Semi-weekly herald., 1915-06-10

Tile people u huSlTld BeL OHly tne
Austrian side, which is greatly exag-t |
gerated. The average Austrian thinks
the war about over, and thinks that
the Russians have been whipped ev-
erywhere, the czar being ready to
capitulate. He thinks that when the
war between Austria and Russia is
at an end by the abject surrender of
Russia, it will also be over so far as
concerns the other nations at war.
The correspondents from other
countries who have been permitted to
remain in Austria send out reports in
complete harmony with the Austrian
opinion, otherwise they would not be
allowed to remain in the country.
Finally thought l had had enough
of Vienna. Then l moved toward Ber-
lin, taking the night train and sleep
ing berth, putting Frankinthall in the
top one. We arrived in Berlin in the
middle Of the following forenoon.
Sinking of Lusitania.
was in Berlin when the news came
of the sinking Of the Lusitania, and /
could scarcely believe the dispatch
when Frankinthall read it out to me
from German newspaper. Later on
the confirmation came, butt no de-
tails were ever given, neither were
any names of passengers published in
Germany. The number of those who
survived was given and the total
number of people on the vessel. /
watched every day to find out wheth-
er any of tho prominent persons on
board had been saved or not, but !
could find out nothing.
We passed the bulletin press
boards almost every hour to obtain
particulars as to the Lusitania, and
we found the people reading the 9TH
er board giving the results of the bat
ties in the Carpathians and elsewhere,
very few men or women looking at
tue aens lrrm iIil Lusltanig. ' 'nNk-
ed carefully al the faces OF the peo-
pie when they did look at the Lusi-
tania account, but l could not discov-
er any expressions of disfavor. 1t
presented a strange situation. The
world was shocked when the Titanic
went down, and l presume Berlin was
stirred as much as any other place,
but when the Lusitania was sunk not
a word Of regret was heard in Ber-
lin.
The newspapers blamed the English
for running the vessel and blamed the
Americans for going on board, and
washed their hands of any RESPONSE
bility.
made it point to look to see how
the crops were getting along between
Austria and Berlin, to See if the little
patches of waste land were used for
growing food products, as had been
reported, and I found nothing of the
kind to be true. l could see no land
in cultivation that had not been cul-
tivated for many years.
German Women in Fields.
Some of the fields are well cared
for, while others given evidence of
growing weeds and lack of atten-
tiOn. Women and boys were in the
fields. and ii was not infrequent that
a boy could be seen driving n horse
or two horses with plow, and
woman. presumably his mother, lead
ing the horse or horses. Some fields
looked extra well and others were in
great need Of attention. Few men
were visible, but there were many
women, which, Of course, was also
true in Austria.
Berlin is beautiful city and is
clean and well kept. The people on
the streets are fine looking and uni
versally wear smiles as if they were
going to a county fair. There could
not be discovered the slightest express
sion of care on any face, and the
women were not dressed in mourning
us is the case in Paris. 1t is diff
cult to understand such people and
such city.
Berlin in Happy Mood.
The cafes are crowded and refresh
ments are consumed to the usual ac-
of music. The parks are
filled with people and there were no