Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-18
FOUND ENGLAND
DETERMINED TO
FIGHT TO LAST
{. 3. Osborne, of Montclair,
Returns Home-Mrs. L. S.
Plaut Also on Lusitania.

The LuSitanla, the Cunard line
big ship, warped into her dock short
~ before a. m. today, bearing 1592
= people from Liverpool Included in
her passenger list We're Mrs l.. S.
Plaut. and her daughters, the Misses
Blanche and Hortense Plaut, of 81
Clinton avenue; Edmund b. Osborne,
Mrs Osborne and their two sons,
A. ]. Osborne and r. r. Osborne, il ,
of Montclair
Mr.. Osborne said that he had u
comparatively uneventful trip after
war had been declared, being IN
Aigle, Switzerland, at the time. But
one thing caused him worry, and that
was the welfare and whereabouts CT
his son. A. j. Osborne, who had
started to go through Germany, Aus
tria and Bavaria, for the purposes OF
studying color printing processes.
After a few days, when people mad
recovered from their panic, Mr.. and
Mrs. Osborne, who were rejoined by
their son, Travelled by easy stages to
London and finally secured passage
on the Lusitania.
"Of course, we had to put up with
the delays and embarrassment incl
dent to mobilization, but so did many
others, and we have no experiences TO
Jttdtt that HtlNt ilbN bNNii
by thousands of tourists" said Mr..
Osborne.
Not short War.
1--WE saw. as others did, the whole
of Europe transformed into an armed
camp. Let no one for an instant
think that this is going to be short
war. In England we could see eva
dences of grim determination to
make this fight to the end. Great
Britain will be in this as long MS
there is a sovereign left in the treas
ury and single able-bodied man.
zone thing is certain While the
scenery through which we nave
passed is very beautiful, and we have
had the experiences of lifetime,
there is nothing that looked so fine
TO me as the statue of Liberty in
New York harbor."
Miss Blanche Plaut said that her
mother and sister were in Marienbad
when war was declared. They start
ed the next day. Monday, August 3,
Tor Nuremburg and finally arrived
there. They were compelled to re-
main in Nuremberg for two weeks
until provision for a special train was
made by members of the American
committee.
I'VE did not dare to speak English
for fear of being mistaken as spies,
said Miss Plaut. We heard of
number of people who were arrested
and interrogated, so we We're very
careful to carry our passports with
us at all times. But we were treated
with the greatest courtesy through
out Germany Everybody tried to
do their best for us. The proprietor
of the hotel in Nuremburg where we
stopped, was especially kind and
. Il nd American
women.
1.-THE running time between Nurem-
burg is usually fifteen hours, but the
special train in which the American
tourists Travelled consumed thirty-five
hours. But because of the unfailing
Kindness and helpfulness of the peo-
pie all along the route, we suffered
very little Inconvenience.
"As everybody knows, the system
for the mobilization and transporta-
ton of troops In Germany is wonder
full At each of the stations VIC
passed people were awaiting the COM
ing of troop trains with food and
other supplies They offered to share
the food with us. But the American
committee had prepared for every
emergency and we had plentiful
food supply of our own.
'There was one man for whom we
were heatily sorry. He was an Eng
lishman. who. anxious to get home,
had stolen into our train. He had
hidden himself in Nuremberg, we
don't know how, for days, and when
our train started, he hid himself
under a seat. The train was for tho
exclusive use of Americans and was
thoroughly inspected. During the
inspection the Englishman was dis
covered and dragged away. The Ger
mans said he was spy, but we don't
think so. OF course, we do not know
what became of him.
I'm Amsterdam we remained three
days trying to get a ship of the Hol-
land-American line, but failing, We
went 10 London, where we secured
passage on the Lusitania"
Praised the Germans.
Supreme Court Justice Joseph Il.
Hewburger, of New York city, was
chairman of the American committee
in Nuremburg He was also pas
senger on the Lusitania. He, too,
was unstinted in praise of the treat
inent of Americans by the German
people, and especially the officers of
the army.
81 want to thank the major who
had made it possible for our people
TO have the special train to Amster-
dam" said the justice, "but the Off
Ger would not have it. The German
people can never forget he said. the
Kindness of the Americans to them
during the war of 1901
Miss Martha Smith. teacher in
the Abingdon Avenue School, arrived
home in the steamship Patria, of the
Fabre line. yesterday The ship had
sailed from Marseilles Miss Smith
was located by the state department
after application had been made to
Secretary BRYAN by her friends.