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of the other men. with an awe that
amounts almost TO worship. His ex.
plots. since he came to America, have
been often told by newspaper head
lines both In the United States and in
Canada. where his attempts at frenzied
finance would have provoked the envy
OF ~ Wallinuford.
"'The Eaiser's American Agent" he
was dubbed by the reporters. The
legend was that he was sent to this
country To invest the Emperors money
in the colossal resources of America.
He had 10000. 900 marks of royal funds,
it was reported, and many more thou
sands belonging 10. princes of the blood
and members OF the court How much
Of this is true 7 do notsk know. But I
do know that this aristocrat failed
both in the military academy aud in
the German army and that he was
sent to the United States by the kai-
ser's wish and that of his family. Ito
make a man of himself" When he
was arrested he was practically down
to his last dollar, and his straits were
so bad that he had previously sold
his furniture and even the few books
which he called his own. That this
man is really a dangerous enemy is
certain, that he had connections with
the Fatherland which he used against
the welfare Of the United States is also
sure This son of count Is the cnief
troublemaker in the camp. and many
Of the disturbances which occur can
be traced directly to him.
The officers in charge have tried re-
peatedly to subdue him. He is a reg
ular lodger in the guardhouse. Bread
andwa'er diets are nothing new to
him. But in spite of all he insists on
flooding the Swiss legation. the tenn.
porary representative of the German
Government in the United States. with
complaints of the most trivial nature
and his chief JOY is to harass and tor.
ment the authorities.
Although a typical German aristo.
crat. with all the arrogance. the snob.
bshness. the conceit of the breed. he
allied himself soon after his arrival
with the most turbulent element in the
camp. the |. w. VS. And. strangely
enough. these men. who decry all
rights Of class and heritage. were glad
enough to accept his leadership. and
under his guidance to be as obstrep-
erous as possible. They refused to do
any kind of work, in spite of the fact
that all the work demanded from Ger
man prisoners is for the benefit Of the
camp itself such as repairs. cooking
dshwashing, maintenance of the
grounds aud cleaning. A pleasant pas.
time Of the |. w. WIS was to sing anti.
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day laborer. college professor and a
barber are made to live together in
the space of n few square feet there
are bound 10 be collisions just as they
would occur in the outside world
II must not be forgotten that nore
Of the men i'm the internment camp
have actually been convicted of any
crimes against this country. Attorney
General Gregory. in a recent address
tyDifled them rs enemy aliens who
might become dangerous" They are
mostly individuals whose sympat hies
are known TO bo with the German
cause. who have been reported to the
Federal authorities as disloval in their
remarks or AGAINST whom there Is sus.
picion Of espionage. The internment
camn Is n precaution camp. There are
innocent men in it. Of that I am sure.
Eit W." Is no respecter of persons
The individual is but an ant. Just &c
man, steps clumsily on an ant hill and
kills n hundred of the little things re-
rardless of any injury they may have
don" to him. so Mars. with his clumsy
heel. claims the lives Of the human
ants. he they friends or enemies.
or German types there are many in
the Fort Douglas prison camp. And
although a large number of the in
mates have been modified somewhat
by the different surroundings in which
they have lived. they have maintained
their chief characteristics and are rep
rcsentatives not only of Germany itself
but OF the Germans in America. I do
not mean to say fOr n moment that
tho Germans in America. as a whole.
are not loyal to the country of their
adoption. but all the disloyal Germans
have not been interned by any means.
The only difference IL that the tongues
OF those who are still at large Wag
more carefully and privately.
At Fort Douglas they have been
coming at the rate of sixty month,
and according TO present indications
the number of inhabitants of wha,
they call Uncle Sans summer resort
will soon reach the thousand mark.
The observer is at once struck by
the strict class conscience that pre-
walls throughout the mustard-colOred
barracks and in all the camp actiri.
ties Titles may be found IN abun-
dance. Counts, barons, professors. doc
tors and members of Germany's lowest
grade Of nobility designated by the
prefix Won are scattered throughout
the place. Many Of the so-calleu aris-
tocrats are plainly impostors. But
they cling to their fairy tales with a
tenacity that is astonishing.
The peer of the camp nobility is the
worthless son Of well-known family
OF counts in Prussia. He is looked up
TO by the other men. OF at least most
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in life is" he shouted. his little chest
swelling out like that of pouter
pigeon. "lt is in Germany. the !. nd OF
the brave and the free. the land of my
fathers and forefathers." And among
the cheers of his fellow prisoners he
strutted Off into the mess hall.
