Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-07
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people" heard more than once, but
the beautiful buildings, the pictures,
the art works never can be restored"
The Germans worship art They are
an artistic people in many ways, as
the world knows. And the German
people have grieyed over the destruc-
tion Of the wonderful cathedrals, the
beautiful old world towns and mag
nificent buildings In Belgium and
northern France
Mingled with their grief is a selfish
sorrow as well, for Germany hoped
TO have all these towns and buildings
herself. And the German eye ever is
open to the money paid by tourists
to see these works OF art.
| have heard Germans even COM
pare those beautiful buildings. now
wrecks, with buildings in their own
empire. How bad we would feel"
a woman said 10 me one day. III our
kaiser's palace would be destroyed"
Think America Money Mad.
! really think that the heart of Ger
many would break II anything hap
pened to that wonderful building.
There is another thing about Amer
lea in which they show their con-
tempt-our newness. "America-it
has no buildings. no towns. everything
Is dirt and rubbish" they will say.
Even the Germans who have been
here take back no word OF praise for
Us. They must acknowledge our mills,
our industries. but they will not give
Us any credit for having a soul for
art over here. Money. money, that
is all the Americans think Of" they
say.
could have stood the anger against
Americans, but the sneers and slurs
flung at my country sometimes were
more than l could bear.
l remember one time, after the
United States entered the war, a Ger
man girl friend Il had a few invited
me TO tea.
''wnl there be any other Germans
there?" l asked.
Yes" she said.
Well" told her. you had better
let them know I am coming"
She called them up. and everyone
OF the German girls refused to come
because an American girl was COM
ing, too. OF course / stayed away so
as not to spoil the tea.
have had German women turn
away and refuse to take an introduc-
ticn.
German men, when introduced. have
saluted with sneer and then deliber-
ately turned their back. or. imme-
diately they know | was an American
attempted to take some familiarity.
Hate Americans.
They think American girls will per-
nit familiarities that German girls
would resent
When the United States entered the
war | was living in pension, a board
ing house. or course a great many
people ate at the same table and there
were many Germans there. / simply
had to leave and go with my girl
boarders said they would leave II
remained.
When the mother of my girl friend,
the newspaper correspondent, left
Berlin the kommandatore said right
TO her face, This is the last damned
American girl l will help get out of
Berlin." That was what made me so
afraid that / would not be allowed to
go when finally did ask for my pass
port, and was so long getting it.
Another incident I know of-Mr.
Ferguson. who buys the supplies for
the kitchen for Camp Ruhleben,
where the Englishmen are interned.
used to come and visit the woman
who had charge of the pension where
he stayed before he was interned. A
German officer OF course came right
with him. He would come when he
came to Berlin to buy his supplies.
The woman had to tell him to dis
continue his visits as she said all her
German boarders threatened to leave.
There seems to be more of q con-
temptuous withdrawal from Amerl-
cans on the part of the Germans than
a scorching hate such as they feel for
the English. 1t is hate. sure enough,
but not the same kind. think II is
more deadly than that which they feel
toward the English.
The Germans~have been hating the
English forty years or more. They
have been hating us only a few