Evening star., 1914-09-27
4WEEAT 'EM ALNE," :"
IS TURCOS' WAR CRY
Lorimer C. Graham Tells of
Moroccan Horde En- Route
to Fight Germans.
He HAD EXCITING TRIP
THROUGHOUT EUROPE
CAPITAL Man Tells Of His Escape
From War Zone After Some
Thrilling Experiences.

German soldiers ere not nearly so
good looking as American soldiers
declared Lorimer C. Graham, when seen
at his apartment in the Wyoming last
night Mr.. Graham recently returned
with his wife from Europe. after tour
of England Germany, Austria, swift
zerland and France. 1.-The Turcos' war
cry. as they marched to meet the Ger
mans. was We eat EN- alive shouted
in French
I'VE started out to see Europe saio
Mr.. Graham, land We saw tive
couldn't help ourselves-we had TO see
1t all to get back home"
Mr. and Mrs Graham left New YORK
for Southampton July 5, and landed
there July IL. After a stay OF -FOUR
days in London they left for Berlin.
"when we arrived in Berlin" said
Mr. Graham, Il noticed a great many
soldiers about the streets, and l asked
If it was the usual thing to nave SO
many soldiers around. This was
week before Germany declared war on
Russia.
"One day we were out strolling.
about o'clock in the afternoon, IN
the unter den Linden. when we saw a
great mob surSing along toward the
Austrian embassy. 1t was the day war
was declared. The crowd was so great
it lifted women right up In the arr
The crowd hoorayed and threw hats IN
the air, keeping up the demonstration
all day.
Crowds lined the streets for days
waiting the arrival of the kaiser from
Potsdam. but he did not come while
We were there. The German people.
at this time, did not seem mean in
their enthusiasm at all"
Scenes at Karlsbad.
From Berlin Mr.. and Mrs. Graham
went to Karlsbad, Austria They had
no trouble getting there. and for sew
eral days noticed nothing out of the
usual, but enjoyed the life of the city.
One day. however, Mr.. Graham began
to notice cards, at the table and even
in his room, on which were messages
from the management of the hotel tell
ing visitors not to be alarmed
Right here l got suspicious, de-
clared Mr.. Graham. II went down into
the town and saw posters asking for
men under thirty-fve years OF age to
serve In the army. didn't know then
France and England were in it told
the hotel keeper 1 wanted a bus, and
he said. Bus? The soldiers have all
the buses.
I'VE finally got to the station. There
we found the most tremendous mob
fighting to get on the train. 1 don't
know whether they were Americans or
not- was too busy getting on the
train
1T was the last train out Of Carlsbad
to Switzerland via Stuttgart. We had
lost our trunks by this time. At Lin
and everybody ordered out. German
soldiers came along and took all the
women to one side of the station and
the men to the other.
through a little door. We couldn't
see our wives-we knew they were on
the other side of the station some
place. The soldiers were after our
and was wondering what l could do,
when the pressure of the crowd got SO
great that I was showed out OF the
hands of the German soldier who was
Put Into a Pen.
FINALLY all the men who had been
on the train got through the door
into the pen. and there we were.
thought we would die. 1t was so hot.
All of our wives were on the other
side of the station in a pen. too.
when we finally got loose many men
found that they were separated from
their wives and could not find them"
Mr.. Graham smiled. II am glad to say
It was 2 o'clock in the morning be-
fore the train reached Stuttgart. All
this time the travellers. had not SO
much as drink Of water. AT Stutt-
state of excitement.
The people were buying newspapers
every five minutes. it seemed" said Mr..
Graham. "At the railroad stations every
body was shouting Paris, Paris"
We left Stuttgart next morning for
Zurich by way of Lausanne. At Mon
treux we got the first news of money
stringency. 1 had been spending my
L had
francs left. Next morning the man.
ager Of the hotel could not be found
when / offered my check. and when ]
said would leave they started to hold
our suitcases- The management of the
hotel finally agreed to give US so cents
on the dollar for our travellers checks
We caught boat down Lake Geneva
TO the city Of Geneva, and there we
found the American consufs office
flooded with Americans. Every aft
ernoon for ten days we had a meeting
mainly to pacify the women, I think"
Swiss People Generous.
Mr.. Graham said the Swiss people
were very good to the Americans, and
opened their amusement palaces to
them free of charge. and gave them the
use of the principal theaters in which
to hold their daily meetings
"An the men had left the city," con.
tinued Mr.. Graham. "All the automo-
biies were gone and all the gasoline wal
held for use of the government. Lines
OF people block long were to be seer
any time Of day trying to buy meat al
the butchers.
I'VE tried every way to get out Of &c.
neva- The American ambassador said II
was risking life to try to get to Paris
but twenty OF US, with our wives. finaily
decided TO go. This was about the. mid.
die OF August. We had to get permit.
to leave Switzerland and go into France
1T took US thirty eight hours to get t.
Paris said Mr.. Graham, with saf
smile at the memory. You see, the usua
time Is eight hours tocl a market bas.
ket of food and water along this time.
AT Dllon We saw seven Germans wh(
had been caught by French troops. Thel
had them surrounded and were trying Il
put thsm aboard a troop train. 1t was
o'clock in the morning. When the sol
diers on the train saw the Germans com
ing aboard they all set up such tre
train tainted at the uproar. The Frencl
are very excitable people. all right.
THE troop trains are decorated will
flowers. They reminded me some way
or other of death cars. The French
people did not like to have US Amer
leans stare at the troop trains. either
They felt it was serious business
suppose.
by the time we got to Paris oul
bread was so hard that we had to pu
water on it to eat it. AS our trail
came along through the outskirts O
the city in the part that was subse
quently razed by military order on tn
near approach of the German army w