Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-28
GERMANY'S HOPES
OF WORLD POWER
EBB SLOWLY AWAY
Returned u. S. Consular Off,
GERS Tell of Exhaustion of
Resources and of Waning
Enthusiasm Among Com
mon People
LBH Associated Pressl

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. April :
Germany over all" has now dwin
died TO We hope We shall pull
through" This. at least. was the zen.
eraI oIiniOn of the feeling in Ge.'
many As expressed bv a party Of -
American consular officers and their
wives, recently stationed in Germany,
who were in port few hours yester-
day en- route from Cadiz to Havana
and home. Until very recently. &C.
cording to members of this part.
there had been no change in the Ger
man mind that victory was not as
certain as at the beginning Of the war.
There is less certainty now.
In this Fart: OF Americans among
the last to Leave Germany and who
did not get out until more than a week
after Ambassador Gerard had left Bcr-
lin, were DR.. William Thomas Fee,
consul at Bremen. and James c. Nc
Nally, vice-consul at Hamburg, to-
gether with their families. Others in
the party were Consul Michael J. Hen
drick, Plauen; Consular Agent Joseph
F. Buck. Brenerhaven; Consul Leo
Allen Bergholz, Dresden; Consul
Charles |. WiEans and Vide -Consu!
Ralph Dix. Nuremberg; Consul Ferris,
Mannheim; Vice Consul Giesler, Col
ogne, and the family of Consul Henry
c. A. Damn, formerly stationed at
Aix-la- Chapelle.
All Resources Being Exhausted
Germany is gradually becoming ex
hausted, although she still has great
power" said a member of this party.
She is eXhaustirg her men, her food
supply and her supply Of raw materi-
ais"
The greatest exhaustion in Ger
many today is in her supply of men,"
said another consul. IAN Of the men
from Il to 65 have already entered the
service. Many of the boys under II
have gone in so that when the new
classes are called there is no one to
respond. In the cities and in the coul:-
try one sees women, old men, cripples
and children. Nowhere is AN able
bodied man seen except In uniform: !
Enthusiasm Ebbs Away
, There is not the war enthusiasm
there was although the determination
Of the people to keep on fighting is
wonderful 1t isn't a question Of con-
quest of place i'll the sun now, it's
question of preservation"
Fully 80 per cent of the people of
Germany had a warm, friendly feeling
for the people of the United States,
said another consul.
Leaving Germany under the condi-
tions which they did was not very
pleasant, according tc various Off
Gals. No personal kardships were
placed in their way, it was said, but
they might have been home by this
time lad they received the first two
seI.t out from the American
embassy at Berlin telling Of the break
ing of diplomatic relations between
Germany and the United States.
Il was talking over my telephone i
when the wire was cut" said one con-
sui. mo, didn't inquire why. But
It took three and four days to get
messages that ordinarily reached us
in a few min ties by telegraph or tele-
phone. | don't think any Of us in,
1uired why the general notice from
the embassy advising us Of the dlplo !
matte break was not delivered. But
It was not and We left Germany more
than a week after Ambassador Gerard !
lid"