Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-26

| to spoil her tea.
have had German women turA
away and refuse to take an introduce
tion.
German mon, when introduced, have
saluted with a sneer and then delib-
erately turned their back, or, imme-
diately they knew I was an Ameri-
can, attempted to take some IA
miliarity.
HATE AMERICANS.
They think American girls will per-
NIT familiarities that German girls
would resent.
When the United states entered tho
war. 1 was living I'm . pension,
boarding house. OF course a great
many people nte Mt the same table and
there were many Germans there.
simply had to leave md go with my
girl friend In little fiaOt as the Ger
man boarders said they would leave II
1 remained.
When the mother OF my girl friend.
the newspaper correspondent, left
Berlin. the komma andatore said, right
TO her face, This Is the last damned
American | will help get out of Ber-
afraid that I would not be allowed to
go, when I finally did ask for my
passport. and was so long getting II.
Another incident l know of-Mr.
the kitchen for Camp Ruhleben, where
the Englishmen are interned, used to
come and visit the woman who had
charge of the pension where he
German officer Of course came right
with him. He would come when he
came to Berlin to buy his supplies.
The woman had to tell him to dis
continue his visits as she said all her
German boarders threatened to leave.
There seems to be more OF con-
temptuous withdrawal from Ameri-
cans on the part of the Germans than
oIt 4.
toward the English. 1t is hate, sure
enough. but not the same kind. l
think 1t is more deadly than that
which they feel toward the English.
The Germans have been hating the
English 40 years or more. They have
been hating US only few months.
But in that time, 1t certainly has
grown to stupendous proportions.
CIVILIANS VS.. SOLDIERS.
One thing I cannot understand, with
all the hunger there is in Berlin, how
the Germans look calmly at the off,
GERS quartered there who have the fat
of the land.
The officers in Berlin have n special
kitchen OF their own. 1t f. in Unter
den Linden and they live high. They
pay extra for ii, but they get the best
in the country. knew German
American girl who worked in the
marveied that such good things were
left in the country. They do not get
white brend-but with thnt exception,
they live almost rs well as they would
at IN first class hotel.
The German people know this. and
I often wonder that they do not riot
and storm TINT kitchen.
One thing 1 will say for the kaiser,
he tries to give his soldiers the best.
He will let the people suffer and the
women and children starve, but his
lighting machine Is governed by an
efficiency almost more than human.
1t,
often hear in America, ME und Gott"
as the German slogan; Il is true,
und uhser Gott"-always mentioning
the kaiser first. In Germany one
right. But out of Germany one Teai-
ICES the blasphemy of 1t.
The people seem to have some sub
conscious idea that the kaiser and
God have n sort of partnership and
that, no matter how wrong things
seem to go, that this invincibIe CO.
operative concern will bring them
through. The country is permeated
with the idea of the kRiser's infnIlibil-
rumOrs Of fears that Germany, per-
hnps may be defeated, but these
rumOrs never are strong enough to
count.
PEOPLE DON'T QUESTION.
Naturally, tho German people wish
the end of the war could come soon,
but they are Injured to the idea of
suffering everything II necessary be-
fore the end comes, so long as Ger
many is left supreme.
In the churches there are no great
religious demonstrations, but neither
does there seem to be any spread of
atheism such as have heard in other
countries, because of the horrors of
the war. There is no questioning as
to why such a terrible thing is per-
mitted to continue.
The people meet in all the churches,
every Friday to pray for peace, prin-
cipally the Catholics. There is no ex-
element. They meet and the priest
gives special prayer and they go
home-that is all.
1t seems that there is no limit to
what the German people will endure
for the fatherland and the kaiser.
Tomorrow Marie Brown will yyrita
about "Fhe German ChiIdren.")
lTO be Continucd)