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Archdnke Franz Ferdinand Marcoyitz
arrived in Budapest 70 find the city in
an uproar. Not long after this ne
started for America again and was Ia
Berlin when the war-tide surged over
Germany. st-
Held in Berlin.
II was held for three weeks In
Germany, unable TO get away, Largely
because there we're no trains eould
take, All The trains we're used IN rush
ing troops toward France, said Mar
cnyitz today ~ had American pass
merits bus couldn't get them in Use II
that time Finally the American am.
bassador got up a special train to take
refugees TO Rotterdam and succeeded
IN crowding into that train.
AT Rotterdam at least 1900 people
were waiting for steamer to get
away. We finally took a train and
went south to Flushing. On the way
TO Flushing we passed through Liege
and you could see the destruction left
after the soldiers had got through
with IT, Those big German siege guns
simply ripped everything to pieces. No
walls could stand agains. them and
there were battered houses and burn
ed buildings everywhere. The country
certainly suffered in the war.
Says No German Atrocities.
REGARDING German atrocities there
Is nothing TO that The Germans are
very careful with the Belgian people.
However, civilians in the Belgian
towns commit ed many acts of cruel
ty upon the Germans"
How do you know this?" Marcovitz
was asked.
''Oh. everybody knew it" he said.
"There is conclusive proof OF it.
Ibid you see any single instance OF
an outrageous act, either by German
or a Belgian he was again asked.
= mo, can't say that I did. : ne sad.
However. everybody knew that the
Belgians had been shooting the Ger
man soldiers treaeheroiisly. THAI is
why the Germans destroyed parts of
the towns.
sAs a matter of fact, we people on
the trains couldn't see much of any
thing. We were rushed along between
lines OF German soldiers. They We're
everywhere along the railroads.
Around Liege we passed through the
German lines thousands of soldiers
there
In stseraue With Mlliionsires.
From Flushing Marcovitz and his
feIlow-refugees went on small steam
er to Harwlch and from there to Lon
don. He hurried on to Liverpool and
sailed in the liner Philadelphia. for
New York; paying $3.50 fer very poor
accomod stions in the steerage.
4 didn't kick. at that. he says.
There were several nillinpaires in
the steerage win me who would have
paid lot more to be up in the cabins
but simply couldn't get the state
rooms.
Marcovftz was afraid he. would be
taken for a German or Austrian and
sent to the firingline. he says, so he
taken nothing but English while in
Berlin
aThe u. s. deputy consul at Buda-
nest asked me where was born and
! told him in California" he explained
today. II am an American citizen
now and have no desire to go out and
fight
He says that in Berlin even noSh-
ing was known as to the progress of
Austrie's campaigns against Russia
and Servia. He thinks the account Of
Russian victories vastly exaggerated.
Germany and Austria will win" he
said confidently
Referring to Liege after the war, he
said the city looked striking.y like
San Francisco did after the big earth
quake and fire.
aRuins everywhere" he described
n