Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-08
GERMAN BUSINESS MEN
 TO EN1IGRATE TO STATES

The following was written by Herbert Copev. the noted war correspondent, under an Amsterdam date line: 'In America" said the head waiter, in terrogativeiy, you have no conscript army?"
 | "No,' said the man at the next table ]; ! fin America we have no conscrlpt army.
 "When this war IS over," said the head waiter, stiHing a yawn, "l am glng to | America
 ] He was shockingly rumble headed waiter. He needed a shave worse than any other waiter ever did at 9 o'clock in the morning. He couldn't have hidden that vawn of his in g barrel. When he brought i,ver the eggs and bacon he accomplished 1 the difficult feat of limping perceptibly on both sides If you don't think that Is hard, 1 try il some time
 '.Blsters," he explained "The heels on. I was called out at half-past this morning for a practice march, and we marched until daybreak'
 One cant blame the head waiter for de ternining on emigration when this war is yer. There ara lot more like him. 1 miss my guess if the United States does not sud { denly come into possession ot large body of young and athletic men who have been violently disgusted with miItarlsm. They will come from Holland and Belgium and Germany and France they will stay, I've met scores of them. T belong to one of the reserves" said the head walter. Three times a week we march. About once a week they wake us up in the middle of the night and we have to hike over country roads for hours. That is to accustom us to responding to night calls. If Holland is drawn into the war and we are needed in hurry. What life for family manw
 There are 250O0O like this chap in Hol land The Dutch maintain standing army of about 10000 men The remainder be 1 long to the various reserves. When the army was mobilized on August l they were all called to the colors. Most of them are there yet The oldest class of reserves are permitted to stay at home, on condition that they drill with their units a stated num- Der of times q week Night marches are an essential part of this training. If Hol land goes into war she will go ready for busi ness.
 Wherever you go in Holland you see regi ments of soldiers marching. After the first few weeks they have been tramplng twenty five miles a day. That nice little round front which one thinks of when the word ''Dutchman' is mentioned doesn't exist in Holland any more. Her men are as straight fronted as any Parisienne. Their faces are brown and their eyes bright And they march like veterans. It will trouble any ordinary good walked to keep up with these chaps over route.
 But as the head waiter observed, 1t cer tainly is hard on family man.
 This emigration to America which 1 be Eeve will take place will not draw all its recruits from the chaps who object to being called to the cclors There are literally thou sands of solid, substantial business men-at least they were solid and substantial before the war-who propose to settle in a land of peace met che on the train the other day He owns one of the leading msnu- factories of fine leather goods in Holland lie made it all himself He began as a workman. Now he speaks five languages and maintains agencies in as many coun- tries.
 T was rich before the war" said he. My only debts were those of current business. In addition to my Dutch factory 1 had one Tn Belgium.
 German shells took the roof off the Bel gian factory. Then the French happened slong and shot the walls down. That enter prise is out of business.
 i've been trying to collect some of the money that is due me in France and Bel gium" said he T didn't try hard. I knew it was of no use, But thought some one might be willing to pay"
 They laughed at him, these bills GUS toners His request sounded positively funny to them None of them had any money or any chance of getting any. Be sides, moratorium had been declared.
 They will pay when they can," he said, positively. 'I know them ali. also know that just now they cannot pay"
 There is warehouse man in the hotel where l have been living. Four months ago his prospects were as bright as those of any