The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-29

and position In their own country. !
think that most OF them know only
too we'll the designs against Central
and South America cherished by the
Par Germans.
Finally. ! think on the morning
of Friday. Oscar King Davis. cores
pendent OF the New York Times, re-
ceived wireless from Mr., Van Anda.
editor of the New York Times, telling
him that BernstorfY and his staff were
being treated with every courtesy and
that the German ships had not been
conflscated In the evening our tele-
phone was reconnected and we were
allowed to receive some kilograms and
to send throughout Germany open
kilograms to the consuls. etc. and
we were notified that we would prob
ably be allowed TO leave the next day
in the evening
THE FAREWELL
IN BERLIN
Always followed by spies, ! paid as
many farewell visits TO my diplomatic
colleagues as J was able 10 see and
on Saturday thought, in spite of the
ridiculous treatment accorded US In
icuttlng off the mail and telephone
and in holding me for nearly a week,
THAT | would leave in a sporting spirit
and ], therefore. had my servant tele-
phone and ask whether Zimmerman
and the chancellor would receive me-.
/ had a pleasant farewell talk of
about half an hour with each OF them.
l expressly told the chancellor that
II had come TO bid him a personal
farewell and not to make record
Tor any White Book, and that any
timing he said would remain conrcen-
tai / also stopped In TO thank Dr.
Zahn, of the foreign office, who had
arranged the details of our departure,
and ~ave him a gold cigarette case
as souvenir of the occasion.
At the last moment the Germans
allowed a number OF the consuls and
clerks who had been working in the
EN- oassv and the American residents
in Berlin to leave on the train with
us, SO that we were about one hun
dred and twenty persons In all on this
train which left the Potsdamer sta
ton AZ $40 In the evening. The time
OF our departure had not been pub
icly announced, but although the al
ttomohiles in front of the embassy
might have attracted a crowd. there
was no demonstration whatever. in
fact, during this week tina. / was de-
tanned in Berlin I walked all over the
city every afternoon and evening. went
into shops, and so on, without en-
countering any hostile demonstration
There was large crowd in the sta
non to see US off-all the Spanish
embassy, Dutch, Greeks and many Of
our colleagues from Central and South
America There were from the for
eign office Montgelas, DR.. Roediger
Prittwitz and Horstmann As the
train pulled out a number of the
Americans left in Berlin who were on
the station platform raised quite Wig
orous cheer
Two officers had been sent by the
mperiai government to accompany US
on this train, one. Major van der
Hagen. sent by the general staf. AMI
the other a representative OF the for
eign offics. Baron wernhtr Won Ow-,
lWechendorf II was quite thoughtful
OF the foreign office to send this last
OFFICER, as II was by cur efforts that
We had secured his exchange when he
was a prisoner in England, and he
therefore, would be supposed TO en-
terrain kindly feelings for our en-
bassy.
l had ordered plenty OF champagn e
and cigars TO be put on the train
We were nrst invited to drink cham
payne with the officers in the dining
car. and then they Joined us in the
private salon car which we occupied
in the end OF the train. The journey
was uneventfui. Outside some Of the
stations a number OF people were
drawnup who stared at the train. in
bovine way but VINO made no DEM
onstration of any kind.
We went through Wurttemberg and
entered Switzerland by way OF Schaf
hansen. The two officers left us az
the last stop on the German side.
had taken the precaution before we
left Berlin 10 and out their names.
and as they left us ! gave each OF
them a gold cigarette case inscribed
with his name and the date
At the first station on the Swiss
4 SIDE d body 81 swfss troops were
drawn up presenting arms, and the
| colonel commanding the Swiss army
there are no generals In Switzerland :.
attended by several stan officers. came
on the train and travelled with us
nearly to Zurich.
! / started to speak French to one
OF these STAFF officers. but he inter
rupted me by saying in perfect Eng
lish: You do not have TO speak
i French TO me. My name is Tseln.
many OF my relations live in New
York and / lived there myself some
years"
r Al Zurich we left the German spe-
cfal train. were met on the platform
by some grateful Japanese. the Amer
/ lean consul and a number OF French
and Swiss newspaper reporters. thus
ending our exodus from Germany