Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-19

uoNH SUNDAY evening, August ). A
German officer met us and told us We
could not enter Cologne as il was for
titled. and that we must leave that vi
cinity at once There were no trains
to take US from that particular sta
ton, and it was raining in torrents,
: so the officer very kindly sent two
guards with MS, and two others to car
| ~ our five heavy suitcases. and we
walked to another railroad station an
hour away, and were put on board a
train and told to cross the border that
night We stopped about half-past
. in the morning at little station call
ed Oberhausen. All the inns were
closed and We waited in the tiny wall
!, ing room until morning with Ger
man officer pacing up and down be-
:; to go to sleep, all of us, so two re-
!, NAMED awake by turns and the others
put their heads on the table and slept
from utter WEAKNESS. Before we
reached Oberhausen they brought
some Belgian prisoners into the train
and filed the compartment next to
ours with wounded.
Holland Closely Guarded. .-
Well, that day we crossed into Hol-
land and reached Amsterdam at 10
! O'Clock that night. We had to show
our passports every step of the way.
| Holland soldiers guarded the border
and the bridge across the ZuSder Zee
was covered with dynamite to be used
If the Germans attempted to cross. The
windows of the cars were all ordered
closed. and we were told that any one
attempting to raise a window or put
!, their head out would be shot
| When we arrived at Amsterdam we
we're the only Americans on the train
again, and were met by three young
] men, part OF committee formed to
! assist unescorted foreigners. They
took us at .once to the waiting room,
where we had to show our passports
and give our whole history: name.
! age, place born, present residence,
+, where we had been and where we were
going, and how much money we had,
etc., ETC.. and then we were given a
paper citing us to appear before the
police court the next morning for our
passes to leave town. The young men
+, went with us in taxi to our hotel
/ and arranged to meet us the next
morning to take us about town.
We went first to the White Star
, Line and found to our great delight
that our ship would SAL from Liver
pool as scheduled, and further, that
one line of steamers was still running
from Flushing to Folkestone, but that
1t was trip full of peril, owing to
the German mines We made reser-
vations for the next day and gave up
all worry to see the splendid city OF
Amsterdam. 1t is second Venice
canals all through the city, beautiful
parks and wonderful art galleries, or
museums, as they call them. They
were open and we had a fine afternoon
at the Jijks museum. Here is Rem
brandt's most wonderful picture. The
Night Watcn," also many others,
among them those Of Israel and Van
Dyke.
Holland Business Ruined.
The business in Holland. although
It is a neutral country, is complete
~ ruined by the war;
We sailed at IL the next morning
from Flushing, reaching Folkestone at
Z that evening. The channel was like
a mill pond, but we proceeded very
slowly and carefully.
We were so glad to reach England.
While in Amsterdam we heard that
hundreds of Americans we're on their
way from Munich on special trains,
hoping to get passage on steamers that
were still running We were very
glad that we started ahead of the
crowds, as we were in time to use our
original reservations We dared not
spend any extra money on the way,
as we were not sure but that we would
have to buy new ocean passage and
even the steerage was very high.
1t took us four days to make the
trip from Munich to Amsterdam, mat
is in ordinary times made in day
Steamer Packed to Hold.
Our steamer, the Arabic, is a good
boat, but packed to the limit. They
have added rooms on the upper decks
and down in the hold, and we have
heard of two ladies who paid 1919 for
their passage and found when they
came aboard that their berths were
down below in the dark. But people
were glad to pay anything they pos
sessed to get to America, as the stu
alton was daily growing worse: we
had 1850 ffrst-class passengers before
we reached Queenstown. and took on
several hundred more there. People
are sleeping on the decks and in the
saloons that they may get
to America.
We have had to stop twice on ac-
count of icebergs. which are in sight
all around us. The officers inform us
that we are ESQ miles north of the
regular path. as the wireless told OF
German warships and they were trying
to avoid them.
There are no lights at night. ex-
cent on the masts. all port holes
closed. and every light off. When we
were putting into Queenstown they
raised the American flag, but since
leaving there the British flag Is the
only one in sight. hi. =
Women Well Treated.
We are sure that during orr fllgnt
from Germany we were much better
treated because we were lone women.
The men often had very disagreeable