Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-25

sell, Van Santvoord Merle Smith of New
York; Philip Marshall Brown of Prince
| ton. former American minister to Hon
duras; Rev Tertius Van Dyke of New
York and a number of young collegians.
| These men are doing most exactins
| clerical work, twelve or more hours
daily.
| Dr. Van Dyke was the first American
| diplomat to ask the authority OF the
State Department at Washington to IN
| dorse travellers checks and other nego.
| table paper. The minister and Marshall
Langhorne secretary of the legation
are personally meeting American travel
ers and aiding them. Thus far they
have indorsed over $4,000 worth OF paper
which the Netherlands Bank is honoring.
Similar conditions prevail in Berlin,
where Ambassador Gerard and his sec
retares and a big volunteer stan are
working long hours. Their labor, UNI
fortunately, has been made harder by
the almost hysterical conduct OF many
Americans. Mr.. Gerard was once COM
PEELED to administer sharp repuke 10
the crowd of Americans bes1eging the
embassy He declared that some MEM
bers in it were acting like mad per-
sons" One woman applicant Tor her
passport when asked her age retorted,
What business is that Of yours.
Spooner Lauds French.
PARIS. August 25.--John c. Spooner,
former United States senator from Wis
consin, accompanied by his family, came
into Paris yesterday from Lucerne,
Switzerland. Speaking of his experiences
Mr.. Spooner said:
1--WE changed cars seven times on our
way from Switzerland, but we all ar
rived without mishap. I cannot speak
too highly of the courtesy We received
in France as well as in Switzerland.
1t was very difficult, however, to get
money on letters of credit in Lucerne,
particularly Immediately after the be-
ginning of fighting.
Americans in Switzerland did not per-
ceive the seriousness of the situation
until the night before the posting of the
order of mobilization. The patriotism
and loyalty of the Swiss to their country
have set fine example to the larger ma
tons of Europe. There are now about
800, 600 men under arms in Switzerland
as precaution against the passible
violation of Swiss neutrality.
"All the passes and rivers of Switzer-
land, together with the railroads, are
guarded.
ct was sad in passing through France
to see the fields of splendid wheat wait
ing to be harvested. The women ana
boys were trying to do their best to save
some of 1t.
81 hope some arrangement may be made
with the United States whereby the plucky
Swiss people will be able to get grain at
moderate prices in return for the great
within their borders. Unfortunately SEN
timent does not enter into commercial
transactions, but my sincere desire is that
Switzerland should reap some benefit for
the good treatment which / and all my
countrymen have received
A party Of 800 Americans left Nice
yesterday for Barcelona, from which
port they will sail for the United States.
Most of the other Americans at Nice
who waited until the French mobiliza-
going to Paris.
Resident Americans have taken
charge Of ten beds in local Red Cross
hospital for French wounded.
Going to Vienna.
BERLIN, August IS, via Copenhagen
and Londonderry S. Breckenridge,
the American asss;tant secretary OF
war, and party visited the German war
ministry and other official departments
yesterday. He also visited the Ameri-
can embassy, where he found the usual
crowds of Americans seeking passports
and other means for their departure
1t is expected that Secretary Breckin-
ridge, who has charge of the relief
fund brought by the United States
cruiser Tennessee for the assistance
start today for Vienna. Maj. Ryan and
Capt. Fenton and Gross will remain in
Berlin to look after means Of transport.
Praise for Germans.
The German foreign Office has in
formed also the embassy here by wire
less that Assistant Secretary Brock
inridge of the War Department, who
went on the Cruiser Tennessee to aid
In distributing funds to Americans,
praises the attitude of the German
people toward Americans and declared
it duty to inform Americans Of the
victorious German armies and of the
excellent spirit of the German nation.
American sympathizers have been
touched. the message continues, by
German help for poor Russian families