New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
KaiSer'S Officers Anxious
Only To Be Friendly
Toward Foes.
PEOPLE, TOO, NOT A
BIT RANCOROUS
English GOVerness at AK Adds
That Atrocity Stories Are
"All Vile Lies"
by Telegraph to The Tribune. }

Chicago, Sept. 19.-James 0'Donnell
Bennett, staff correspondent of "The
Chicago Tribune" undertook on Sep
tember to send the cable dispatch
printed below via England to his news
paper. Fearing it might not pass the
British censors, Mr.. Bennett mailed a
duplicate to Chicago, which reached its
destination to-day. The cable dis
patch, which was evidently suppressed
in England, is as follows:
Aix-ls-Chappelle, Germany, Sept. T.
| have just had an hours talk with
Freiherr Alfred Won Mumm, of AK. He
is a high functionary at the German
military headquarters here, and in civil
life is a partner in the great weaving
firm of Delius. He is known in the
United States.
Major Won Mumm intrusted the
American correspondents with three
letters written by English prisoners,
lately in AK. He requested that we
ask the GOOD Offices of the American
Consul, Mr.. Thompson, in AK. to have
the prisoners letters forwarded to Eng
land via the consul's courier service
into Holland and thence to England.
Miss Somerville's Opinion.
Each letter contained a page Of post
script by Miss BESSIE Somerville. an
English governAss. resident IN Aiv.
I send Miss Somerville's letter here
with as ore bit Of evidence of the
shocking falsehOods Of reports Of Ger
man atrocities.
Miss Somorville nclosed .ho follow
ing lines with esrh letter the prison
erz sent 20 their English connections:
~ take the liberty Of putting : tcw
lines into your letter. arr ~ Eng
I:sh girl living in German officers
family. and would like % 70. yoT know
how we'll the Germars -r-at thcir
prisoners.
at is only through Tho Kindness Of
tho officer that YOU arc able % receive
this letter He has told NJ" 30 toll you
Il YOU write 10 your fancc 20 address
or ouen a1velope and put these words
On L. Here follow explicit instruc-
.iors as n addressing both inner ard
c"tnr envrlopes.l
"Thc offccr viii got our ,etter
+Hrcrch ;r rossible. wish you would
io: -hc ETPlish "aoers know of -ho
k:uGress ard cnryiGorat;cu We Erclish
~ecoivo at ali 'imss from tho Germans
= rai,os nc fur.orr ari at 40 7SMH
tire sd to r"ad 4hc ti:irg- r''n- ara
heinz eaid o. the Germans - F,no'isi
nc~prr. ? wcar 'ov. ,ho" treat thoir
-r'sorors r-d 60 "c~.h The" are vile
Ice
- hayo u,ar.- r. orrortunitv OF
earning how Bc'a.aa. Fror"N and Eng
lis, rrisorp~s ore tr-c.od. have boar
onlv OF kindness and coTrtng-'. md nj
nrisone"s thrt iave nassed through
AiY-'a- -Chapellr rust say -ro sar.o.
7 ONLY hope t,'a Cpym"rs will have .ha
r7ro n gov whnr 'nov return from
Frela~d. could ~ri.a much more.
but .pscc ioe~r't pillow.
"BFESTE SOiFPVuTr.
"u1ch S!rasEa -. A;~-la-CEacc1'r"
AK Is Perfectly Happy.
p no stretch If IMAGINATION could
ruhlic FEELING toward tie Allies M de.
scrihed as veror'ouS j. thi- tyDic3,
G"rman city of Aix-le -Charalle.
For ono thing. the people are 90
connlacent @ waste tire IN Trades.
DESPITE the natural anxiety Of husine-t
men. hero is 10 depression o' spirit
and. desrite the Uniform -idingz Of
victor. there IS 10 ilrsterical cyulta-
tioT.
Townfolks 90 sedotely about bust
ness and pleasure. Tho usual munich
nal band concerts arc given regularly
in the early afternoon and throughout
the evening daily. and Judging from
:he number of male civilians on the
streets, il is nonsense 20 sav the entire
manhood Of Germany is at the front.
AK is as calm. cheerful and orderly
IS Grand Rauids. Nightly there is
dancing on the upper floors of the
Crown Prince Cafe. and occasionally
the dancers pause in the measures 20
60 TO the windows TO watch ZeppeliEs
moving high aloft in the moonlight.
Yesterday morning, September 8, III.
sunny CITY rang with the music OF
church bells, and men. women and chill
dren were going smilingly through the
streets to, service as !t'they never had
heard Of war.
The placidity OF the people is strik-
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