The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-15
my -Four Years In Germany"
ambassador Gerard's Experiences at German Court
Until Entrance of the United States Into
the Great War
the Great War

carts of Berlin. There were women
guards on the underground road. con-
ductors on the tramways, and women
oven became motormen on the tram
cars. Banks. Insurance companies and
other largo business institutions were
filled with women workers, who In
vaded the sacred precincts OF many
military and governmental Offices
WORDS OF FOREIGN
ORIGIN BANISHED.
Curious development of the hate
of all thingr foreign was the hunt led
by the police president of Berlin, Won
Jagow a cousin of the foreign min
ister), for foreign words. Son Jagow
and his fellow cranks decided that all
words of foreign origin must be ex-
plunged from the German language.
The title of the Hotel Bristol. on the
Inter den Linden. disappeared. The
Hote! Westminster on the came street
became Lindenhcf. There Is a large
hotel called the Cumberland, with a
pastry department over which there
was sign, the French word, con
flserie." The management war COM
PEELED to take this sign down. but
the hotel was allowed to retain the
name of "Cumberla nd" because the
father-in- law of the kaisers only
daughter is the duke of Cumberland.
Thu word chauffeur was eliminat-
ed and there were many discussions
as to what should be substituted.
Many declared for "kraftwagen-
fuhrer." or power wagon driver.
But finally the word was Germanized
as "schauffoer." Dressmakers took
down the sign "confektion." But the
climax came when the general in com
mand OF the town of Breslau wrote
confectioner telling him to stop the
use OF the word "bonbon' In selling
his candy The confectioner. with a
sense OF humor and "A nerve unusual
In Germany. wrote back to the gen.
eral that he would gladly discontinue
the use Of the word 'bonbon" when
the general ceased TO call himself
general" and called the attention OF
this high military authority to the
fact that general" was as much
French word as "bonhon.'
Unusual means were adopted In or
der to get all the gold coins in the
country into the Imperial bank. There
were signs in every surface and un-
dereround car which read that who
ever keeps ha ok a gold coin INJURIES
the fntherland" And II n soldier
presented to his superiors a twenty
mark gold piece, he received in re-
turn twenty marks in paper money
and two days leave of absence. In
like manner a schoolboy who turned
in ten marks in gold received ten
marks in paper and was given halr
holiday Ctnematograph shows gave
those patrons who paid in gold an ex-
ira ticket, good for another day
An American woman residing In
Rerifn was ava kened one morning at
y o'clock BY two police detectives. who
told her that they had heard that she
had some gold coins In her posses
sion. and that II she did not turn them
IN for paper money they would wreck
her apartment In their search for
them she. therefore. gave them the
gold which | afterward succeeded In
getting the German government TO re-
turn to her later the export Of gold
was for hidden. even travellers arriv-
ing with gold were compelled to give
Il up In return for paper money
NEUTRAL COUNTRIES
FEEDING GERMANY.
While Of course. | cannot ascertain
the exact amounts. | found, neverthe-
less. that great quantities of food and
other supplies came into Germany
from Holland and the Sea ndinavian
countries particularly from Sweden.
Now that we are in the war we shall
take strong measures. I trust. TO cut
off exports to these countries, which,
export food raw material aud the Ike
10 Germany. Sweden il particularly
ttfxe ia this sratY.c, but | understand
that sulphur pyrites are sent from
Norway. and sulphuric acid made
therefrom is an absolute essential TO
the manufacture Of munitions OF war
Potash. which is found as a min
eral only in Germany and Austria
was used in exchange OF commodities
with Sweden and In this way much
copper. lard and so on reached Ger
many.
Early in the summer of 1915 the
frat demonstration took place in Ber-
lin About 500 women collected in
front OF the reichstag building. They
were promptly suppressed by the po-
lice. and no newspaper printed an ac-
count OF the occurrence These
women were rather vague in their
demands, They called Won Buelow an
old faihead for his failure in Italy
and complained that the whipped
cream was not as good az before the
war There was some talk of high
prices for food. and the women all
said that they wanted their men back
from the trenches
VISIT OF JANE adams
TO BERLIN
Early summer brought also num-
Der of cranks 10 Berlin. Miss Jane
Adams and fellow suffragists. after
holding a convention in Holland.
moved on Berlin. l succeeded in get
ting both the chancellor and Won
Jagow to consent to receive them. a
meeting to which they looked for
ward with unconcealed perturbation.
However, one of them seems to have
Impressed Miss Adams. for as I write
this ! read in the papers that she IL
complaining that we should not have
gone to war because we thereby risk
hurting somebody's feelings.
On July ct. 1915. / reported that L
learned that the Germans were pick
ing out the revolutionists and Liberals
from the many Russian prisoners of
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