Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15

mistake-the only one know that was
made. Or course we did our best to
rectUy 1t when We found that tho
American newspaper man is a distinct
| problem and n very live one"
From all accounts the Germans de-
/ Veloped In short order an organization
/ for handling this problem" as admir-
ably rs every other department of the
war machine handles it's own problem
/! Excepting only zcppelins my friend
! saw everything there was to sce-so
! far as the German nghting machine is
concerned. Many things he saw only
after he had given his word of honor
| not to write about them.
Their implicit trust in him, he says
| was one of the outstanding feat
ures of their attitude. His spoken word
was sufficient guarantee to enable him
| to witness all manner of constructive
work in munition shops, to see and ex-
! anime many new engines Of destruc-
! tion.
The only secret the German general
STAFF seems to hold inviolable is the
zeppelin They say one American cor
respondent-who had been under the
water In one of the new E-boats-man-
ased TO get II glimpse of one of the
newest airships at close quarters lie
mas been In Berlin ever since-and
must remain there until the end of the
"hr Also he has ceased to pc connect
served
he saw just one thing TOO much"
explained my friend
ALL GERMAN OFFICERS
SPEAK ENGLISH ELUENTLy
:, All the German officers speak Eng
lish. most of them without an accent
ne men VINO come most in contast
with the correspondents might all he
EhBishincn. SO far as speech or APP
pcarance goes One of them wos n
Rhodes scholar at Oxford
AFTER one has seen all there is to
see or the industrial side OF the whr.
I'm Germany. one then receives an in
ritation TO 20 TO the front Ono p,y
go TO whichever front one likes Tho
only condition is that one must ,ruit
for the date of departure OF the .spe-
cially conducted" party. And here, my
friend explained. he ran up for the only
line during his stay agains, ,h,,
discipline which is unknown in demo-
cracies and which. he says. is not borne
easily by those unaccustomed TO it,
Ii was one day in Warsaw. after the
occupation. My friend ana his room
mate, a famous war correspondent
were dead beat The two German Off
GERS In charge of the newspaper men
had rushed them from place TO place
for three weeks. Both men decided TO
stay in bed one morning and not ap-
for the days tour OF sightseeing
Within fifteen minutes" he wen,
on. one OF The officers appeared in the
room. Ills face was very stern
Why are YOU not dresscd?' ne de-
mandcd.
We told him we had forgotten tho
time wc we're supposed TO start;
II was announced definitely. ana
IN your hearing. rctorted the officer
We shall wal, FOR YOU And with
that ne disappearcd-and my room
mate and I hustled into our clothes
faster than we ever did before"
Iher were glad to see the last of
my friend. lie is sure Of that He
says they all smiled with almost OBJ
vious relief when he went around to
say Soodby. They wish American
newspaper men had never been born
but they have tact enough to try to
disguise the fact. They have no nceo
OF the correspondents for the forward
ing OF the propaganda campaign AS
matter of fact. most Of the CORES
pondents in Berlin write as frankly
hostile matter as do American CORES
pondents in London-the only difference
being that more of the stuff from Ser
lin gets by the censor (who has n sense
of humor.)
RECEIVES EVERY COURTESY
WHILE IN GERMANY
My friend received every courtesy
while he was in Germany His trim
10 the Holland frontier was made
easy by telcgraphcd messages sent
ahead by War ONCE officials His bag
gage was passed without being opened
Nothing was left undone to insure his
last months in Germany being pleas
ant And yet he was not enamored OF
Germany or OF the Germans. He de-
cided ii was all done with purpose.
that he would not let II effect his bet
ter judgment. He would continue his
Investigations. in England. with an
upbia ssed mind.
His first experience with the British
authorities was at Tilbury. where his
steamer landed. The same credentials
which had borne him along like
crown prince on joy ride---in Ger
many-Secmcd to mean nothing ut all
TO the young suhaltern In charge Of the
military At Tilbury. The many Ger
man vises on his passport seemed n
shocking thing, to judge by the OK
preston on the subaltcrn's face
His statement that lie was work
ing newspaper man only added to his
undesirability. Ills baggage was over
hauled with a diligence that drove him
almost mad. Picture postcards. n hun
drcd little knicknacks he had gathered
in his travels. We're strewn about over
n large part of the dock
And then followed n verbal cXami-
nation In which tho young officer
seemed bent on finding out all my
friend had learned in Germany. Final
~ he reached the limit of his pa
tience
DO YOU make a condition my enter
ing England" he demanded my re-
vcaling secrets l have given my word
not to revcal?".
TRIFLE DISAPPOINTED
At RECEPTION IN ENGLAND
At that the subaltern altered his
manner. or course nothing was far
Their from his mind The upshot OF
the matter was the sending for a /
colonel. who himself took my friend
in hand. An apologN followed. and the |