The Washington times., 1915-05-02
D. D.C.PHYS|C|AN SEES
EARLY END OF WAR
DR.. c. n. Sanders Declares Hos
tiIities Can't Last Through
Another Winter.
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had hot water piped Up to us from
restaurant that had been conducted In
the theAter basement; u beer SpiEot
in the wall you know they serve II
in the thcaters there-Was converted
into a hOt-Irater faucet. We used a
checking room for an operating
ward, and curtained off an alcove
of the fCNcr for dressing room Tor
patients able to take some exercise:
While | was there this unit handled
from 500 to 900 cases; and we Kept
them only until they We're In sucn
condition that they could possibly be
moved with safety, farther to the in
terror. 1t was common thing to
receive quite unexpectedly an order
to load a train with every patient
we could possibly send away. and
prepared to receive new company
from the front.
Supplies Needed Most.
I'VE realized early that there was
no need SO pressing as that for hospital
supplies. Let me say right here that
the most wonderful consignment of
these was a box sent by the women's
Red Cross auxiliary at Hartford, Conn.
There was about 800 to 400 pounds OF
1t; everything from surgical instru-
lnents to tooth powder. When 1t came,
Tor instance. we had no operative
robes This box had twenty-four. We
the other twelve to the German hos
pital in the town with us. which like
wise had no robes and greatly needed
them. II that group of Hartford women
charitable people to spend on Red Cross
model boxes, there wouldn't be dollar
misapplied. They seemed to know
exactly what was wanted.
THE great majority of the wounded
We received were able to go back to
the fighting line in five or six weeks;
and they were all anxious to do it.
Shrapnel wounds were most numerous,
and after ona that rife wounSs Ssa ans ahs
fractures caused by them very ragged
and hard to deal with. OF course. II
we could get the wounded men i'm
mediately results would be much bet
ter; by the time they get to us, despite
the excellent German system of first
aid on the field. infection would fire.
quently have set in. Modern antisep-
tics however, have very largely done
away with that oaror OF former wars,
blood poisoning.
Germans Confident.
'Thc German people are profoundly
certain their country is going TO win
the war. | had opportunity to get at
the innermost thoughts of great num-
Der OF them sick and wounded soldiers.
their parents. brothers, sisters. wives,
rule of absolute confidence in their
cause or Their success.
There Is little evidence to be seen in
Germany that anything abnormal Is
fed, supplies are ample. bread tickets
are distributed free, and everybody ha s
all he needs: potatoes are very widely
used: nobody is permitted to advance
prices of neCcSSaricS, and 1t is not Deln2
done. Mail comes and goes as regularly
as at any other time. and mutn OF 1t
came to US with no evidence that 1t
had been opened or examined. The COM
munjca tiOnS Is through Scandinavia,
Italy and Holland.
THE greatest wonder to me was that
wherever one goes in Germany. though
knowing that millions of the men are
away on the fighting fronts, there Is no
ohscrvably smaller proportion or men
than would be expected. Everywhere
met men who expressed wonderment
that they had not been called for yet
to go to the front: most Of them cX-
peCted it, and all were ready and en-
thu3iastiC about going. But. as l have
said. I do not personally believe any
OF the countries will be willing to sus-
tain another winter campaign.
Germans Coming Here.
after this war there is going to be a
great increase in German intimocy
with the United States, and in German
travel in this country. There can be
no doubt of this. Most Germans OF
such means as would permit 1t have
Travelled in Great Britain: but the feel
ing toward that country today is such
that travel will not he resumed. The
United States will get it, and there will
b" an astonishing volume OF It, for the
Germans feel exceedingly kindly toward
the United States for what this country
has done for them.
II should unhesitatingly say that the
dominating, really popular hero in Ger
A ctfNln G
time there were great meetings all over
the country. and always there would
be a speech expressive of loyalty tc
the fatherland and devotion to tho
Kaiser: and it would always be the one
most fcrvcntly checred
"1hroughout East Prussia, where
there is an industrial city or town
everywhere YOU can thrust your head
out Of tho car window to take look
around, the factories are running. and
il Is woll-nigh impossible to detect evil
denCe that normal industry has been
intorfercd with. Whence materials come.
whittier tho product goes that in ordi-
nary times is sent abroad. don't know
but ] do know that industry seems to
be going on normally.
No Dancing Now.
The country's social life has been
very little interfered with; but in this
regard observed everywhere one
marked change-there has been no
dancing since the war was on. In
Berlin the cafes were open. the theRters
running as usual, and on my way home
went to the Royal Opera House two
or three times to hear the grand opera,
and the pIrcc was packed every night.
after the war? 1t is inevitable. /
would say. that vast and far-reachins
changes will t2ke plaCc--soCial. eco
nomiC, political. No matter what side
wins. no matter what the terms oi
peace. I believe every country involved
in il will he more greatly changed from
within than from without; more changed
hy the Indirect. the social and economic
than by the direct. the military and po
lit!ral effects. of tn" war.
"I,t mo suggest just one thing in this
connection. Before this war the whole