The Cordova daily times., 1916-10-13
GERMANY |S NOT. AT TER FRANCE
 OR BELGIUM

MT. M. P. Marks, who is now visit, ing a brother-in-law in Tacoma, after trip abroad, where Ee me. some of the best people in England and Ger. many, to q representative of the Ia. coma News MT Marks related his ex- perience, which is the best and most lhteResting account of the situation ever brought over from those warning countries. Mir. Marks is quoted as saying that two Zeppelins would come over with mail within two months. The submarine Bremen was never launched according to his report. but was only trick to weaken the guard over the Deutschland.
 Of his experience in Germany he says:
 When you talk in Berlin you speak in a whisper as if you were in a ceme- tery. For a week did not see a smile. The people are loyal - the riot stories are all faked - but they are straight. upstanding, fine looking. They come back after three or four months in the trenches, bent over, old men. Even those who have not lost an arm, a leg or been otherwise maimed are the same. The suffering is terrible.
 Tt is the same in France. In fact Frances losses have been greater. But France is the nation beloved. Every body loves France It is the one na- tion that is fighting for a cause.
 France has lost more young men; it has called out younger reserves than Germany.
 "Germany does not hate France. Germany's hate is England: Ger many's fear is Russia. Russia has inn proved so much under the generalship of Kitchener and with it's unlimited number of men, the Germans fear Russia's every move.
 "I was told time and again from high sources that the Germans do not care for Belgium; they will give up France, but Poland they must have. They must have something between them and the Russians.
 "I was told by a high official that Germany's greatest mistake was in going through Belgium, that if they had gone through Nsace-Lorraine they would have been in Paris within three weeks, and they would not have aroused the enmity of America, which has hurt them a great deal they ad- nit"
 Tells His Experience Across.
 Tomorrow, l told the captain, will be July 1. l am an American. There are other Americans on board. We would like to celebrate the national birthday.
 "I will turn the ship over to you and the other Americans the Captain told me.
 That night we went into the harbor of Kirkwan, England. In the morning at s o'clock he had a concert, but before that We hoisted the American flag. IL was a Norwegian boat bound from America to Norway Then at o'clock there was a parade; 65O per sons marched with a band. At 2:3O we had exercises Mir. Taylor, attached to the American legation at Petro- grad presided, We dug the Declara- tion of independence from an old al manac and a Mr. Rodd got up to read it.
 He started. When in the course of human events it becomes neces- sary-
 There was a commotion; the speaker halted We looked above and there, dangling in the air was the first load of American mail to be lift ed out for censorship by the British There was tons of it. Every package was inspected. Then the English of ficers gathered around while Mir, Rodd went on reciting the Declaration of independence
 A bundle of smouldering rags under Moose Hall at Juneau recently near Iy caused the destruction of the place