The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-24
URGES NEUTRALITY.
Professor Appelmann Returned to U. V
M. by German Government,

Herr Anton H. Appelmann, professor
of German at the University OF Yer
mont, has arrived in Burlington from
New York, where he landed Tuesday
Sept. Is, on his return from Germany, to
which place he went in the early summer
to visit his parents, not knowing that
he would be called upon to serve bis
country before returning.
Before the outbreak of the war Pro-
lessor Appelmann travelled through Ger
many and Belgium, being in Liege the
day when war was declared. The pro-
lessor said that he was very careful to
use only the English and French Ian
guages until he reached Germany and
was glad to pass as an American. On
his return Professor Appelmann entered
the army and first acted as interpreter
at the front, later entering the war Of
flee of the navy at Berlin.
The German government at the out
break of the war put large advertise
ments in the leading newspapers of the
country stating that any people who
had relatives in foreign countries to
whom they desired to send information
regarding the war from the German
standpoint might correspond with the do
partment, which would send the litera
ture In this way il was hoped to get
Il clearer idea of the true situation to
foreigners, more especially Americans,
whom the government thought to be I'm
informed. These letters were looked
into by the men in Professor Appel
mann's department, who sent the in
informed. These letters We're looked
view Tuesday evening said that in his
opinion newspapers Of this country were
more inclined at the present time to
deal in more neutral and fairer way
with the war than at first. He said Fall
that we desire is that the people remain
neutral. following the example of Presi-
dent wilson; that is, to make no de
cision until information has been Oh
tanned from all sides.
Professor Appelmann stated that he
was very much surprised at being taken
from the war department and sent back
to the United States. The German gov
eminent sent number of men who
were connected with the universities of
this country back, the idea being that
their good work here in their chosen pro-
fessions and as diplomatic representa-
tives of Germany would be worth more
to the Fatherland than their services in
the field with the army. This will be
the third year Professor Appelmann has
been connected with the University Of
Vermont and his first duty is to the
university but he is under the military
control of his own country and can be
ordered to return, although he stated
that there would be no doubt that he
would remain at the college during the
full year. If there are any German in
terests to be looked after in this vicin-
ity he is to care for them.
The professor states that there are
thousands of Germans ready and eager
to fight for their country but for whom
there is as yet no need. Big business
in the country is stifled not because of
the lack of labor but because of the fact
that the finished product cannot be
shipped to this country. The centralized
government of the country has kept the
prices on necessary commodities at about
normal prices. When it was found that
at some stores prices were being jumped
to three and four times their original
size. police visited the markets and closed
the stores and in some cases took the
articles away and sold them for their
first value, compelling the merchants 70
take that price or none.