The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-04
\ AI'SER'S MEN sure
] Of W0Mth|'s ABILITY
SEEM SECURE IN sELrHF HOMES
wILL-sor SUFFER- GREATLY IN
THEIR ABSENCE.
w. B. BLANTON HOME
RICHMOND MAN TELLS OF coNDI-
|. TIoNs EXISTING IN GERMANY.
MISTAKES HAVE BEEN
eeRREcTED
w. B. BLANTON HOME

Much Of the success Of the German
forces In the field Indicated by the
mere recent press dispatches. maybe.
In large measure, attributed tn the
fact that the men who have resp ond-
+ ed to the call TO the eeiers have I'm
bounded faith In their wem IN NIX.
according to the view OF wyndham
b. Bianton. son of DR.. Charles An
| Blanton, Of this city. who Yesterday
morning returned from Germany 10
his home here. Mr.. Blsnton left
| Berlin. August 15, and na,iaI from
Rotterdam Angst ~, He arrived in
| New York Tuesday and came I'M
medlAtely to Richmond,
Mr., Bianton haa been taking a
course in pathology In Berlin uai-
versfty. For several weeks after the
beginning of the present disorders he
+ remained in the German capital
During this time he applied his OBJ
servation closely to the situation. and
yssterday he talked In very inter-
esting manner to a yirginian reporter
OF the conditions now prevailing IN
f Europe.
German Nomcn Apt.
The women Of .sermany. he de-
c!ares have shown admirable aptitude
for the vocations which the mea foi-
lowed during times of peace. Where
the men dropped out OF their work
when they responded to tho cali OF the
kaiser. the women slipped easily into
tho places made vacant, an they are
now. conducting the industries Of the
German empire IN much the sarne
manner as the men hare. These
German women are going about the
work usually done by men In the
manner characteristic of the Teaton
and they are doIng X 50 Well tHat
their men. called TO the mora serteus
business OF war appear 30 1eei sat.s-
ned that their couutry's dss;iases SIRE
safe If they can pat de as we'll on the
field of battle as the women are do
ing at home.
Great demands are being rnada fer
fsod for all. soldier and CIVILIAN. and
most OF civilian Germany now liz COM
posed OF German voinea, and he wo-
men are meeting them The men
make up the soldfsry that appears TO
be proving an unexpected obstacle TO
those opposing CO MANY. The we-
men. filing mems Places. are doing
nobly, and the men a. the front. tog,
are doing their best for the father
land. secure in the belief that the
home interests are being we'll cared
for by the women.
Mistakes Corrected.
That the mistakes made by the
Germans during the earlier days OF
the struggle have been corrected. to
large degree. In Mr.. Blanton's be-
lief. He says:
"Fcr the 6rst three or four days
III The German mobilization many
unavoidable mistakes were made, the
Germans not being able to dlfferen-
tate between English and Americans,
resulting in the arrest of number
OF Americans Many American
Journalists were also arrested, who
had previous to the war expressed
sentiments favorable to the English.
The German government. however.
quickly realized the error of allow
ing such mistakes to continue and
both by proclamation and newspa per
warning--which often occupied a
whole page. In the morning papers
urged the populace to make a distinc-
ton between Englishmen and Amefi-
cans. saying there was no excuse for
these mistakes as Americans could
always be distinguished by their
proud and erect bearing, insinHating
quite the opposite characteristic In re-
gard to their soAcalled unfaithful
cousins across the channel. Accord
lnEiy every day brought renewed
warnings from the papers. urging the
populace to protect the Americans as
their best friends In spite of this.
i was imperative that all Americans
fArry passports and wear the stars
Ina stripes In -. conspicuous place.
Friendly to. Americans.
The German government In other
friendship. Hotels rec ffed strand
I'd Americans, many Of them free of
charge, and others with promise of
payment on their return to America.
The transfer companies carsed bag
rage free OF charge. cerma y miles
entertained Americans gratis, and the
Deutche bank gave out money liber-
ally and honored letters OF credit even
nn English houses, such az Brown,
Bhipley q Co.
Immediately succeeding .mobiliza-
ton and In spite OF the congested
condition Of traffic throughout the
empire. the scarcity OF trains and the
imperatiHeness Of carrying provisions,
fsfAW German government furnished she
sss szshAs9y axseciai q struins.
guaranteeing q safe convoy Of Ameri-
cans across the Netherland border, as
m evidence Of the high esteem OF the
German government toward the
American republic. At the same
time they felt that the American pub
lie opinion was perhaps being alien
ated by the predominence of English
and French reports, which the Ger
mans declared utterly false and un-
Just. In consequence of this. all part
ing Americans were urged to exert
themselves to correct such false re-
ports. Moreover. that the German
position might from German point
Of view be placed first hand before
the American, public. The Berlin
papers presented every American
leaving the Empire with a complete
chronological copy of all the papers
from the German press up-to-date, re-
porting the circumstances leading to
the war, and the German procedure
since the war proclamation"
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