Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-03

cried. But the slim blonde girl told
them that was an Amerlcan-that
not only had been passed at Goch
because OF my excellent credentials,
but that the kommandant had asked
her to see mo through and that, In
addition she KNEW me for an Amer
lean indlsputably because OF my ac-
cent
II have lived three years in New
Jersey" she said "and ] know the
Americans are our friends"
With that she took from her purse
O clipping from the New York Stats
Zeitung and, mounting chair, began
TO read In German a poem by a Ger
man American celebrating the broth
erhood of the two nations.
When she had finished three cheers
were given for the Americans And
for the rest OF the night was a
hero instead of a pariahl
The $3.50 train that took me from
Wesel to Muelheim-on-R Ruhr gave me
no glimpse OF Germany--for ! went
to sleep! A kindly guard pulled my
foot until was awake and conducted
me across the tracks to the platform,
where | was to wait for the "Schnell-
zung mach Berlin.
mered my nmazement 10 the guard
as l slipped him mark. His To-
quacity developed wonderfully under
the effect of the % cents. I'VE have
FOUR express trains EVERY day
from Cologne to BerlinW he said,
proudly. The war has had little ef-
feet with us Germans. During the
month OF mobilization things were
put about little. but everything Is
practically normal again"
This was the second surprise / had
had in about six hours Of Germany
| began to look about.
The beautiful new train platforms,
fashioned of steel and cement, were
dazzling in their cleanliness. Fully
five hundred persons were waiting
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though he would make a very good
soldier, If soldiers were badly needed,
went up to each person, asked him
which train he wanted and told him
which track 1t would come In on.
Then a sign was suddenly displayed
at the end Of the platform. The sign
read that the first train that passed
on the right-hand side of the plat
form was a military train bearing
wounded from Belgium to Berlin, but
would follow 1t within five minutes.
Immediately from three small rooms
built on the platform battallons, 1t
seemed to me, of white-capped nurses
appeared bearing baskets in which
were materials for bandages, vials of
medicines, bottles of liniments and
flasks of brandy.
Behind them came several groups
Of women carrying baskets OF sand
wiches and hot mullins and pals Of
hot coffee. AS the train rolled in, the
nurses at once stepped in to treat the
wounded soldiers.
Most of the men, 1t seemed, were
lightly wounded and they stuck their
heads out of windows and called for
food and coffee. The people cheered
them, they cheered back and laughed
and joked with the girls who handed
them the food. Everyone was very
jolly.
The older men on the platform
stepped up and asked the soldiers how
things looked at the front GUT!
SEHR GUT!" was the reply, always
and their voices rang true.
The spectacle 1 saw enacted on this
platform Is absolutely typical OF the
Germany of today. Everything there
Is moving Just a notch or two BET
eral notches better-to be kind-than
1t is in France. There is no hysteria;
there is no lack of confidence in sol.
diers or civilians; there Is no lack Of
food; no lack of money and every de-
tail of comfort for the fighters has
been arranged.
So far as l know, you can see In
no other country engaged In this war
the spectacle of women tending to
the wounded at EVERY station on the
railroads-ln Germany there Is not q
"Bahnhof" In the land that does not
have it's quota OF ministertng women,
not station where the regular sched'
ule of express trains is not being
maintained.
The express train l rode TO Berlin
on was a model. 1t was the first
well-heated train 1 had been In since
I left America. 1t was beautifully
clean. The service was perfect and
the meal that l had In the dining car
"Speisewaggon"- am positive
could not be surpassed even on our
own first-class roads.