New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10

vivid and radiant as spring morning.
She is i'm the thick Of the work her
father left. Not long ago she and oO'
young people, boys and girls between
the ages OF thirteen and twenty had =
demonstration. IL was holiday ana
they went 10 the country for DAY OF
comradeghip. Toward evening, Vheh
tho setting sun added its glow TO those
Young and fearless faces, they came
marching back along the country tosu
singing tho "Marseillaise. over them
they bore a banner, which read;
I've arc the young guard OF the pro-
lctarlat."
They passed only one policeman on
their entry into the city. He was nelp-
less before this indomitable hye nu
drcd. He could make no arrests ouI
10 ordered them 10 disband. Many o.
tho Young girls we're clad IN gymnd-
stun costume. The policeman WAS nor
rifed In factories and subway every
where women wear boomers. but tnls
shocked policeman shuddered to see
Young. pig-tailed girls so clad.
The Young crowd surrounded the Of
fcer gsyly. Laughter was on their lips
bunor shone In their eyes, as they gave
ont wrong names and wrong addresses,
For a painful hour. with furrowen
how the worried official wrote busily'
To this day he still is hunting Tor those
unladylike haus-fraus.
II ves with reluctance 7 took leave
II his little radical group. II was late
evenine when | reach the Adlon.
spirit Of excitement and tenseness PEI
! yaded the street II had all day. 70
icemen lurked on every corner; an u"'
usual number Of spies were abroad
Government Stroke
,, II was evident the government feared
| IN uprising but it had planned a Judi,
/ cious stroke. For some time there mao
| been rumors that the Deutschland was
/ hack in Bremen. But II It was the
government had suppressed the fact
| II kept that sugar plum for psycho'
| logical moment.
This evening, when all thoughts were
centred on Liebknecht's fate, seemed
the needed moment.
AsI came down "Unter den Linden
news sheet. was slipped IN my nand
These leaflets were being distributed
broadcast gratis by the "Berliner Nor
Ger Post" In splashing black letters
across the page was "U-Boat DeutsGh-
land eingetrofen-On Bord Allies
/ Wohl."
a little thrill coursed through me
7. was magnetic and contagious. Life
and color came TO the eye OF the spy
! pedestrian and soldier alike. This was
/ deed Of which all Germany could bt
nroud II bound all together. Tenn
porarily. steps grew light and heads
went up. 80.
II was interesting TO note the diff
ference in effect produced by this news
and that Of the sinking OF the Lusi-
/ tania.
was in Berlin a year ago, just after
I the Lusitania disaster. Then the CROWD
was excited, angry and sulien, dog,
gedlv determined TO make the worlo
think that act justifiable. But ne pride
shone from eyes. But the Deutsch and
news was different IL was as though
great gust Of self-respect had Hooded
| The nation.
Next morning, hidden in the back
/ sheets Of the papers, was a tiny para
graph Of six lines announcing Len
knecht had been senttnced to foui
years imprisonment at hard labor. but
sprawled over the entire paper IN great
black letters was the Deutschland
story. " was nara 10 rloJ SSdlhoI
government that had just done some
thing of which all were proud.
4 Visit TO War Orphans
7 left in the early morning. | was to
mako side trip and visit home Tor
war orphans before joining the touring
expedition. During my entire stay IN
Berlin | had clamored 20 see homes for
war orphans. without success. Either
there we're none near Berlin or they
we're not for inspection. But | was
told model institution had just been
established outside Leipsic. This |
should see.
After travelling from 1880 until 4
and taking five trains ! was presented
to twenty-five war orphans. Ny temper,
! confess, was ruff1od. had seen hum