Evening star., 1914-08-15
REACHESL0ND0N
MINUS BAGGAGE
Experience of E. NJ. Newman,
Travel Lecturer, in Euro
pean War Territory.
AMONG LAST AMERICANS
OUT OF GERMAN CAPITAL
Was Denied Food While on Way
Aboard Troop Train to Bel
gian Frontier.

CHICAGO, August 15.-One of the last
Americans to leave Berlin was E.
NJ. Newman. the travel lecturer, who,
after exciting experiences has arrived in
London without his baggage, according
to a special cable to the Daily News.
He wanted to leave when war was de-
clared by Germany, but was detained.
and it was only through the efforts Of
the American ambassador. James w.
Gerard, that he was permitted to go.
To Frontier on Troop Train.
II shall long remember my ride to the
Belgian frontier in a troop train" said
Mr.. Newman. "I was closely guarded
and told not to attempt to leave the car
under penalty Of being bayoneted. Food
was denied me. When the train reached
the Beleian frontier 1 was escorted by
an armed guard and told to walk to the
first station in Belgium. On arriving in
Liege at 2 o'clock in the morning l was
informed that I must leave at once TOT
Ostend. where a boat would take me
to London.
"I witnessed a spectacular sight In
Berlin a few days ago. when bulletins
announced that Emperor William would
enter the city at o'clock in the a1ter-
noon. Promptly at that hour pro-
den Linden through the Brandenburg
gate. In the first car was seated the
German emperor and empress. The
emperor was in full uniform and on
his helmet was golden eagle.
I'm the second automobile sat the
crown. prince, wearing a beaver hat-on
which was the skull and crossbonese OF
the Black Hussars. to which regiment
he belongs. Several automobiles fol-
lowed, containing the other royal
T1y@
sion could not have been better timed
or planned to arouse the populace to
intense enthusiasm.
THE great street was crowded in an
tfcipation of the kaiser's arrival, which
had been announced everywhere. The
people gathered in such numbers that
only a narrow path could be Kept open
for the imperial procession. On the
appearance of the emperor IN full war
regalia the CROWD roared stupendous
Reliance Upon German Army.
Germans who but a few days ago
spoke on friendly terms with English
are denouncing them. While greatly dis
appointed because England refused to
remain neutral, they have sufficient con-
fidence in the strength of their army to
believe that it is capable of defeating
the combined forces of Europe. Cards
are sold in the streets of Berlin por-
traying a German soldier and an Aus
trian soldier arm in arm with these
words printed below: Let them all
comet
Many Americans are in Berlin unable
to get away. The chances are that they
will have to remain there until the war
Is over. Every stranger must report
himself at police headquarters at regu-
lar intervals. and no one is permitted
to go from one city to another without
military permission.
Riding across Germany 1 found that
the country resembled a vast camp.
Thousands upon thousands of soldiers
were travelling toward the frontier and
every railway bridge was guarded. From
Berlin to the Belgian boundary I never
was out of sight Of the great German
army modified to crush France and
then to vanquish Russia