Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-17
CHALMERS DEALERS
TELL OF WAR ZONE
News Colored, So They Must Seek
Facts From Friends and
Papers Abroad

The Chalmers Motor Company has
recently received two letters which
indicate in an interesting way the at
titude among the mercantile classes
of Europe toward the warning powers.
Holland has remained neutral and
has at times with difficulty retained
her neutrality L. d. Krausemann,
Chalmers representative in the country
! of the dikes, tells how he avoided rem
! dering assistance to Germany. Mr.
Krausemann writes in part:
with the outbreak of war 1 had to
leave my Chalmers Light Six in Ger
many in the care of the keeper of a
| hotel. | knew that my car would be
contiscated by the German army if it
were in running condition, so 1 took
| the precaution of removing vital
part of the ignition system feeling
very sure that the mechanics of the
| German army would not discover the
deficiency and would leave my car
alone.
with the aid of our Dutch consul
and after a great deal of difficulty
with the authorities l succeeded at
| last in bringing my car back TO Hol-
| land. When l finally got permission
to take the car away, | learned that
the German authorities had discovered
! the defect in the ignition system
| which l had caused by removing one
of the parts. This indicates that the
car would have been put in military
service had the German mechanics
known how to replace the part had
| removed"
A letter from Frederick Strubelt,
Chalmers dealer in Barmen, Germany
shows very difficult spirit. Mr..
Strubelts letter arrived at the Chal-
mers factory by round about route.
having been more than month in
! transit
Your last letters we're very much
delayed on account of the blocking of
the English Channel for German
steamers by the Englishmen, whose
interference will probably soon be
stopped, if it has not already been
stepped" writes Mt. Strubelt. I'm
fortunately, l am unable to give you
detailed information regarding the
war as this is prohibited in order to
prevent any possibility for the enemy
to intercept private communications
and to make conclusions therefrom
on Germany's movements and inten-
tions. For this reason 1 am allowed
only to write in German and in an un-
sealed letter.
"You may rest assured however,
tina so far we have won every engage
ment and for this reason it is highly
| improbable that life in Germany will
become disagreeable as to make me
| immigrate. l think the United States
may except, however some immi-
grants from England and France since
we are making it so warm for these
countries that their people will soon
| be trying to find more temperate
climes II present conditions continue"
This part of Mr. Strubelt's letter
shows how carefully the war facts of
the powers at strife are regulating
i their news. Germany hears only good
| h0 n urhi Ia
France, England and Russia quite
| evidently receive information equally
well colored.
You would do me a great favor"
continues the Chalmers dealer in Bar
men, ''if you would send me conti-
nually all newspapers containing news
! of the war whether printed in Ger
man, French or English. 1t is a well
known fact in Germany that the SYM
pathy of a large part of the better
class of people in the United States is
with u.s. | would like to see this
sympathy in printed FORM AS mat
| ter of fact we are also interested in
reading things unfavorable to Ger
. many.
1.-The war is consuming a consider
| able number of motor cars. These
| vehicles are con1iscated by the mill
Il tary authorities and are paid for at
/ their net value. OF course, in military
service automobiles are. not handled
very carefully, particularly in view of
| the fact that we shall collect the eX-
penses for them from the French at
the close of the war"
| l have great pleasure to advise you
that my Chalmers Master Six and
! Chalmers Light Six are actually talk
i ing part in the war. They are natur-
/ allied Prussians and are certainly
doing honor to their American home
country"