The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-21

claim that attacks have wantonlv been
made on their provision trains and
that their wounded have been fright
fully mistreatcd One OF the least Of
the charges IS that Identification tags
have been removed from dead and
wounded soldiers. 1t is certain that
German soldiers have been brought i
back to Berlin with their ears cut off /
and their eyes put out. Such is the .
barbarism of wal in this twentieth |
century.
There is much talk in Germany Of I
the marvellous krupp siege guns, which |
have proved 50 effective against the I
Belgian ana French forts. These guns. |
which have been kept a secret, are of /
such magnitude and power that they
tvpify the military power Of the most
milItaristic nation on earth. They are
so large that railroad tracks have to
he constructed to transport them to the.I
field of battle. They carry f2-centime-
tire she'll and il is said the charge
carries 90 milcS-across the channcII
| from Calais to Dovet,i' as' the Gernra MS
| proudly add. The guns are fired by
electrical contact at Il distance OF 300
! metres, and the expense of each dts
| charge is between $4,000 and $4,000
| But apparently the Germans think the
cost is worth while.
The feeling of the Germans. toward
the Russians is that the conflict was
inevitable. The feeling toward tine
English is frankly that of hatltd: that
toward the French is-curiousIv if You
want to say 80 that Of sympathy
Germany. at the beginning, at any rate.
did not want to fight France. The bit
.
ally noticeable. ''Wait till our Zeppr-
Inns fly over London and drop bombs. -
la German told me.
Under these circumstances il is not a
particularly pleasant thing to be taken
for an Englishman in the streets If
Berlin. | had the experience the other
day. In the afternoon on Laipzieger
strasse woman Missed. 4" Fin English
or, instantly Il crowd gathered. For
tunately | was wearing on the vest
lapel an American flag button. ami is
took only an instant to decide that
. fronFneSs was the best policy. | turn
cd back my coat, showed the button
and declared, Itch bin Amerillanrr.
. This was entirely satisfactory. In TIVE
minutes the crowd melted, thanks. per
haps, to the presence Of 4 policeman
who took pains to assure me that MY
! German accent proved me American be
yond doubt.
: The most exasperated American
RI have seen since coming to Germany
accoStCd me in a hotel last night. FL
{ was Il Jersevman. by the wav-WiIhan
@ s. Brown of Westfield. Mr.. Brown hac
e excellent cause for being annoyed. II,
had come over on the IIolland-AmericaI
5. Liner Nicuw Amsterdam. Of Brest
= the Savoie, which now is Il converte,
: French cruiser, ordered the Nieuv
n Amsterdam to stop. which order wa
e not instantly obeyed. Thcreupon thu
E. Savoie fred shot across the Nieuv
Amsterdam : bows, and she stoppe,
T. with u suddenress as the FrencI
J. would say. She was conveyed int
r. Brest halbor, and there she STAYED Gv
d days, such articles as were considere,
e contraband, including a good deal o
It bullion. The passengers meanwhil
n were not happy, their irritation beini
J. increased by the fact that Brest har
Dor was hot and nobody was alIowet
V to 90 on shore.
r.. What should be the name given thi
l. war? Nobody over here seems to know
It Perhaps American ingenuity has solve
W the problem. In Berlin it is called tn
il World War, the Great War, The War
he any IHIHS anu every InluP winch. lnu
n Gates its magnitude. For obvious re-
y sons l have not yet seen it called tia
10 War of 1Iilitarism. Still that define
~ one phase of it pretty accurately.
The American girl cannot fail t
m make her impress in Berlin as els,
* whore. Take the ease of Miss Jamie
S son, an Indiana young woman. Whe
lie the war came she was an art student
II, Vienna. She had been there only
err few months, but had mastered German
Of She came to Berlin and offered he
a services to the American Relief con
N mission, which offer was gratefully a.
a Icepted. She has proved invaluabl
Id and the help she has given man
IL tourists has been gratefully acknoW
edged. The last [ saw of her was We
er terday, when, her iaunty hat bit G
of one side, she was conveying a 'busloa
re of American refugees. It's they a.
~, called here, to the stations, thence
e make the trip with them to Londc
p and then to return to help more
rs start on their way home.