The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-14
SAYS ENGLISH
ARE DECEIVED
ABOUT WAR
Berlin. More Than London.
Realizes It's Meaning, a
German Thinks.
GERMAN STRENGTH
IS I'NDERESTIMATED''
n, KARL ". voN wIEGAND.

prrttS. sept 20. by courier via Rot
,sri,m 30 New York; have just re-
,urpsd from London to have look
a, the war from that angle and TO see
cerran, and It's side OF the titanic strug-
&c from the outside \ comparison OF
.,e atmosphere OF the two capitals Is OF
interest
found London duh and at night the
el,y IN darkness. with street lights low
and searchl. yhts sweeping the heavens
So, ,he dread Zcppelirs. Squares and va
can, places were being used to drill the
nv army" Many OF the recruits were
M, I'm uniform, but they seemed earnest
o,d serious In their work. In the de-
par,uant stores I saw mothers. sisters
and aunts buying equipments for sons
b-others or other relatives whom they
accompanied and VINO evidently had en-
listed or were about 20 enlist
As watched them somehow. do
not know why. the impression made upon
me was that they were Christmas shop
n-rg The realization the terrible reality
~ rs titanic. barbaruus struggle-had
no, We, been driven home to them. With
ali tho spc5chmaking Of Churchill, Grey,
,.ouifh and others with all the thou
sands OF signs, THE Call TO Arms with
all the columns OF war news in the pa
pers, az against paragraphs IN the Ger
man press England. certainly London,
has nor vet awakened to the fun mean
trgofu. And therein lies the great differ
enca between Berlin and London. Every
child In Berlin knows what the war
means There are few homes In which
tho ercmv's bullet or shell has not struck.
England - deceiving herself or deceive
ing her people. At least that was the
supcrHclai impression OF two days
s,ey there. heard talk that the Bava-
-,eus were becoming dissatisfied and that
R7yarla may secede Dust as In Germany
Won hear vague rumors about uprisings
IN Egypt and IndiaD that the Socialists
viii get weary of the war and revolt :
,bs, fh,re Is terrible suffering in Ger
many. that the destruction of her COM
rre~ce will force Germany on her knees :
ina, an Industrial and financial crisis il
impending sc
Vain hopes. II England relies on these
rnears--at present merely expectation
20 win the war for her. A nation which
can raise n loan OF more than billion
dollars in ten days Is not at the end
q, rs resources. With all the efforts or
the London press TO minimize II. the fact
remains that Il is the most gigantic loan
ever raised by a nation and stands alone
As financial achievement.
just In proportion that war news IS
srarse in Germany It is plentiful in the
london press Whether the latter Is less
or more accurate than the German ] can
not say Of my own knowledge. IL did
make the impression on me that III l Ola
not hurry the French and English might
be IN Berlin before | got back. The Ger
mans are called Huns. vandals and cow
ards The German fleet is spoken OF con-
temptucusly. Churchill. believe said
that II would be necessary to drag the
German fleet out like "a rat out OF A
hole" The morning | left Folkestone one
% the rats came out. Three cruisers and
more than 400 lives went into the deep.
Self-decepton on the part OF England
.Hd Germany will not win the war for
either find less illusions about England
n Germany than I found about Germany
n England. Germany may be crushed
M. not as quickly or as easily as the at
mosphere in London would indicate.
Berlin Is more normal than at any time
rnre the war began. The suspense, OPP
preston and depression OF the first weeks
have disappeared and the city has settled
down 20 an air OF quiet determination and
waiting The feeling that IL was a sacri'
lege 10 touch a piano or sing or play any
thing but religious or patriotic airs Is
rapidly passing away The concert, thea
tire and opera season is well under way
again.
The Philharmonic concert Sunday night
at which Louis Persinger, an American
vas the soloist of the evening. had almost
full house. The majority OF concerts
over and above cost OF orchestra or ar.
lists, are benefit affairs for artists in need
or Tor the families OF soldiers in the field
or wounded The result is that for ono,
the concerts pay" and net more thar
they usually do In normal seasons.
The Deutsche and the Royal are both
irving operas regularly, In the former
me artists are either on one-third or one
mar regular pay. In some instances thi,
10 as low as se5 a month. There has beer
no reduction in prices and the norma
Prices prevail. Frieda Hempel IL singins
az the Royal. Engelbert Humperdinck'
wa opera Die Marketenderin" had III
Herhn premiere at the Deutsche Opera
Sunday night
Patriotic plays. such as MY Life 10,
thA Fatherland." prince OF Homburg
Inc Kaiser Called" &C. compose m,
Dill az many OF the theatres. peer Gynt'
IS on the boards at the Leasing and Rein
nardts Deutsche Theatre Is giving Shakes
Ieare after the question OF whether
GERMAN theatre could appropriately pro
'uce Shakespeare was referred to highe
Cr''eS' among others to the Imperfa
chancellor Or Won Bethmann- Hollwee
IN" Chancellor replied that Shakespeare
oe'pngs to the world and not exclusivel!
''' AsIEllsn
II VIII be- seen from this that Berlii
~ not the vale OF tears"-the long dis
'Hn'e picture painted In London, Par
ma New York papers from The Hagu
nv former Berlin correspondent, who's
'nIE chance Of returning to Berlin lie
N me hope that the French will captur
fnd keep A.
NO. street picture in Berlin has change,
tI'"tif with the war. No longer tn
th' s'alwart soldierly figures OF tn
',rae Corps are seen. One sees NOR
Sn.a'eis now than in time OF peace an,
t.I wonder where they all come from
NV II Is the sawed or and thick
TYP" or the Landwehr and Landsturm
VINO look uncomfortable and sometime
,.h.ral In their uniforms, whom you see
.N E'nd whom you have seen sitting Il
.leS calling for "noch ems" Their
VT" D" a mighty reduction of "equators
N''h 'h'se have been at the front a while
-. even before, for some OF them ar
worried by the size of the target the
present, while others are equally as happ
"at iney are short In proportion.
Many Mourning Wells.