Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-28
STRENUOUS TINE
EXPERIENCED BY
BOISE PHYSICIAN
Or. Fl. M. Goodfriend Re
turns From the War Zone
of Europe and Tells of
Thrilling Scenes.

Boise this morning after taking a par
tial post graduate course at Vienna,
Austria
"Shall the German or the Slav race
rule Europe?'" is the cry that resounds
throughout Germany with much fervor
and patriotism as was the croy Re
member the Maine prior to the war
with SPAIN" states DIR. Goodfriend,
who was in Berlin and other German
cities after war was declared and while
troops were being modified for action
The quickness, dispatch and order
with which preparations were made for
war in Germany were wonderful, de-
clared the doctor, who tells graphic
story of the abandonment of wogans
in the principal business streets of
Berlin and other cities, while the horses
were loaded on freight trains and sent
to the front to be pressed into service
Civil law passed into martial law al
most over night without any great
excitement. other than that caused by
war, and boys from the age of 16 to
men of 60 were pressed into service and
FASTENED on to the front to- deliver the
crushing blow to France.
Patriotism in Germany.
DR.. Goodfriend states that there was
not the glee and wild shouting in Ger
many over the declaration of war that
was noticeable in Austria, where he
was when the first news was received
In Germany he stated, it was rather
the quick preparing for war with full
realization of the consequences, yet
each man was ready to fight for
cause and patriotism was manifested
on every hand.
When war was declared DR.. Good
friend was in Budapest, Hungary. He
was asleep and was awak ened by the
populous crying in the street. Learn
ing of the declaration he at once re-
turned to Vienna, where he visited the
American ambassador and asked him If
he thought Viva serious enough to
cause Americans to leave the country
Being advised to go at once, he went
to Berlin and there found the rapid
preparations for war well under way.
Americans, he states, were treated
courteously in Germany, but letters of
credit were refused at the bank and
Dr. GGodfriend found himself without
funds. He later encountered a New
York physician. who had enough ready |
cash to get them both out of the coun-
try and after consulting the American !
ambassador, who advised them to go
to Holland or Belgium they departed |
for the latter country.
Trip Was a Hard One
Americans found the trip out of Ger
many a hard one, he states. and many
who did not understand the German !
language and were locked in compart-
ments felt they We're being abused, but |
the truth of the matter was that mill |
tary rules were being enforced. French |
spies had hurled bombs from railroad |
train and destroyed bridges and after
that strict orders were given that if |
any one put his head out of window |
while on board a train, he did so at |
the peril of being shot AL lwere made
to understand this order and because |
of 1t and the locked compartments the
trip was a strenuous one.
The Americans with whom DR.. Good
friend Travelled to Belgium were not
bothered about having their baggage |
examined. They had none, most of |
them having left it at Berlin upon
being informed that the authorities
could not take it, having no time to ex-
anime it.
When in Belgium, DIR. Goodfriend |
states, they could hear the roar of
artillery and were not over 20 miles
from a battle at one time. From Bel
GUM they went to Holland and from
a port there secured passage on an
English vessel across the channel to
Liverpool. Upon reaching London, DR. |
Goodfriend declared, he felt he was all
right and proceeded to get some none
but foun dthat clearing house checks
were being used as common tender
and he was as bad off financially as
in Berlin. He hey applied to the
American relief committee and was
fruished with $50 to get his passage
home and secured a steerage ticket on /
the steamer Teutonic. He was obliged |
to sleep on a board, having given up
his state room to woman with two
children, while he had a return ticket
on a first class steamer on the Ger
man Lloyd line in his pocket.
Chased by German Boat.
Enroute across the ocean, the thrill
ing experience of being chased by
German boat was felt by the crew. 1t
was on a dark night just after having
sighted number of icebergs late in
the afternoon and during a bad storm,
that all passengers were ordered below
deck and all lights We're turned out.
Shortly afterwards the steamer came
to standstill and the passengers,
thinking an iceberg had been encoun-
tered. became paic stricken. The cry
ing of women and children was awful.
For nine hours the steamer stood still
in the dark without light visible and
al dawn began to creep forward.
Next morning they learned that
German steamer had given chase and
the captain had outwit.ed the Ger
mans by extinguishing the lights, turn
ing slightly off the course and stop
ping.
Like other Americans home from
Germany DIR. Goodfriend was sur
prised to find considerable feeling
against Germany In this country and
that the ieda prevailed that the en-
peror has caused the war, which he
said was not the case.
German View of the Cause.