Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-02
1y HARRY PAYNE BURTON.

which Berlin calls a taxi" whizzed u
Friederichstrasse and turned into tn
famous Inter den Linden.
For, indeed, this capital was a col
trast, and a most grateful one, to Lor
don. There the darkened streets, eve
%expectant of Zeppelins, gave one tn
shivers, even more than raw, yello1
fog Here lights blazed everywhere
the air was clear and bracing, AM
well-dressed crowds were scurryin!
to the theaters, to the opera or t
dine at the great restaurants.
STARVING Berlin!"
"Saddened Germany!" The phrases
Of every English newspaper made M
smile.
began to wonder, as any neutra
person must wonder who goes from
London to Berlin, just how much O
the news printed in the papers o.
England is true-and how much of the
news printed in the papers of Ger
many, France and Russia is true!
l decided to find out, in one cas- al
least.
Strong Men at Work.
I made my start at the Adlon hotel
l noticed, first, that there stood at the
door two footmen and two doormen'
Surely there are no more in peace
time! Also, there were five clerks
behind the desk. Both elevators were
manned by husky young fellows OF
twenty-five or so. In my room l rang
for the waiter and the valet. Both
came at once. and both were young
men. Both insisted the staff was not
reduced, and, moreover, they said
nearly every employee in the hotel was
German.
why aren't you at the war;" !
asked each in turn. I'VE are not need
ed yet" they replied. "And we won't
be unless the wal lasts a year." they
added. r .,- -...,.
/ went to the dining room. I was
the only one in the room not in eve
ming clothes or in soldiers dress.
There was a waiter at each table, and
nearly every table was the center Of
Q gay party.
No Sign Of Alarm.
The women chartered as lightly as
they do today in New York, Chicago
or San Francisco. The men semed as
u~nconcerned Is any well,fed Ameri.
cans.
Certainly I decided that the "aristo-
Gratis" Of Berlin were not fearful OF the
outcome Of the war. ''
Perhaps, I thought, q "ka6ee-haus,"
patronized by the middle class"
would tell a different story!
Nine o'clock found me at the famous
Piccadilly coffee house, now called the
Vaterland, in Potsdammer platz. I
could not get a seat for Is minutes, and
its capacity is 1000 persons!
Here we're the young men of Berlin
with their sweethearts. Most Of them
were less than thirty, and they were
udV4u6 d. IAUIOuS Lulo.
The band was playing "The Blue
Danube" and dark Muenchner. was
going by in bucketsful. Gayety, was
everywhere. And I saw this scene not
one night, but on six nights; not in
one coffee house, but in at least a hun.
dred. .... s3
oAs$aus.n$> Az pha>a.>l
And the restaurants at noon told the
same story. On two days l could not
even get a seat at the famous KEN.
pinski's, although it is almost impos-
sible to lunch there for less than a
dollar. ...... D.. Fl. I'd
There was not any curtailment in
food; every table d'hote meal in Ger
many still offers three or four meats
and the portions are invariably large.
The government has seen to it that the
necessities are kept stationary in sell.
ing value. "
At all these places the people were
all willing to tell me anything I asked.
They believe that the Americans will
be their friends once they hear the
truth" =" -
And that version, I am bound to say,
is identical wherever you go. If Prus-
STA believes in this war, then so does
'saxony, SO does Coburg and so does
Bavaria. 4ek Il ill.
What the Germans Believe.
Here is what every German in Ger
many believes today:
Russia, in her thirst for land, wants
to break up the Austrian empire so as
to gather in the Slavs who live there
and then absorb a. much of Germany
as she Is able to get. a
England is insanely jealous of Ger
many's growing power, of the superior
ity Of her manufactured wares which
are fast monopolizing the world mar
kets, and that these two have en-.
gineered this war for the purpose Of
crushing Germany forever.
That therefore, the Germans are
now fighting for their very existence
as a nation and that, since death is
better than dissolution, the German
kingdom must fight until the allies are
oyerthrOwn ar until every man. WOm-