The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-13
~ !. Idle al This Time he
~, s.,.... Although Soldiers and
o,feer. All Fear Winter
Campaign. Il
go BLAMING AMERICA
w.. Not for Ammunition From
Here, War Would be ovsr,
Germans say-Travei Has
Its Drawback.

-. ..,s "a idle talk at the pres
~. Tar neither side feels that it
sns ~. .tcn hghtins until something a..
e. 80 ma u. been done, yet soldiers anu
esl, ~. alike OF all the warning ma
ANS fear another winter caMpaiea :. y:
W. rather Giglinger. pastor 9
= Mary's Catholic Church W.
,s,urned last night from 2 Two
rrnth's visit In Europe, includlhs
lcIand and Germany, where ne
.nart some time In his own
s I'M. Germany, Father Giglinger
~. ava shows little trace OF the
-, 70 the casual observer tine only
.h,n. Noticeable is the unusual num-
~ =, soldiers, the guards around the
s.i III stations and the bridges. the
n,.cr bread, the poorer quality OF
S Su and the fact that there Is limit
= Tho amount OF beer which can be
| purchased. 80.
= n were not for the United States
rhich Is furnishing the allies their
ammunition. the war would have been
4 an end long ago." Father Gigiinge-
aid after having conyersed Win
German officers on the subject ana
having received their views. Ger
| many feels that she Is misrepresente !
4 the United States. but no one In
Germany LOOKS for war between the
Two countries. They do not believe y
would be good for either nation, and
they do not expect trouble. All they
All Il for square deal, they told m J,
and for the stopping OF ammunition
shipments
Fear Winter Campaign.
Soldiers and officers, both German
and French and English fear another
winter campaign, according to their
views as expressed to Father Gigling-
er in his talking with them. They
don't believe peace is possible, how
ever, In the present state OF affairs,
Father Giglinger said. Not until
something decisive has been done can
peace talk be considered seriously.
rather Giglinger had quite an event.
ful trip on his return trip to this couH-
try. He returned on the steamer Ryn-
dam, and they were kept twenty -fou-
hours In the English channel Al
anchored mine broke loose from its
mornings and fioated In close prox-
unity to the ship. A shot from An
English cruiser exploded the mine.
Il was below decks when the shot
and explosion CAME" said Father Gig
hnyef. When got ON ->the deck
found women crying and, hystericAl
and men trembling. asked two won.
en what had happened. They said .
ship had been sunk. They testified to
me that they had seen 1t Ego down.
/! asked others what It was. and thay
told me. There was q small barge
tossing about near the mine and It
Was lifted by the explosion. and then
was hidden by some larger vessels"
Father Giglinger told this little In
cident to show how easy 1t u to imag
me submarine periscopes and the like
Are Tired o. War.
The railroad stations and bridges i,l
Hclmany are guarded very heavily.
Istner Giglinger stated. Everywhere
snere are troops to be seen. This ma.
y because thousands OF the German
my are home on furoughs. The
man Army Of Germany is in Russia,
~ mas gone about as lar as II expects
g a. this time. The Russian winters
xouid make It impossible to 60 much
iua.ner without suffering.
ine soldiers and officers ever =
Waere are tired OF war and fear D
"in'er campaign" Father Gigling,r
SAD The Germans have a whole
some respect for the French soldiers.
lney say their patriotism ID much
. sleater now than 1t was in 1870 in
.nat war. asked q German oficer
r rnas was the difference between an
Insish and a French soldier. He
sag saia the English soldier Individually
mas tough proposition. The French
n n,my, tney thought, was the best.
.heir homes; they have been bearing
s tae orunt of the fighting and their
=, cest regiments have been lost. II is q
iact' the officers tell me that the hest