Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-10-21

S0S liz AAS WIN oAiy hSsAt
day. The speech contained a defense
or Gcrmany's efforts for peace, which
We're IN vain. The enemy forced on war.
Note the sentence: Man druckt mir
das Schwert in die Hand!" ("They
have thrust the sword into my handy
And he bid the multitude dispense to
the churches and pray.
Inc kaiser later drove down the
Inter den Linden in his yellow motor
car. hcralded as ever, by trumpets. 1
saw MIN again on Saturday evening
after mobilization was proclaimed.
Again he appeared before the chlos
He proclaimed that Germany was as
one man and that he forgave his en-
emies and all who had spoken ill of him.
Crucial Midnights.
This was a memorable day. AT the
preceding midnight Germany had sent
Russia the ~ hours ultimatu;n and got
TO answer. If NJ. Sazanoff gave Count
Pourtales an answer If Count Pour
tales sent it 10 Berlin. it never arrived.
War was certain. The kaiser pro-
claimed II fact by appearing in the
dull green field uniform of the Field.
jaeger corps. AS he spoke, red mobili-
zatlon posters began to flame on the
pillars. They proclaimed the mobili-
zation arrangements for eight days and
ended with III. s. w" That meant that
the further mobilization order would
he proclaimed later. Germany did not
4 SINO away lat exact duration OIL nec
mobilization. Nobody knows it except
the higher staff. l heard officers argu-
ing on the subject.
AZ 5:45 a reichstag deputy mounted
the top of an automobile about 100
wards to the east of the Russian en-
bassy and shcuted: War is declared"
L was on my way to tho Russian en-
bassy and 1 gave this news. The 1lews
was wrong. War was not declared in
formal fashion. I met Sin the embassy
the ambassador, NJ. Sverbeycff; Prince
V~assiltchikoff and M. Catargi. secre-
taohe and some other DC friends. Sver-
beyeff knew nothing. He had heard
that a Russian reply had beer sent
off at midnight Immediately on receip5
of the dliimatum.) This information
was apparently wrong. He had not
a morning. and a no notion of
what was going on. He and his staff
feared to go into the streets. 1 laughed
n told then stories Of the perfect
order prevailing. Events proved them
right. When they were leaving Berlin.
already seated in their automobiles, a
vicious attack was made by the mob.
Police President Jagow, who %dragooned
Berlin successfully during -four years
Ct peace, failed miserably to keep order
during war.
The d%isorderely parties were largely
Gil HUH luS
F"riedrichstadt district. Most Berliners
behaved we'll. The house porter of INV
apartment at Berlinerstrasse Winners
dGrf Nimself a LandSturm man already
notified hat he might be required), be-
haved toward me after the British dec
laration of war precisely as he had be-
fore. l offered him one and he re-
fused 1T. From commissions which he
a done for me he knew thai the
newspaper correspondents We're short
OF funds.
Every German rushed to serve his
country. Every father and mother re-
joiced. I shall give only cases known
to me personally. When mobilization
was proclaimed the only son of my
friend and house colleague. Herr Herr
MANN, q talented architect. was sail
ing q yacht on the Lake of Constance.
he was % years old. had never served,
but had been sent straight to the un-
trained Ersatz reserve. He would now
be trained for four weeks, then sent
to the front. His father. his mother
wept all day. Not because death had
drawn nigh, because they feared young
Hermann would not hear of the mo-
~bilization order. would arrive late and
bear the innocent disgrace of invOlun-
tary desertion. When he arrived their
JOY was greater than IL he had re-
turned unscathed from a battle. This
sentiment compared nobly with the
conduct Of the ambassador of one of
the b%elliserent powers. In reply to my
question to this high diplomat how
said: Thank God. only one. This boy
here he pointed to a good looking six
foot lad of 20 odd-"wants to volunteer.
But I won't let him. His mother . . -.
i heard a story Of a Landsturm man
VINO offered to ~personate a Landwehr
man whom for family reasons field
service was an exceptionally severe
blow. He risked getting himself shot.
From the clerk in my book sellers
store. Hahme of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l
heard OF another striking case. On
Paris. In 1911 me evlded military serv.
Ice. made for New York and was last
employed as a mechanic by a French
auto firm. He was hiding in Bedlin.,
Asked why he deserted, he answered.:
y could not stand the thought OF serv-
Ice. Asked why he returned. he an
swered: ITO serve, but only IL wal
comes" He was advised to come out
of hiding, report to the war office and
take advantage Of the coming amnesty
for deserters. He refused. because in
that ase he must serve whether it
pupy. timorous man, who dreaded IN
rude harrack life and the Feldwebers
curses. The army seemed to him the
worst OF ives. But to serve his coun-
Try ne would put up with the army,
perhaps with torture and death as
well.
I could fill pages with the great
ness n baseness of Germany IN her
hour OF trial. War makes all men
winners or actors. Two years e at
Bogados. near the Chataldja lines. a
Greek deputation begged me aud my
friend. Francis McCulla gh. to ask the
British feet to come to their protection.
Why? Because their hens had been
eaten by famished Turks. Ten days
later General Popof. commander Of the
First brigade before Chatal6ja, told
j nle Of 3 BulRarfan who was cnMrfmaH.