Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-21
charge. retreat; conquer or
perish, In the throes of ArmeEeddon:
But1HfH Summon Troops.

charge. retreat; conquer or
perish. In the throes Of Armekeddon:
Bu61efS Summon Troops.
There was clatter and . crash OF
bugles. to the left AZ We emerged into
= long street. evidently an important
on our sight spectacle shall never
forget. Four abreast, two ranks -ot
buglers with the standard bearer at
the front, flashed Into the Inoonlit
brightness of the square. Rigtdiy
erect they sat their steeds left nand
on hip, while from the brazen instru-
ments at their lips rang forth the tar,
shame the very stones to action. With
= final splitting fanfare, they ceased
Just after passing, and the battalion
rode on. two by two. ,plumes tossing
swords clanking. lance points gfeam-
ing. The men were calling gayly 10
such as had braved the chill of the
dawn to bid them farewsil-"sul .,s.aI
rode to war and death as men going
to q festival.
"War Is Declared"
Naturally, our first waking thought
was to see the consul. BY good for
tune we met him Just as he was leav.
ing his ONCE. He saw US first. "Ah. :
he said, '.you are Anericans-yes?
which his marked German accent did
-he had it," Yes! war was declared
on Russia at II O'clock this morning.
No! Not France. But we shall declare
war on France tomorrow! The people
here" he continued, getting bit ex-
cited, 'they did not want war. They
were perfectly quiet and hoped this
would blow over. but now the nsws
has come Of this dastardly attack by
the Russians and they are ,furloug!"
He fairly Missed out the: concluding
words. 1t was nat hard to see where
his sympathies lay. "Now my advice
to you" and the sweep Of his even
included three or four compatriots
who had come up in the brief time
afford 1t. Switzerland. will be crowd
ed. There were about 800 Americans
here yesterday and I. advised all who
could afford It to 60 there. II not,
stay here quietly for few days. And
don't take any snapshots! had to
get about 10 Americans out Of jail yes.
terday for photographins places they
here? My dear sir. how do know
Everything is for the troops-every-
.thing!"
firm that statement. BY virtue Of our
strong deterpin alton to get out Of the
country, we attached a young chap
who had been listening to the consul
with furrowed brow, and many CUES.
-tions as to the best way to get to Ber-
lin. AS q German teacher at home
his greater knowledge Of the tongue
was invaluable and we soon discover.
ed possible train going to Goch, on
the Dutch frontier. Luckily or: not
we just missed It; our accursed bag.
gage weighed us down. We were
commenting on the situation rather
strongly when pleasant.faced Ger.
man volunteered some information
His brother, 1t seemed, had some.
thing to do with the railway com.
pany, and Ne knew exactly when Z
through train left that evening fol
Flushing, via Goch. That decided us
With the help Of our German friend
I'VE again slowed our luggage: and
went out to await the express. Thai
was q decent chap. He evidently tool
us for English for he said as he LET,
us-.well, goodbye!: 1t is best we meet
not again." meaning evidently that Il
we did we should probably nave te
shoot at each other. And yet he help
ed us as If we had been. friends %.
many years standing. You won'
ind many in England do that mucf