The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-26
INSIDE THE GERMAN EMPIRE

Joseph A. Altsheler, a noted author s
and a member Of the New York
World staff, has just returned from a
visit to Germany His report of his
experiences in Germany and Austria
is as follows: h
The streets of Vienna were
thronged with wildly excited crowds
At that time they thought their only
mission was, as many said to me, to
'extirpate that nation of murderers, !,
the Servians' Next day We saw the !,
aged emperor in his carriage being
uproariously cheered by the crowds.
He looked fairly strong, sat upright
and bowed repeatedly, but with grave
demeanol.
"Rumors Of Russian mobilization |
did not dampen Austrian enthusiasm,
because they said Germany would |
help them. They still talked of |
finishing up Servia in a week.
1--WE took the last train out of VII |
emma for the west. going to Salzburg. |
Among our companions was a young
Austrian officer who spoke English
and French. He declared they would
smash up the Russians and Servians
with Austria's three million soldiers.
When | suggested that France would
/ get into it he frowned, and from
many conversations it became clear
that the Austrians were docking to
smashing France as we'll as Russia
and Servia.
1.-THE German feeling is bitterer
against France than against Russia,
and everywhere the conviction was
forced home to our minds that this
war was planned by Germany and
Austria to dismember France. Salz-
burg was swamped with Tyrolese
peasants being modified, tramping
stohdly through the streets, making
a gloomy, depressing scene.
'eThe next day we reached Munich.
The streets were damned with march
ing soldiers, but no news was given
out beyond the fact that war had
been declared. Germany, with its
mechanical thoroughness had put the
lid down so tight that all news was
shut off.
Nearly 1000 Americans found
: themselves caught in Munich, abso-
: 1utely isolated from the whole world,
; with no means of communication al
Flowed of any kind. For week no
foreigner was allowed to leave. Only
postcards in German were allowed
| to be mailed, but no one knew
whether they ever were sent.
: Among the Americans there were
| President Harry Garfield, of Williams
: College, Prof. Norris Jastrow, the
2 widow of former President Harrison,
, Mrs. eugene Philbin and many
others.
1.-The American consular organiza-
t tion under ST. John Gaffney raised
< s11, 900 for needy Americans.
a There was nothing in the Ger
2 man papers except accounts of Ger
t man victories, the alleged assassina-
e tion of President Poincare, the fact
Y that Paris was in flames as under
e the Commune; that the German army
Y was already far into France and
;, would be in Paris i'm week, and
q that the issue of the war already
e had been settled.
sfBut even the most sanguine Ger
n mans were terribly surprised and dis
1 mayed when they heard that Eng.
0 land had joined in. This was fan
!; greater blow than Italy's neutral
e ity.
n .fHowever, the Germans consolet
s themselves by saying that on LAND
England would be helpless, and thai
no matter who came, Germany was
n marching steadily to victory.
Is ''No word came of anything blu
/. reverses to England, France and Rus
.e STA, so the majority of American
l. sank into deep depression, as th'
S. Germans declared that no boats coult
Us run between England and America.
D. ssThe kaiser's torpedo boats am
ID submarines, according to German &C
ID counts, were threatening every por
SIS of England, and Zeppelins had start