Arizona republican., 1917-09-08
By JAMES w. GERARD
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Thoughts and Incidents Recounte'
 From My Diary

Thoughts and Incidents Accounted
 From My Diary
 In January, 1916, I visited Munich, ard from there a Bavarian officer pri5- no camp and the prison camp for pri- v2te soldiers both at Ingolstadt also conferred with Archdeacon Mes, of the American Episcopal church, who carried on a much-needed work in vis- iting the prison camps in Bavaria.
 The American colony in Munich maintained, with the help Of friends in America a Red Cross hospital unnc- the able charge of Doctor Jung Washington doctor, and his wife. The nVrsing was done by American and German girls. The American colony Munich also fed a number Of ScEcol children every day. I regret to say, however that many of the Americans iu Munich were loud in their abuse of President Wilson and their native country.
 Solf as Possible German Colonel House
 In March. 1916, I was sounded on the question of Germ-ny's sending an un- official envoy. like Colonel House, to America to talk informally to the pres idert and prominent people. wac told that Solf would probably be named.
 Tn 1916 the importation of many ar ticles of luxury into Germany vas for bidden This move was naturally made in order to keep money in the country.
 Dane, who had quantity of man ganese in Brazil sold it to a Philadel- phia firm for delivery to the United States Steel Company. The German government in some way learned of this and the Dane was arrested and put baH culty in getting him out.
 Liebknecht, in April of 1916, made matters lively at the Reichstag ses- sions. During the chancellor's speech, Liehknccht interrupted him and said that the Germans were not free, next to deny that the Germans had not wished war. and another time by call ing attention to the attempts of the Germans to induce the Mohammedan and Irish prisoners of war to desert to the German side. Liebknecht finally cnraged the government supporters by calling out that the subscription to the 1 loan was q sWindle.
 | After the Sussex settlement think that the Germans wished to inaugurate an era of better feeling between Ger many and the United States. At any | rate, in answer to many anonymous at tacks made against me, the North Ger man Gazette. the official newspaper | published a sort of certificate from the | government to the. effect that l was 6 good boy. and that the rumors of my bitter hostility to Germany were un- l founded.
 In May, 1916, Wertheim, head of tn, | great department store in Berlin, tolC me that they had more business thar in peace times.
 Prince Won Suelow's Good English
 Early in June I had two long talk! with Prince von Buelow. He speak! English well, and is suspected by hi | enemies of having been polishing 1t ul lately in order to make ready for pos | sible peace conferences. He is mal Of q more active brain than the presen chancellor, and is very restless ant anxious in some way to break into tn present political situation.
 In June the anonymous attacks Ol tho chancellor, by pamphlet and other wise, incensed him to such a degre that he made an open answer in tn l,Reichstag, and had rather the best o the situation. Many anonymous lie and runlors were flying about Berlin a this period, and even Helfferich ha publicly to deny the anonymous charge that he had been anonymously attack ing the chancellor.
 Prince WcdePs Committee Of Peace
 In July the committee called the ma tional committee for an hOnorahl peace was formed with Prince Wede at it's head. Most of the people in thi league were friends of the chancellor and one of the three real heads was tn ! n6f fzf ,I-f-, h chancellor's organ. It was planne that fifty speakers from this committe would begin to speak all over German on August l, but when they began t speak their views were so dissimila and the speeches of most of them S ridiculous that the movement failed.
 l spent two Saturdays and Sunday in August at Heringsdorf, summe resort on the Baltic Before going ther l had to get special permission fror the military authorities through tn foreign office. Regulations that a windows must be darkened at nigh and no liehts shown which could b seen from the sea were strictly en forced by the authorities.
 There are three bathing places. each of them the bath houses, cit surrounded three sides of square. tn S forming the fourth side. Bathin is allowed only on this fourth side fo space of sixty-five yards long. On of these bathing places is for wome and one for men, and the third is tn so-called Familienbad (family bath where mixed bathing is allowed. Ger man women are very sensible in tn matter of their bathing costumes, an do not wear the extraordinary creation seen in America. They wear bathin sandals, but no stockings, and as mos of them have fine figures. but dres badly, they appear at their best at Hel ingsdorf. Both sea and air scene somewhat cold for bathing. On ao count Of their sensible dress. most the German women are expert swim mers
 l noticed one very handsome blond girl who sat on her bathing mantl exciting the admira tion of the hea C