EFFECTS OF THE WAR IN ENGLAND.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10589, 24 February 1900, Page 9

EFFECTS OF THE WAR IN ENGLAND.

[Bt Ti_xgba-_.] (__o_ arm srzcut comM&seoxnsin.) WELLINGTON, February 22. Chatting yesterday, Dr. Pennefather, who ha* just returned from England, said: "The wtM* i* brought hcwe-veary much more to the Eng-i- people than you -here can realise. It aSecta everj-body there to a greater or less extent. Those who have not relatives at the front are generally affected by the call made upon the militia for garrison work. A targe number of young civlMans have left their vocations, and are doing garrison duty ia various jparta of the United Kingdom. In Ireland and Scotland, aa well as England, there has been a umversa! upsetting of everything. The war stoppecJ.a.U ecciail entertainsucnta at Chr-tmaa time; it was a perfectly quiet Oliristmas, with the exception of children's parties and entertainments to the wives and children of the soldiers at the front. Dinners* and bail* were all given up. Yet the people as a whole ore enthusiastic as they post-ably can be."- Manchester waa found by Dr. Pennefaxher to be wr.d with enthusiasm. On liia way out he stopped two days at Ceylon. • At that time a Ceylon regiment of volunteers was just about to depart for the front, and all the planters from inland had come down to tender tbem a fitting sendoff. -The ord nary soldiers have idready gone from Ceylon, anil their places have been taken by native troops from India: Asked If tbe English people realised the 'sacriflcea the colcniea were making in J forwardiftg troop* to the war, Dr. Pe-onefather replied in the afflrmative. In not only tbe leading m*w*pape~*, but in the provincial Press, frequent nlhiKions were mudo to the patriotism, loyalty and generosity of the Anglo-Saxons under tho Southern Cross. At a Lord Mayor's banquet at Ms—dxester, the most flattering references were made to the part the colonies had taken in promoting the high-*-? imperialism. The spontaneity of the response to the Empire's" call by Great Britain's dependencies had been keenly realised, Dr. "Pei-vefather said, not only at Home, but on the Continent.