Feelings towards Germans during the war.

This is an interesting article from the British Nursing Journal - September 12th 1914.

It gives an indication of the feeling of fear and suspicion early in the war towards German residents.

'Agnes Freytag, 37, came to England from Germany in 1910, and from that year until May last was a nurse at the Roman Catholic Cripples' Home, Northwood, Middlesex.
On Wednesday she called at the home for a box, which contained a revolver and 51 breech caps, but the Sister Superintendent refused to hand them over until she had communicated with the police.The police arrived, and the nurse was then taken into custody on a charge, of failing to register, for travelling more than five miles from her home without a permit, and for being in possession of firearms. She was remanded at Highgate.
Every clay one hears blood-curdling stories of German women, who have been in our midst for years, being in possession of suspicious papers and articles.
We are a very trusting people.'