New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-07
GERMANY CANNOT
Lose" SAYSEWERS
President of Society OF
Authors Is Marooned
in New York.
HOLDS CONFLICT WAS
FORCED BY ENTENTE
aWarships May Be Sunk but
Their Commanders Will
Never Surrender

a the Germans at present in
80 awaiting an opportunity 10
81 The fatherland is Or. Hams
= e' r,-ors. president OF the Society
c.rr,en Authors and a prolific
~ succcssful novels and short
,os that have been translated INTO
100, French. Italian, Hungarian
~ Scandinavian languages.
e-..-,sn, cannot lose" said Dr..
yesterday. ave Germans knew
,sr was inevitable the moment
y, TRIBE Entente was concluoea' II
.s not a union Tor the preSerVat'.o.i
II tbe peace Of Europe, but lot ageieS-
-oe against Germany.
.yc have been preparing ever since
IN redoublcd energy, ana we are as
..,Sv as nation ever has been or ever
ayop here in America cannot know
A,t has been the nervous tension
- which we have lived IN Germany
s-,snr the last four years. We knew
- thc danger was ever coming
-. we knew that we could 90
...tinc 20 avert il; We knew that It's
=, VAS 20 crush Germany forever
Not One Party's War.
.n,r+ believe that this is the war Of
10 rertv ina the empire, wantonly
t,-rS against the desire Of the Ger
-oo,ls The nation and Its ruler
-g ,be government are one IN TINS
80, Which is the cause OF the con
.'-nc5 existence Of the empire ana us
w wonder" nc continued, that our
-. have welcomed this war. IL was
rli;sf TO on OF US when the tension
-, broken by our enemies. We couiH
-.l nave stood IL much longer. d.
wben asked about the cable news OF
80 rsvcrscs on land and sea DR..
rrcrs flashed out: h.,;ovo
SIC nav have been sunk-yes' that
]. ..sihlo Other German warshlpS
81 IA the bottom with their colors
s bnt Eot single one will sur
,s,der in this war.
n;scrcdits News from London.
81 5o,'t believe a word Of all this
-. from London and Paris. You
ts,e, no doubt. that the early french
- roo-e in 1870 announced one VIC
- after another, battles won ina
-,v,r we're fought, skirmishes eNag-
-ersto5 until they sounded ike crush
- Scfosts for our arms. Ihere may
80 boon minor reverses Of small Ge-
.-rt,oortg on French or Belgian SOL;
Lr, m course. with Berlin lsolated
3, s. hard 10 contradict these stories;
aTbo American public would DO wei,
..o tsto them with a reservation antli
c-,.r,epq really begin TO move.
psrbsps there is surprise IN sVoIe
~ tbair enemies who wage war 50
triumphantly by cable. ,,-.;.
NJ rivers. who is a tall, athletic
looking Teutor, still young ana WIN win
.,ndrrts' sword cuts on ms lace'
cached this city only few days as9
ION ranama. where he had ylslted
,be canal as the guest Of Colonel Zoe
tbsl- His efforts 10 obtain cash on
lie letter OF credit, issued by one o.
tbo greatest banking institutions ~
Berlin. succeeded only after seNetai
vain yieits 10 this houses many Ne"
York correspondents.
Writes Horror Tales.
NoDe of his works has been trans
1.t,d ss vet into English, with the eX-
.eo,t;or Of a few Of his short stores,
vbicb have appeared IN England N
.-sDelatiors. made by Lady Douglas.
In Germany and on the Continent
generally he is considered as a sort
~ ultra-modern successor Of Poe ana
Hoffman,.
He revels in the tales Of mystery
and horror. as his titles sufficiently
indicate: al Rauns" ("Mandragora ;;
.Tbo Demoniacs." ''The EXorcise-S.
Horror" ("Das Grsuen'D. tie IS
one Of the leaders Of the advanced
German realistic movement IN fiction,
but has also written books Of travel
on India and South America, for be IS
a confirmed globe trotter.
A drama OF his, "Das Nundermad-
chen" ("The Sorceress'), which had
a great success in Germany, was 70
have been produced in Paris this fal,
but. as he observed philosophieally,
that will come to nothing now" lie
has also written the libretto for new
opera By Eugene d'Albert, which was
10 have been produced IN Germany
this winter.
While awaiting an opportunity to 20
home DR.. Ewers is looking Tor an
American publisher for his works
whose vogue even greater IN Russia
than in his own country.
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