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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1918
Page
3
Dispatch from London notes American soldiers are viewed with pride by Britons amid wartime strain. It details sympathy for families suffering submarine losses, exemptions attempts by young workers, and a damning incident of theft at a post office.
Britain tightens war effort as Geddes calls for 450000 new troops. Factories shift from luxury to munitions while unessential workers are drawn into forge and front. Allies brace for spring offensive with America’s entry expected by summer. Submarine threat raises shipbuilding urgency. Workers threaten strikes but government pledges firm action.
A Swiss interview describes hunger across Germany where the very rich and peasants alike suffer. Condensed milk scarce, hotel meals meager, and prices spiking as workers seek peace and avoid unrest. Prison crowds grow in Berlin while fear of revolution lingers, and reports speak of a coming German offensive to bend France.
A German trench prisoner report notes a four foot high statue of Charlie Chaplin found among captured gear and dugouts. The tale mentions Allied cartoons and statues used by German forces with satire against the American actor.
London observers praise the United States Chamber of Commerce for refusing to do business with German interests until a government accountable to the people governs Germany. English merchants view such stance as reflecting their own anti‑German sentiment and warn that postwar kindness toward Germany is mere window dressing amid wartime losses and submarine peril.
Major Sir H H Raphael converts his Cavendish Gardens mansion into the American Officers Inn in London run by Y M C A volunteers to aid officers on leave. William B Powell arrives to head the Y M C A intelligence department. moving pictures planned to show U S troops in England and care provided at Eagle Hut. A soldier learns tips are not expected at the Eagle Hut as American volunteers serve without pay.
The government distributed nearly four hundred medals for civilian wartime heroism in England, listing many women among the honorees. Ella Trout, a fisherwoman who rescued sailors after a torpedoed ship, is highlighted alongside telephone operators like Doris Hi and others who stayed at their posts during bombings and factory attacks. Frederick Higham, a special constable, swam to an airship wreck to retrieve airmen.
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