals may have had the misery of war brought home to them by personal personal per per- onal loss our morale as a nation Is absolutely unshaken and we have now as we had In the earliest day of the war only one aim and object to to cripple our enemies so effectually that the repetition of such horrors as we have passed assed through may be rendered impossible for ages to come we we hope forever Till we have achieved this end in concert with our allies there will willbe will wIlf willbe be no thought or talk of peace peace peace-of of that the kaiser may rest ret assured The day he broke faith with Belgium we signed his death warrant fond and I think by now he knows It Meantime life in London goes on much as you remember it There are areno areno areno no big entertainments in the natural fitness of things but there are quite innumerable performances In aid of the various war charities charities and and there have been a great number of new plays also lately the theatres are crowded There are also plenty of little dinner parties parties after after some of which the young people dance As Asan Asan Asan an outlet for the spirit of delight among the young members of the community the restaurants afford ample opportunities for good ch er and dancing goes on oil to a considerable considerable consider consider- able extent in some of these An offshoot offshoot offshoot off off- shoot from Ciros of Monte Carlo has developed Into a club and here under very careful conditions higher Bohemia disports Itself Dancing goes on at tea time tima and also after dinner Sunday evenings being the most popular I 1 suppose because the fair representatives of stage stagehand land are freer to attend then Cheerfulness Marks Fetes I must say that there is an atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere at at- of cheerfulness about these gatherings which it would be hard to beat even in piping times of peace and which must be doubly welcome to tomen tomen tomen men back from ithe front who are largely represented The prettiest dresses possible are displayed l on these occasions and the gayest colors and there are lovely faces too and here nightly those who have been sorely tried can forget their sorrows and anxieties for a few hours Everywhere are signs of a dogged resolution to see this matter through to to fight to a finish and a victorious finish With this determination at the I backs of all our minds we who have to stay at home pursue the more or orless orless' orless less less' even tenor of ot our lives It Is a profoundly different London to that which the enemy would have its dupes b believe it to be he The which Germany loves to paint I of us In a state of panic hiding In ill cellars and unnerved by fear of of- the the terror that flies by night has like so much other news from that source no foundation in fact I do not suppose suppose suppose sup sup- i pose one Englishman in a hundred gives the Zeppelins more than a pass passing pass pass-I ing lug thought unless they happen to be Immediately overhead You Youre You're- remember re remember re- re member the evening they visited us us when you were here and how c calmly Imly everyone took It Well Its It's always like that thab These air raids achieve no military object of any value whatever If they honestly tried to destroy arsenals or munitions factories or docks or any thing of that sort I 1 do not suppose a I soul over here would complain for it would be honorable warfare But I I what Is the tire case re really lly No serious I attempt Is made to confine these visits I to such localities as I have named named- named named-I the airships under cover coven of darkness sneak over the coast dropping death and destruction broa broadcast cast without care or thought of consequence As often as not the bombs fall upon cottages cot cot- of humble folk folk maiming or killing killIng killing kill- kill Ing their womankind or children or fruitlessly In the op open n fields Cowardly and W Wanton This proves how cowardly and wanton such attacks have become their object being chiefly to terrify or alarm I do really believe the Germans imagine that they can frighten us Into intI peace If they only I knew the real effect of these raids raids raids- how each one only strengthens our determination determination de de- de termination to hasten the day of reckoning reck There are and must bo be of ot course Individual cases of nervousness nervousness nervousness nervous nervous- ness and naturally anxiety anxiety naturally this would be so to anywhere But generally generally- speaking the effe effect t of the Zeppelin raids Is negligible negligible-a a sheer waste of time and energy so far as the Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans are concerned though concerned though no doubt they find them a means of ventIng vent vent- Ing lag the hatred and spite peculiar to their pitiful disposition The accounts ac j counts officially spread abroad by Berlin of the results of Zeppelin raids are ludicrous in the extreme and as false as they are ludicrous Places the airships have never been near are freely reported as having been attacked attacked attacked at at- tacked or destroyed harmless seaside seaside sea sea- side resorts are described as fort fort- The only comfort Is that the lies Issuing from Germany can no longer deceive anyone degraded and discredited as that country now has become But no need to waste word words on such a a. foe toa o. o I |