The Seward gateway., 1915-08-21

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 and says that Germany will win the war without the slightest doubt. The Baron was here hunting three years ago when Mr. Sweasy was his guide.
 Berlin, Germany.
 Foreign Office,
 Wilhelmstrasse, 70
 July IA, 1915.
 My dear Ben:-
 want you to know where l am and what I am doing. They did not allow me as yet to go to the front and fight for my country, but they still keep men in the Foreign office and make me work more than I care for. l am hoping, however, that the time will not be far away when l shall be call ed to the front. There are hundreds and hundreds of officers waiting in their home quarters to go out again to the front, but evidently there is no need for them so far. 1 have never seen so many soldiers, l mean young, fresh and strong men, in the various cities of Germany as right now, and their number does not seem to de- crease although almost daily fresh squads go to the front. A person wandering through Germany would not notice anything of this terrible war. There is deepest peace every where. Foodstuhs is cheaper here now than at any time in the United States. We have more wheat than we need and we have more bread, white and dark, than we can eat, There is absolutely nothing missing which we want or would like to have for our daily luxury is going on as usually. Theatres, concerts, restaur- ants and other public places are more crowded now than ever at times of peace. In short, if one would not read the newspapers, or see a wound ed soldier once in a while, one would not believe that the world is at war against us. I am sorry for you, deai old Ben, that your papers do not let you have the real true facts about the war. Otherwise you would know how utterly hopeless the cause of oul enemies is now. You do not hear anything about the glorious victories which our armies gain east and west day by day. You cannot realize that Russia is done and that France is making her last desperate efforts 1 No one has told you that Italy's in tervention is a matter of absolutely no importance, whatsoever, as far as the general situation is concerned You probably still believe that the Dardaneles will be taken soon whereas, here everyone knows that the markmanship of German gunners makes tre Dardanelles impregnable But very soon you fellows in the | United States will know that the time 1 is near when we will have only one enemy left, and that this last enemy will not be able to forego his fate tc fall down before Germany's energy and strength. Every soul in Germany is praying for England's downfall and there will be no peace before England's power is broken and there by lasting peace and the freedom of the seas is ensured for the world. The United States will some day realize what Germany has done for her in this war, and after this knowledge has fought its way through your country, our mutual frinedship will grow stronger and stronger, and no paid newspaperman will be able again hereafter to poison the public opinion in the United States against Ger many with such dawgone lies as has happened during this war. l am taking the time to write you all Of this because I know you so we'll. l know you are my frined and l know you are an honest, straightforward, fairminded man who wants to know the truth, and so help me God, have told vou the truth!