Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-13
GERMANY READY
FOR WINTER WAR
Sees no Terrors in the Cold
Weather Fight in Russia,
But Expect Success.
(By Herbert corey.)

Amsterdam, Nov. 13.-"In Amerd-
Ca" said the head waiter. interrog-
atively: 'you have no %conscript
NO" said the man at the next
table. "in America we have no con-
script army"
When this war is over" said the
head waiter. sitting a yawn. II am
going to America"
He was a shockingly rumple-head-
ed waiter. He needed a shave worse
than any other waiter ever did at 8
o'clock in the morning. He couldn't
have hidden that yawn Of his in a
eggs and bacon he accomplished the
difficult feat of limping perceptibly
on both sides. If you don't think
that is hard try it some time.
"Blisters." he explained. The
heels on. I was called out at half
past two this morning for q practice
march. and we marched until day.
break" :"
One can't blame the head waiter for
determining on emigration when this
war Is over. There are a lot more
like him. I miss my guess If the Unit
ed States does not suddenly come in
to possession of a large body of young
and athletic men who have been vio-
lently ~disgusted with militarism. They
VIII OOAlc lIOlu I1OlldNO. dnU DGlk1uI1
and Germany and France-and they
will stay. I've met scores Of them.
II belong to n Of the reserves"
said the head waiter. Three times q.
week we march. About once a week
they wake US up in the middle of the
night, and we have to hike over coun-
try roads for hours. That is to u
tom us to responding to night calls. IL
Holland is drawn into the val and we
are needed IN a hurry What a 11Pa
for a family mani"
There the $4,000 like this chap in
Holland. The Dutch maintain a
standing army Of about 5000 men.
The remainder belong to the various
reserves. When the army was mobil-
lied on August 1 they were all called
to the colors. Most Of them are there
permitted to stay at home, on condi-
ton they drill with their units a stat
ed number of times a week. Night
marches are an essential part Of this
training. II Holland goes into war
she will go ready for business.
Business Men. Too.
Wherever o go in Holland you see
regiments Of soldiers marching. After
the first few weeks they have been
tramping twenty-five miles q day.
That nice little round front which one
thinks of when the word "Dutchman"
Is mentioned doesn't exist in Holland
any more. Her men are as straight
fronted as any Parisienne. Their
faces are brown and their eyes bright.
And they march like veterans. 1t will
trouble any, ordinarily good walker to
keep up with these chaps over a route.
But. as the head waiter observed, II
certainly is hard on a family man.
This emigration to America which
! believe Will take place Will not draw
all its recruits from the chaps who OBJ
1ect to being called to the. colors
There r literally thousands Of solid,
substantial business en-at least
the war-who propose to settle in a
land at peace. I met n on the train
the other day. He owns one of the
leading factories for the manufacture
of fine leather goods in Holland. He
made it all himself. He began as a
workman. Now he speaks ivs lang
uasee n maintains agencies is as
many countries.
IT was rich before the war" said
he. my only debts were those Of cur
rent business. In addition to my
Dutch factory I had one in Belgium,"
German shells took the root or the
Belgian factory. Then the French
happened along and shot the walls
down. That enterprise is out of busd :
ness.
I've been trying to collect some of
the money that is due me in France
and Belgium" said HI II didn't try
hard. I knew It was of no use. But
thought some n might be willing
to pay"
They laughed at him. these bdlls-due
customers. His request sounded posi-
lively funny to them. None Of them
a any money or any chance Of get
ting any,. Besides, a moratorium had
been declared.
"They will pay when they cam said
he positively. III know them ali.
also know that just now they cannot
| pay"
There IL a warehouse man in the
hotel where I have been living. Four
months ago his prospects were as
bright as those Of any man in Amster-