Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-25
CERMAAY'S SIDE OF WAR STORY IS TOLD
CONTINUED From First Pagel


almost silent Only before the castle
and the palace of the Crown Prince
ald their pent-up feelings break forth
INTO great cheers and hurrahs which
seemed to find no end The Kaiser ap-
peared on balcony of the castle and
IN deep resonant tones spoke to his
people, told them how he had striven
lot peace, how 1t had been basely de-
nleo him' and how he and his people
must nSht together now for the honor
ana maintenance of their Fatherland,
until with Gods good help II should be
granted them. Picture IL! A crowd
OF many thousands, of all creeds, of
all castles, of all trades inspired with
nut one thought and one endeaVor-
10 mold fast together and to fight for
their Fatherland All private strife
! all petty pickering. all political enmity
! was forgotten the great good that
lies in us all prevailed and made of
that surGing mass an inspired mighty
host, strong and ready for the task
| imposed upon them. Gods peace,
GODS holiness lowered over that huge
crowd standing beneath the shadow
OF the castle window, listening to their
commanders words. | went home that
night with the feeling that no matter
What suffering might be in store for
me- life would still have been worth
the living for the sake of that one
exalted evening.
Mobilization Begins
! The next day the mobilization of the
German army began. All over the
city handbills were posted, giving for
mai information concerning Ger
many's attitude, duties and obliga-
tions: The streets still thronged with
people. Who could stay at home in
a time like that. Groups stood every-
| dt fol
else; everybody had something to say,
and everybody wanted to hear what
! the others had already heard The
incredible perfidy of the Car, the
| magnificent calmness of the Kaiser.
the attitude that France and England
would take were the absorbing topics.
| soldiers were seen on all sides
marching to the stations in their gray
| field uniforms, greeted by all with
pared heads, floating handkerchiefs and
ioud cheers. Die WaCht am Rhein.
Deutschland Uber Alles," "Prinz
Eugen were sung by young and old
with an enthusiasm and pathos that
brought a thrill to ones heart and
tears to ones eyes. Thousands of
sudden marriage ceremonies were
! celebrated by those whom war has
now to separate, two of the Kaiser's
sons being among the number.
Countless Numbers Rejected
Brides Dresses For Rent ap-
peared among the advertisements of
the daily papers. The Countess of
Bassawitz, who married the Kaiser's
NTH son, ordered her wedding gown
| from a department store ito be de-
livered the same afternoon. Boys
still in their early teens and men
| well streaked with gray besieged the
various regiments, offering their serv-
ices as volunteers-one and a quarter
millions in all, over $50, 900 in Alsace-
Lorraine. One hundred and fifty gen.
erals no longer in active service want
ed 10 JOIN as common soldiers. Count
less numbers were rejected-"not yet
needed. Russia's spies were arrest
ed at every turn, disguised in the uni
form of Prussian generals, of trained
nurses, of servant girls. Bombs were
found in abundance in Berlin and
surroundings. One S-year-old boy
with a Russian father and German
mother became suspicious of his own
father and when he was hidden by
him to take a certain mysterious
looking package to the post office, he
carried 1t to the police station in
stead. 1t contained a bomb and the
father was shot before sundown.
Love Scenes at Every Corner
Love scenes were enacted at every
corner, soldiers telling their sweet
hearts good-by. Children hanging on
to watts" hand for the last time be-
fore he left. Wives and mothers wav-
ing their handkerchiefs Valiantly as
the trains pulled out. A day of uni
Versal prayer was declared by the
Kaiser. The great, solemn sound of
lchurch bells tolled through the bus
tied air of the heretofore busy, bust
ling Berlin; the churches were crowd
ed to overflowing, not with women
and children alone, but with big, stall
wart men, who, with sword and
Browning buckled to their sides,
wended their way from church to the
barracks, and the all-absorbng ques-
tion that was asked and to which none
could give answer, was Are France
and England with or against us?"
The hours of waiting seemed endless,
although in reality everything hap
pened with terrible quickness. France
showed herself guilty of the same
breach of international law as Russia.
Before any declaration of war had
been made, her troops invaded the
German frontier and military mono
planes belonging to her attempted to
throw bombs near Nuremburg. Ger
many found herself now threatened on
the east by hordeS of barbarians and
assaSsins and on the west by fanatic.
vengeance-fuming hosts, but she did
not vince nor move a muscle. Quick
bilization; she wasted no time in use
less words. The wonderful eye for
detail which the German mind pos
sesses and which in ordinary times
the Americans are apt to consider as
pendantry or mere theory, was shown
UP now in its proper light. Rules
and regulations were passed for the
welfare of the people, a maximum of
price was set by the government on
the staples of life. such as sugar. salt,
flour, etc; the Red Cross Society be-
gan it's significant work The people
still thronged the streets; the mental
unrest was too great to endure alone
the four walls of ones home pressed
down so heavily upon one that release
could only be found outside where the
crowds gathered together like one big
family.
The 18th of August
Tuesday, the 4th of August, came.
This day will always be a memora BILE
one in German history The Kaiser
made an earnest, honest, fervid speech
before the Reichstag. closing with the
solemn words: II know no political
party more. l know only Germans.
stormy bravos, and as evidence there
of that you are of the firm determine
ton, without distinction of class or
confession, to hold together with me
through thick and thin, through
necessity and death, / summon now
tho coro niffaaa of toartiae