South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-27


ed than IL has made even Belgium.
After they had refused 10 change
my money at the Deuscher bank. /
went TO the main bank Of Berlin.
the Reich bank. Here they changed
il and did not treat me so badly. I
had 10 leave my money and come
back for the other money anc, as
that would have been after the bank
was closed for the day, they gave
me a piece Of paper which admitted
me 10 the bank about 4 p. m. 1
went back at that time and got my
money. receiving only five marks on
the dollar. That is a low rate. In
Sweden, an American dollar is Civ
er seven marks.
Start for Home.
They gave me 1000 marks, and
sealed the rest Of the money so /
could not open il until 1 was beyond
the frontier That seemed another
silly thing for them TO debut they
did il.
I paid my rent, bought my tickets
and got everything ready to leave the
my trunk but Of course had to leave
il there. They kept it two weeks.
going over everything in il. then
sent IL on 70 Christiania, Norway. Up
10 this date I have not received il
yet They had TO read every bit OF
writing in il, look over all my mu-
sic and stamp everything, for if, at
the frontier. one thing would be
found not stamped officially, there
was a likelihood that the whole
trunk would be confiscated.
My bag was treated the same way
everything examined and stamped.
I had a couple OF fiction books l
wanted 10 read on the way and I
had a great deal Of trouble getting
them out. They were looked over
thoroughly, so TO be sure they did
not contain mysterious messages or
maps or something like that. Even
my prayer book was stamped
Then I really started. 1 had 70
travel second class, in a stuffy little
compartment without any comforts.
but / did not nina that. I travelled
on the train from 70 10 a. m. Sat
urday and then reached the from
tier. When / had applied for my
passports. I had to give the kom
mandatOre three pictures of myself.
One he pasted on the passport. the
other two he sent on 10 the from
tier.
When I got to WarnemUnde, the
frontier town, / handed over my
passports and was given a slip Of
paper with a number on it in re
turn.
Out Of Germany.
Then / was taken into a room
where a woman stripped and exam
ined me from head TO foot. She
took down my hair, looked in my
shoes, in the Wristbands of my
clothes and the hens. She worked
like lightning, but she certainly was
thorough. Finally she said 1 could
pass. Then I received my passports
and my bag-which had been put
through as gruelling an examination
as 1 had, and 1 was out of Ger
many.
The very air seemed different on
the other side Of the border
Then 1 took the boat to Copen-
hagen. Denmark, and from there
prepared TO go to Christiania, Nor
way, when 1 would really be on my
way home
I spent from Sunday to Monday
in Copenhagen and here I met a
Capt Totten. connected with the
American military legation in Cop
enhagen. / met him as 1 was get
ting on a train. I was Juggling my
heavy bag and trying to lift it on
the high steps.
"Oh, darn" / said.
This man smiled and said. You
are an Americana"
I told him yes" and he then took
charge Of my bag and of me and
was tremendously nice. l got in
Christiania about p. m. Tuesday,
July Is.
Capt. Totten told me / would have
10 stay in Christiania six days be
fore could leave. Once more panic
seized me, for a boat was leaving
for America in three days and
wanted TO get it.
But Capt. Totem said he would
see what he could do. He com
municated with Mr. Caffin, the
American consul general at Chris
tiania. another very nice man, and
Mr.. Caffin after questioning me. said
he would see that I got that boat.
You see, they are so suspicious there
/ of any person coming from Ger
many. They have had such terrible
/ examples of German spying that
/ they must be careful.
\ Strange Story.
In Norway I heard OF the Norwe-
gian captain upon whose boat an
/ English army officer, a spy. had Sc
GREETED himself to escape from Ger
/ many. He was in terrible danger.
I but had managed 10 get to the boat
and he would have escaped. had
not the captain been a German SYM
pathizer.
He found the English officer on
| board and instead of giving him 10
/ England. turned him over 10 Ger
many again. People heard of il and
now that officer is not permitted TO
/ &c into any port. Any time this ship
/ approaches a port, ne Is warned
away The Germans don't want him,
! his own people won't have him; no
neutral will take him in and, un-
/ less he gets some place where he is
not known he and his crew may