The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-15

 pired. We arrived at the bar Friday,
 March 12. at 3:15 p. m., and doeked at pier 52, North river, soon atfers "Captain O. T. Nelson has reason to feel proud of hds record for the voyage. Not only was the trip made on sched- ule time but the cargo of g, 240 bales of cotton was delivered in good shape, not a bale being injured. The Fl Siglo arrived in New York with everything tsh1pshape absolutely undannaged dur ing the long voyage, there was no sick ness or discomfort among the crew I Before leaving Bremen and Bremen
 haven the chief of police of both cities eomplimented Captain Nelson on the way his crew had conducted them selves while ashore The officials stat ed that the E1 SigIo was the first
 American ship to enter those ports with which they had not had trouble Of some kind with some member of the crew. Captain Nelson has been in the service of the Southern Pacific for 20 years and not only stands high in the estimation of his superfors, but also enjoys the confidence and esteem of his crew
 While we were treated with ex- treme courtesy by all boarding par ties it impressed me that the Germans
 were far ahead of the other nations both in appearance and equipment. The German sailor wears rubber life belt the nipple of which is within easy reach of the mouth. Should he l fall overheard it would be a simple matter for him to fill his belt with stlf- hcfent air to keep himself afloat.
 s.The cities we visited were ex- treme1y we'll kept, the paved streets being remarkably clean and as for poverty and Restitution I have seen more in a few blocks in New York city than saw all the while was in Germany.
 ..one does we'll while in Germany not to say that he speaks English but
 that he talks "Amerfcan.'' The Ger
 mans pity France but hate England They blame England for everything,
 while the only fault they have to find with the United States is that we seem
 to favor England and are shipping arms and ammunition to them.
 In addition to our passports we all carried American flags in our button holes. By order of the government
 bread is not served either in restau-
 rants or hotels unless specially order ed and then a charge of 10 Pfennigs is made. The government is issuing paper money to replace coins of one and 50 cent shinplasters used here during the Civil war.
 ssTn talking with the citizens one is Impressed with the extreme loyal ity, everything is suTbordinated to the one thing, F'afh [ personal E " 5LHlkGQ3 7W1l1l SIIIly 1116A W1lO nave come from all parts of the world to fight for the Father1ar1d. These are
 men of affairs, doctors. lawyers. brok- CTS and merchants. Many of them wealthy. many of them enduring great hardships to reach Germany. One man in particular, can officer, 9
 business man of Costa Rica, worth s6o,oo0, was four months in getting
 home. working his way on different
 steamers as a common deck hand. Tn the course Of our conversation he took off his helmet and said: ssDo you think that came for my own honor or glory, or to wear that thing for the authority it repre-
 sents2 No. come to fight for the
 E,atherland!''
 'sOur ships company numbered 54
 all told and while we had every 1fb-
 erty in the German cities we visited
 there was not one instance of that
 liberty being abused. No one was arrested and no one got into any
 trouble of any sort. The only solution of what some might consider a. re- markaible state of affairs, that the officers of the E1 Siglo have been able to reach is that we acted like gentle
 men and used common sense z