The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-11-26

they (Mrs. keitt's party) had been
suspected of being Russian spies and
the crowd was anxious to note the
outcome Of the investigation. Slmul-
taneously a shudder and sigh of
relief overspread their beings and
they proceeded with a feeling of hav-
ing narrowly escaped situation that
might have ended seriously for
them.
Very soon they arrived at HON.
berg and lodged at the leading hotel.
with the proprietors of which ar
rangements had been made by the
proprietor of the Hotel Rose, of Wies-
baden, to care for his guests during
the unusual period. They spent a
few weeks there pleasantly and re-
turned to Wiesbaden after the Ger
, man troops had gone beyond that
point and were in France. The hus-
hand of the yound lady, In order to
join her, was compelled to take a
circuitous route, going from Paris
through Switzerland and through Ba-
varia, and that was a happy union
when these two folks met.
The troops of the kaiser being IN
France there was no immediate dan
ger, so Mrs. and Miss Keitt, having,
as is their custom, purchased a re-
turn ticket to America, waited for the
arrival of the New Amsterdam at
Holland, the ship on which they had
obtained passage.
One of the most depressing sights
noted, said Mrs. Keitt, was the great
numbers Of dead and seriously wound
ed soldiers on the railway platforms,
in the trains and all around. 1t was
certainly pathetic, she said, to see the
German youths between the ages OF
II and 30 years. of which there were
thousands upon thousands, on their
way to the front, not knowing whlth-
er they were bound, but going IN
obedience to commands, and a more
pathetic sight could hardly be wit
messed than that of seeing these
Young men, mere boys, returning
from the fight with bullets in their
bodies, battered and torn.
Faithful to the Kaiser.
One of the most impressive and re-
markable things noted by Mrs. keltt
was the wonderful manner In which
German soldiers and civilians follow
ed the admonition of the kaiser TO
maintain secrecy. The soldiers going
to the front, outside of knowing they
we're to fight, were unaware of their
destination. Civilians scarcely spoke
of conditions. This awe-insplrlng
comparative silence and the impossl-
bility of communication with the out
side world caused many to be affect
ed with nervous prostration. These
folks, however. being accustomed to
travelling and having sufficient funds
along, took an optimistic view of the
situation and did the best they could.
Travel was uncertain and trains
would be suddenly commandeered and
the passengers put off, sometimes IN
towns and sometimes out in the
woods.
Mrs. and Miss keitt were exceed
ingly fortunate on their trip from
Wiesbaden to New Amsterdam and
we're not inconvenienced in the least.
They made the trip across the Rhine
and through Cologne, Germany,
where they spent an entire day rest
ing, after which they proceeded to
Rotterdam and embarked for New
York on the New Amsterdam. The
most depressing feature of this trip
was witnessing the great numbers OF
dead and wounded.
The one thing the Germans were
constantly doing, said Mrs. keitt,
was searching and keeping a sharp
lookout for Russian spies, many or
whom they suspected were in the
country, and on several occasions
Mrs. Keitt and her daughter. as we'll
as other people, were closely watch
ed as suspects.
At the beginning of hostilities, she
said, considerable feeling was eX-
pressed against the English, whom
the Germans hold responsible for the
war, on account of her supposed ]eal-
ousy of Germany, and her inspiring
France and Russia against Germany,
and feeling was expressed against
France and Belgium, but less severe,
and severe racial feelings was eX-
pressed against the Russians, whom
according to the opinion formed by
Mrs. Keitt while in Germany, the
kaiser will do all in his power to
| keep out of the Fatherland. There
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