The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-11-07

The HepuphCAn ho
-, =, Cove who Is now laboring in
~. Northern States mission with
s,,ss,on address as Westbend. Wis
Donsiu. He tells Of his experience
until he arrives in America where he
cows II seems good to SEQ American
wavs and customs again.
His letter follows:
Friday, July a1.-A few days be-
,ore the outbreak Of the war l was
laboring in the city of strassburg'
7, Vol notice the map closely you
viii see that the city lies In Alsace.
1o,brine in contesting territory,
citv which has been strongly fortihed
.,nco the time of the Romans. Not
or,v are the old Roman Notifications
o,,,, there but have been reinforced
n, al, modern improvements. There
40 fifteen thousand trained soldiers
II these barracks who are continual
" being drilled in military tactics
for the protection OF their city and
nation.
7, the war Of 1901 the province
NJ Alsace. Lothrine was taken from
tho French as result of the German
victories and from that time the Ger
mans have always had major part
NJ her army located in these regions
=, nrotect the province II necessary.
Within two hours after moboliza-
.,o, had began. twelve thousand sol
diers left the city for the frontier.
Thev marched to the station fuii Oh
courage keeping in step with the
music rendered by their military
bands.
The streets were crowded with
cheering people who were trying 10
get the last glance and to shout n
farewe,l to a comrade, relative, or
loved one, for we'll they knew that
many of them would never return.
Many gray haired fathers and moth
ers we're uttering silent prayer IN
their grief stricken hearts for the
preservation of their sons. Handker'
chiefs were waived to the patriotic
lads as they followed their stern
commanders.
On the following day noticing the
restless conditions and excitemeh'
which prevailed, my companion, VIII
lie.l Il, stocker of Paris, Idaho ana
l. decided to take council with the
American embassidor in regard W
our condition. Upon leaving our room.
at nine o'clock a. m. we were coi''
fronted by two plain, clothes men WHO
introduced themselves as detectives
and also told us to return to our room
and then inquired as to the OBJECT
and business Of our being there. Al
ter we had answered their questions
and given them some OF our Ntera'
ture, they told us to come with them
TO army headquarters. we were
marched down the street In front Oh
them and upon arriving at the sta
ton we were searched. we were
compelled to stand there with npliiteo
hands while they took our papers
and valuables with which to ascertain
some clue of our Identification. WINE
investigating our case a few words
Of English were spoken between my
companion and |, but We were rough
ly commanded to speak German Oh
keep still. Every hour guards were
changed on us until about three
o'clock when one of the detectives
who arrested us again came on duty
We told him we were hungry ano
would like to go and get somethinf
to eat, We had eaten no breakfast
and our hunger had increased will
time. He told me to go with nm
but the two Of us were not allowed
to leave the building together. ! Wen
with him and bought light luncl
and then returned.
At 1870 p. m. we were marched
TO the depot and were told to buy on
tickets and make preparations Il
leave the city We packed our trunk
with the intentions of taking then
with us but a notice was given tina
no baggage would be accepted at tn
depot and consequently we had t
leave our trunks there.
we left that evening and arrive,
III MuIhausen at 2 o'clock the mex
morning The remainder of the nigh
was spent in the hotel and the mex