THE "NERVOUS" ENGLISH.
Herr Dominicus, a Government Councillor of Strasburg, publishes in the semi-official Cologne Gazette an account of travel in England. His liveliest impression was the "universal nervousness" prevailing in England with regard to Germany. It is shared, ho says, by educated persons of all classes down to working men. "As soon as you get acquainted with an Englishman," ho says, "often immediately after the acquaintance has begun, he wants to know what you think about the German invasion. Young girls begin their conversation at balls with this question, and serious-minded men ask at once, 'Why are you building so many Dreadnoughts?' " Herr Dominicus says the "nervousness about Germany" has given English military and naval affairs wholly unwonted impetus. The enthusiasm over the Territorials, the Boy Scouts, the projected development of the Canadian and Australian armies and fleets are tho direct outgrowth of the "Qormnn dpogej?."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 135, 4 December 1909, Page 13
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