The evening herald., 1917-04-19
We HOPE WE'LL PULL
THROUGH, IS VIEW OF
GERMANS At PRESENT
There Ia Less Certainty Among
the People as to an Ultimate
Victory, According to Return.
ing Consular Officers.
Special Correspondence 20 The Herald.
SAN Juan, porto Rico. April

Special Correspondence 20 The Herald.
san Juan, Porto Rico, April -
Correspondence OF The Associated
Prcss) --"Germany over aiii" has now
dwindlod to I'VE hope wen pun
through" This. at least. was the gen.
eral opinion of the feeling in Ger
many as expressed by party OF
twenty zone American consular officers
and their wives. recently stationed in
Germany who were In port few
hours yesterday en- route from Cadiz
TO Havana and home. Until very re-
Gently, according To- members of this
party. there had been no change in
the German mind that victory was
not as certain a. at the beginning Of
the war There Is less certainty now.
In this party OF Americans among
the last To leave Germany and ,.ho
did not get out until more than a
week after Ambassador Gerard had
left Berlin. were Dr. william Thomas
Fee. consul NJ Bremen. and James G.
MCNally. vice consul az Hamburg, to-
Cother with their families. Others in
the party were Consul Michael J,
Hendrick, Piauou; Consular Agent
Joseph +. BucH, Bremorhaven; Com
sui Leo Alien Bergholx Dresden:
Consul Charles !. winans and Vice
Consul Ralph Dix. Nuremberg: Con-
sui Ferris. Mannheim; Vice Consul
Giesler. Cologne. and the family of
Consul Henry G. \. Damn. formerly
stationed at Aix-la -Chapelle.
"Germany is gradually becoming
exhausted. although she still has
great power said a member Of this
party she is eXhausting her men.
her food supply and her supply OF all
raw materials"
supply Of Men Exhausted.
THE greatest exhaustion In GER
many today is in her supply Of men,
said another consul. IAN OF the men
from II TO G5 have already entered
the service. Many of the boys under
Il have gone In so that when the new
classes are called there Is no one TO
respond. In the cities and in the
country one sees women. Oh men,
cripplcs and children Nowhere IS
an able bodied man seen except in
uniform,
There isn't the war enthusiasm
there was although the determination
OF the people to keep on lighting is
wonderful. II isn't question OF con-
quest or place in the sun now IT'S
a question OF preservation"
Fully 30 per cent OF the people OF
Germany had warm, friendly feel
ing for the people of the United
states said another consul.
Leaving Germany under the cundi-
lions which they did was not very
pleasant, according to various officials
No personal hardships were placed ir
their way. il Ha4 said, but they might
have been home by this time had
they received the first two messages
sent out from the American embassy
At Berlin telling of the breaking of
diplomatic relations between Germany
ana the United States.
II was talking over my telephone
when the wire was cut said one
consul. "No. / didn't inquire why.
But it took three and four days Ia get
messages that ordinarily reached ~
M u lew minutes by telegraph or tel
ephono. don't think any of us in
Wuirod wins the general notice from
the embassy ads ising us of the diplo-
matte break was no delivered. But
II wasn't and We left Germany more
than week after Ambassador Gerard
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