Semi-weekly herald., 1915-06-10

DUXA
days later He remarked that that
would do, but that | did not want to
delay my departure more than two
days.
lie said; "You do not know the
temper of these people as l do; they
look bright and fine and they are
handsome, but they hate Americans.
lIhey tell every wounded German
that the bullet which wounded him was
cast in America
II you talk 10 German who
speaks the English language he will
talk of nothing but the ammunition
question.
The Germans think that if America
ceased to sell ammunition to the allies
the war would speedily end in Ger
man victory When l was in Vienna,
a German speaking man, who, I
found out, could also speak English,
stared at me a great DEAL as if he
wished to engage me in conversa-
ton. This | avoided, but one day Mr..
Conger representing the Associated
Press, came along and invited me TO
go with him down to Galicia.
The Ammunition Question.
Then the Austrian spoke to Mr..
Conger about the ammunition ques-
ton, and Mr.. Conger replied that
Americans were selling ammunition to
whoever wished to buy, just in the
same way as Germany had done for
hundred years.
He said to the Austrian: "You sold
ammunition to the Beers; you sold it
to the Turks and you sold it to all
factions in the Balkan states" "Then"
said Mr., Conger, chow could you
run your great Krubb factory if Ger
many did not sell any ammunition
except to themselves 2" "Your posi-
ton" he continued, "is Ridiculous"
Always Gathering Metal.
took nopart in the conversation
but Mr.. Conger understood his busi-
ness, and the other man was not as
furious as he seemed. The whole
subject in Germany and Austria is
ammunition. They are gathering met
al as if they needed it, while, at the
same time, there are those who say
that they do not need it, and that as
matter of fact they have plenty
of metal. They give out that the
gathering of the metal is a bluff-a
means of appealing to the patriotism
of the people.
But surely / never saw handsomer
city than Berlin and | never looked
upon brighter faced men and women
than the Germans; their complexions
are clear and their countenances re-
fleet confidence, and they walk as
if they knew where they were going.
In this respect here is great con-
trast between the streets of Berlin
and those of Vienna, also in the peo-
Iples. The people of Berlin act as if
they were not borrowing any trouble.
They expect to win in the war and
| they do not look backward.
| Lusitania Only an Incident.
They do not read the news from the
Lusitania, but instead regard the mat
ter as am incident of the war and
nothing more.
My work in this war zone began
with the Lusitania and it ends with
the Lusitania. l landed in Liverpool
on February 6, having been passen-
ger on this vessel when she flew the
American flag, and it was a merry
party on that boat, although some Of
the people were inclined to be serious,
yet they We're disposed to drive care
away, and altogether I never enjoyed
a crossing more than the one | made
on that lamented ship. When the
Lusitania was sunk I was in Berlin,
and my companion, Mr. Frankinthall,
read the news to me at the break
fast table. There had been a rumor
of the sinking overnight, but we
could not believe it until the next
morning the news was confirmed.
Frankinthali asked me what | thought
about it and told him that had
not thought much about it, except that
my opinion was that ] ought to get
out of Berlin as soon as possible,
that such an event would affect ev-
erybody, and that while there might
not be much said yet everybody would
look upon an American more and
more as an enemy.
No Mourning in Germany.
II is so fashioned in this world that