Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-15

beautiful symphony and tried TO get
1t heard in Germany. OF course every
person knew he was an American.
| and it was weeks before he could get
permission to give the symphony
| Then, when he did give 1t. few per-
sons came to hear it and the critics
the next day roasted" 1t almost to
extinction.
Later, he got to Norway and pre-
sented it there and got a wonderful
audience and splendid notices.
Another man, who was half Ameri-
| can. a painter in Munich. Yagas-
bacher by name, simply could not get
| a.place to exhibit his work
Many Riots In Germany
One thing which, more than An
other, shows the unrest of the Ger
| man people Is that they continually
| are embroiled in riots-riots because
| of hunger and because of the desire
| for peace.
I saw one riot before the Kaiser's
palace when at least 5000 persons
were assembled at once. 1t took the
| soldiers long time to disperse them.
If ever there is any uprising in
| Germany, one thing 1 know, the Ger
man private soldiers will get back"
| at their officers for their inhuman
brutality. 1 heard of more cases of
| actual barbarism on the part of off,
GERS toward men in the ranks than
one could believe. But I also saw a
number of cases where things hap
I pened which would not be permitted
in our army.
One day, in the subway (the unter-
| ground), saw a German soldier sit
ting quietly reading a paper. The
station was crowded. An officer came
+ in and passed the soldier - but at
some distance. The soldier did not
look up from his paper and so did
not see the officer. The officer wait
! ed n moment, then went over and
| tapped the soldier on the shoulder.
The man got UP, thoroughly fright
ened, as one could see from the ex-
| preston on his face, and saluted.
| Well, the officer started and never in
my life have l heard any person get
| what we would call such a "bawling
out" as that officer gave that soldier.
For over five minutes he talked, and
he did not trouble to lower his voice.
The soldier stood quietly and took 1t
! without one word and. when the off,
Ger was done. simply saluted and
| walked away.
If an officer would do that simply
| because soldier had not seen him
| and did not salute, l wonder what
would happen if anything serious oc-
| Cured!
Rich Don't Go Hungry
The German officers have a very
exalted opinion of their own dignity.
They would not carry a package, no
matter how. small. They would CON
sider that beneath them. They do not
! give up their seat in the street car
to women, unless it happens to be
some woman they know and particu-
iarly wish to please. They flirt out
! rageously with any woman they care
| to, and no woman dares to resent it,
! They will push you off the sidewalk,
} run against you without apology,
show the greatest rudeness in every
way, and they are treated as though
they were gods in human form.
They do not go hungry as the peo-
pie do. They five high. The rich do
not go hungry. either. But the poorer
people, as those of the middle class -
they are the ones who are being
/ crushed by starvation and malnu-
triton.
| Our charwoman, who came every
day to clean the fiat in which we
| lived, told us one day that she could
not come very much longer as she
was starving to death. Her allow
ance of food was so small that she
was getting weaker all the time.
| People are dying there of hunger =
| dying while many of those in charge
| OF the country are getting rich by
graft. The government sets certain
prices for food, but any person who
has money can set these rules aside
| and get whatever he pleases..
When went to Germany to finish
my musical education, in 1914, 1 found
| beautiful, prosperous country, the
| people contented and happy, a coun-
| try respected, with a million bonds of
love and goodfellowship. humanity,
learning and art binding her to the
| other civilized countries - even to
England, whom Germany always hat
ed more or less.
4 Contrast
When I left there this summer l
left a broken, almost despairing coun-
try. hating and hated; a country
which in three years has lost hum
dreds of years of civilization; a coun-
| try which, l hope, some day will call
| to account the men who brought woe
| unutterable Upon it as we'll as upon
the rest OF the world. But that is a
hope l am afraid l never will see
| realized
/ remember the Sunday that war
swept down upon Germany. BY Q
p. m. that day thousands of soldiers
were IudICHlHB beTllD,
| equipped. even to an extra pair of
shoes. The way they marched and
drilled was beautiful in it's perfection,
had one not known that this magnifi-
| cent machine had been created simply
to kill.
There was no disorder, no murmur-
/ ing from the people. The heroic Ger
man women bade goodby to their
men, without a sigh, with scarcely a
tear. The men marched away, sing
ing their patriotic songs, cheering
and Laughing.
During the first year the cities were
! kept illumined; flags were flung and
bells were rung at the slightest prov
ocation. Every report of German
victory brought forth new enthusi-
asm. When the Germans were march
ing toward Paris we lived daily in
expectation of hearing that Paris had
fallen into their hands.
But, when. the blunder of the Ger
man commander saved the capital OF
France, the hopes of the German
people took a sudden drop. They
never have forgiven this. Continually
you hear, IF Hindenburg had beer
leading the army we would have had
| Paris and the war would have beer
over in short ORDER
4 German People Dlsc0ntented
/ The second year was much like the
first, but the third year we saw the
beginning of discouragement Greer
H.