The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-05
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hood. One of them was brought down
not far away, and I understand, the
motorman was shot. Automobiles were
searched over and over aagin.
Search Automobiles.
I secured one to go to Frankfort,
thirty miles away, in order to get q
passport, and took with me three other
gentlemen and lady on q like mis-
sion. We, each of us, had to secure
special passes from the American con-
| sui in order to get back again, and
were stopped on our return eight times
| by the military, one of the guards act
ually aiming his gun at us. We had to
secure another permit from the COM
mandant at Hamburg before We could
pass through that town, and at Fried
berg we had to get out while an Of
ficer went through every part of the
machine to see that no explosives were
contained in it. 1t seems an automo-
bile with bombs had been intercepted
short time before. Everything was
good naturally done, the honest Ger
man faces of the officers showed no
hostility, but they were bound to per-
! form their duty. One feature was
characteristic everywhere-all things
were done with absolute thoroughness.
mirable. However much they regret
ted the war they showed no sign of i'm
patience. There was no great whoop
and hurrah though the troops were al
ways cheered. But there appeared to
| be absolute unanimity in their deter
mination and calm confidence in the
result. / heard of an old woman who
| was carrying heavy burden, but
stumbled and fell down under the
weight. Some one who aided her told
| her it was too heavy. She said she
| could not help it; her three sons had
now gone to the war, and there was
no one else to do the work. And she
added: 81 pray they may come back,
but if not, l am glad to give them all
to my country"
No GrumbIing Heard.
I have heard not word of grum
bling, save once in a while few
tears, as a cabman would tell me his
only horse was taken, and he was too
old to follow any other business, or a
poor fellow would tell of his little chill
dren that had no support, that he had
to go, but there was very little even
of this.
That automobile journey to Frank
fort was interesting in many ways.
|
were long lines of horses brought in
! by the PEASANTS big sturdy animals,
most of them draft horses, they SEEM
ed to be, useful for the artillery and
supply trains. The government pays
| for these in cash, and vast sum has
been accumulated for war fund, dur
ing many years, much of it kept they
| say, in the fortress of Ehrenbreit-
stein on the Rhine.
We had gone to Frankfort to secure
passports. There was a great jam at
the United State consul's office, and
everything was in confusion. We fill
ed out our blank applications and he
forwarded them to the ambassador at
Berlin, but it was nearly two weeks
before the papers were finally given
to us. Meanwhile no foreigner of any
nation was allowed to leave the coun-
try, either with or without a passport,
so the delay did not matter. Then
the ambassador sent word authorizing
the consuls themselves to issue GER
tain emergency passports, to enable
us to get out of the country. And
the consul sent deputy down from
Frankfort to Nauhein to take the ap-
cans there.
Financial Troubles.
But now something occurred to give
us much more anxiety than the alb
sence of passports. Our letters of cred
it were on London banks, England had
declared war and they could rot be
collected. Communication with Amer
lea by cable and otherwise was cut
and even American Express checks
for a while were not good. For some
days the banks would pay nothing anC
those who had been in easy circum
stances at once became penniless
Then we became incredibly stingy ant
: economical. l moved away from tn,
hotel and took cheap but comfortable
r lodgings with a nice, kind German la
F.. dy who said she would wait and taxi
l my checks if l couldn't afford to pa.
4 cash.
} Everybody was very good to us ant
} in many cases the landlords loane'
t money to their guests besides board
5 ing them for nothing. Then the bank
? offered to pay SIS or 500 a week an
l we began to save up and accumulate
. We might have to stay year or tW
I till the war was over and provision
e might become scarce. For England
t plan is to starve the Germans out. TIL
|, government however regulated foo
prices and has permitted no eXtOrtiO
as yet In spite of the uncertain ou'
:. look the American colony kept prett
/, cheerful especially those of us VIII
, had quiet lodgings in the villas O
( smaller hotels.
r We held meeting at the Gran
hotel however where most of tn
! Americans were staying and wher
! the air was seething with all sorts @
news true and false and all sorts Q
= plans for getting out of the country
. The reservoir up at Griesen a littl
further along on the railroad had bee
;, poisoned with cholera germs by Rus
= sian doctor, WAS it safe to drin
water at Nauheim? The hotels wer
: to be occupied by refugees from Met
|, by the wounded sent from the from
l by French prisoners captured, etc
And then where were we to go? Etc
S Etc.
D Other Troubles.
Il kept out of it as much as possibl
J but they put me on committee t
I telegraph to the ambassador at Bel
, &c l1-soo 70 hD,