The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-16

ing that England had also declared |
war against the Fatherland.
Hate For English Grows.
From that time on an intense feel |
ing of hatred seemed to be born
against the English. The Germans
forgot that they had any other enemy
except the islanders across the chan
mel. One had to guard himself,
strictly. against conversing in the
English language whatever. The
granted that if you spoke English
you were an Englishman.
tuesday morning when I came to
the conSulS Office I found about two
hundred English hovered there for
protection. Some Of them were with
out any money whatever, and as their
consul had left, they had fed to the
Stars and Stripes for protection A
committee for relief was formed and
those who gave allegiance to the Eng
llsh flag were given food and a place
to stay.
There was no chance for any one to
leave, or without passports, as the
German official statement was that
no foreigners would be allowed to
leave Germany until the mobilization
was over, and this would last about
twenty-One days.
Several Of us Americans were with
out money, SO the consul meted out
to us sparingly a few marks to tide
! us over until word was received from
Washington.
Wednesday morning, while going
! up town, 1 was stopped by a man in
plain clothes and asked what my ma
| tiOnality was. Upon telling him that
| l was an American he asked for proof
| 1 had no proof sufficient to satisfy
his curiosity, SO ] was taken, sus-
!! pected of being an Englishman, and
| led down to the prison ship.
| Six Days ON Prison Ship.
There l spent six "delightfuI' days,
| feeding off German black bread, po-
| tatoes and a little meat / was
treated all right, but the conditions
were horrible. There We're, suppose.
six hundred Russians, French, Eng
lish and negroes already there when
I was carried on board. Arrange
ments had been made for us to sleep
down in the hold of the ship, on i'm
provised beds, and as this was in the
middle of summer, the odor arising
from the different nationalities was
something nauseating.
For breakfast we received a cup OF
| what was intended for coffee, and q
slice of thick, black bread. covered
with a little butter. Dinner came il
the form of potatoes, meat and cab.
bage, all cooked together, and pitched
into your plate, as you passed by tht
cook house. Supper brought some
more bread and coffee Daily more
prisoners were being brought in an(
added to our numbers. Within three
, days our ship was full. and then an
other hulk was brought alongside tt
take on some of us.
: After spending six days on thi
: prison boat l managed to get word t
z the consul, who was kind enough t
come down and get me off, ever
: though I was without any proof Q
citizenship.
At the consul's office was given
2 certificate of citizenship, and with thi
: to show l encountered no NOR
: trouble.
During the three months ! re
: manned in Germany I was treated 2
: well as I possibly could be treated
d 1t seemed that the German people en-
: tertained a high respect for tn
: Americans, and everywhere I went
y was hailed with kind greetings.
Hot Time In a Coffee Garden.
/ saw only one hostile demonStra
: ton while l was in Germany and tina
t was in a coffee garden along the Al
e Ster Pavilion. There were severs
y Americans and English in this plac
d one night, when some German pre-
d posed that a toast to the Kaiser b
y given. All Germans present 'stoo
o upon their feet and removed thei
It hats, while the Americans and Eng
5 lish remained seated. This brougt
I an inquiry from the Germans, VIII
h | were a little the best for drink. Fir:
thing l knew they were all mixed u
8 in a scramble, throwing coffee cup
Is flower pots, and in fact, anything the
NJ could get their hands on. There We
r the making of a fine row when tn
S firemen appeared and turned the
n hose upon the crowd. Several Of tt
er English were arrested, but the Anne,
Of leans who participated in the riot wei
III left alone.
~ Within fifteen days after war bega
a. the long trains Of wounded began
a come in, and soon all the local no
~ pitfalls were filled to overf1owing. Sc
Id eral Of the schools in Hamburg we
e. forced to close up, SO as to make roo
pS for the wounded.
e. English in Detention Camp.
lis The English, who were living
ps Germany at the outbreak Of the wa
were allowed to go at liberty until Il