Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-01
INDEMNITY AFTER
WAR is EXPECTED
CONTrNT-FD FROM pAcr oNp

Nand | am sure this was because ne
knew OF Captair Tauscher's interfer-
ence). the kommandatore said. very
unprnclously that he would let mo
have them Friday, the 18th. and would
have until Monday the 10th, to get
out of-Germany.
Then again | was frantic. for Sat
urday and Sunday I would not be
o ble to do very much to get away and
there was so much red tape still to be
gone thru with. But | did not protest.
Then | had to wait until the per-
mission was actually in my hands to
GO This came about s a. Nh. Friday
Until I had this permission l could
not get my money. Friday | received
the telegram that / could go get my
passports Then had to go to the Of
flee where they were and stand In line
and wait. The banks closed at / and
| knew IL did not get my money that
day that | could not get 1t Saturday
and Sunday and. maybe. would have
to stay over the time allowed me to
leave and. perhaps be arrested or at
the very least have to start all over
again to get my passports.
had to pay the kommandatore
three marks for stamping my pass
port. I was nervous with crying when
| went to pay II and my hands shook
when counting the marks out. The
money there of course was paper
had nine marks together and I laid
down three on the table while I folded
up the rest to put back in my purse.
The kommandatore flew at me again
Pick them up and hand them TO
me right" he said How dare you
treat German officer in that way
How dare you throw that money on
the table? I'll teach you how you
should behave"
Expect Indemnity From U. S.
When the kommandatore had
stamped my papers as allowing me to
leave from Friday to Monday, /
begged and begged him to make II
Wednesday-1he same day | was In
his office, or Thursday. But he would
rot, altho 1t would have been as easy
for him to do that as not But they
try to humiliate an American in every
way possible just to show their author
ity. From a. m. until noon Friday
| stood in line for my passports
then | got them. ! hurried directly to
the Spanish embassy and received my
mUney-s500 in American money.
Then l went to the Deucher bank to
get the money changed into German
money. for in Germany only the banks
will touch American money. But this
'uhh Woulu Hol uO IL.
I'VE do not want American money
now-we'll get enough of it after the
war" he sneered.
They all think over there that
when Germany wins America will be
compelled to give a stupendous in
demnity. You can hear even the
children talk OF the money they will
get from America when America is
beaten
They know the country is rich and,
If ever such "A terrible thing should
happen as that Germany would beat
us, America will be bed white to sat
isfy the hatred and revengeful spirit
of the Germans. | believe | would
want to die If America is beaten in
this war, for we simply would not
to use a common expression. "have the
life of dog" here. Germany would
make our lives a hundred times more
wretched than it has made even Bel
GUM.
After they had refused to change
my money at the Deuscher bank. I
went to the main bank of Berlin. the
Reich bank. Here they changed IL
and did not treat me so badly. I had
to leave my money and come back for
the other money and as that would
have been after the bank was closed
for the day, they gave me a piece of
paper which admitted me to the bank
about p. m. | went back at that
time and got my money, receiving only
five marks on the dollar. That is a
low rate. In Sweden an American
dollars is given seven marks.
Start for Home.
They gave me 1000 marks and
sealed the rest of the money so
could not open it until | was beyond
hn fro hot
silly thing for them to do-but they
did it.
| paid my rent, bought my tickets
and got everything ready to leave the
next morning, Saturday. / packed my
trunk but of course had to leave IL
there. They kept ii two weeks, going
over everything in it. then sent 1t on
to Christiania, Norway. Up to this
date l have not received it. They had
to read every bit of writing in it, look
over all my music and stamp every
thing, for If, at the frontier, one thing
would be found not stamped officially,
there was likelihood that the whole
trunk would be confiscated.
My bag was treated the same way
everything examined and stamped. Il
had couple of fiction books | wanted
to read on the way and had great
deal of trouble getting them out. They
were looked over thoroly, so to be
sure they did not contain mysterious
messages or maps or something like
that. Even my prayer book was
stamped.
Then I really started. / had to
travel second class, in stuffy little
compartment without any comforts,
but | did not mind that | travelled
on the train from 6 to IL o'clock sat
urday and then reached the frontier.
When l had applied for my passports
had to give the kommandatore three
pictures of myself. One he pasted on
the passport, the other two he sent on