After dinner I asked him whether
he really intended 10 go back 10 Ger.
many after the war.
OF course" he said
Did YOU serve in the German
army"
Yes"
Did you report for service when the
war broke out?"
NO"
Then do you realize that twenty.
four hours after YOU land in the
country of your fathers and forefath-
ers yo, will be arrested as u deserter
and put in PRISON."
Now that fellow had absolutely no
intention to go back after the war.
But when | am around he does not
shout so much any more. However.
whenever my back is turned just
know that he speaks about me as the
American
Another significant incident hap
pened a week or So ago.
\ prisoner had died in the camp
coffin was sent down from the quarter
masters stores and IN the afternoon
qudrtermaster's wagon carried the
corpse to the fort cemetery, where
the German was buried side by side
with the American soldier dead
United States captain went along to
the grave, guard of soldiers and
twelve of the interned men as pail.
bearers.
he hn Il toft Io
camp an angry protest went the
rounds
WHY did they not send n roaree"''
was the question. And the authorities
were accused of having sent q dung
wagon to carry ava: thrr comra,le--
deliberate insult to the prisoners and
t. Germany! One of the twelve pail
bearers even stepped out of the ranks
and beruted the captain before his own
soldiers. serious breach of all dis.
cipline. etiquette and politeness
1t was explained by the officers that
the burial was done exactly as in the
case of Il dead American soldier who
had no funds to pay for more elab.
crate funeral. The explanation was not
accepted. a vrulent letter (signed at
the head by the son of COUNT was
written to the Swiss legation and an
apology was demanded.
ana Vet tl1e very udN OF tne 1uneral
the prisoners held 'turnfcst" lath-
letic festival not more than hundred
feet from the chapel where their dead
comrade lay. There was shouting. and
singing. baseball and vaulting, rum
ming and set-up exercises. Even while
the memorial service was in progress
the men sat around. discussing the
sporting events and waiting only for
the rites to be over so they could start
the next number on the program.
They We're ready enough to com.
plain about the shame and disgrace"
which the authorities of the camp hau
forced upon them, but no ole thought
of the shame and disgrace of their be
havior.
An amusing bit of psychology is the
assumption of petty authority on the
part of the prisoners who have been
placed in charge of the various bar.
racks and who have been given other
camp jobs. Officially the men in
charge are called marshals, but among
themselves they are "commandants OF
companies" in the true German mill.
tary spirit.
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DEPRIVED or BELGIAN FOOD.
GERMANS MUST HA We PEACE
4rmy Fafened for Years Products Captured Lands While
Folks at Home Stnrred-Noc Soldiers win
.p Suffer Well
BY WALTER DURANTY

corruption-leading sometimes, as
pointed out in the case OF the Ghent
supply stan, to a gigantic seandal--was
due. primarily TO tue appalling need of
the German civil population. The game
cause was responsible for the vast sys-
tenn Of smuggling from Holland. Al
though In the country districts OF Ger
many there was enough hidden food,
the urban populations have been In
many cases literally starving
During the first six months Of the
war fooi WAS sent home freely from
Belgium. hut when the military author
tiles realized after the battle of the
yser, that they faced a long war. the
whole Of the immense food production
OF Belgium was reserved for the army.
Nevertheless. officers and men going on
leave persisted in carrying supplies
In vain punishments were .rained bread
cast and leave curtailed. II WAS i'm
possible to suppress leave entirely and
the severity OF the orders against the
removal of food only spread the COR
ruption wider. At the present moment
the famous German discipline has In
this resp4ct broken down i completely.
'S4tll pc~liojther hpncr, duty nor pa
'es 2 ysgss ~: = z: Z:
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platz a Gesundbrunnen fountain OF
health, a Sieges Alice Victory avenue,
ana even a Bolsheviki Plaza. The little
guard house where recalciirant interns
are sometimes placed Tor few days
ON a bread and water diet ',as !l-o
been named after Gcrmany's idolized
general-in-chief, and the bath house OF
tho first barracks, wnere diplomatic
meetings are held OF evenings, In the
House of Parliament.
The military authorities in charge Of
the camp look indulgently on. The
men within the fence are out Of harms
reach. Their activities. as one of the
officers expressed 1t, are steam that
must be shut Off"
Therefore. ii is a common occur
renee that while the military band on
the hill plays the "Star 81 lneled Ban.
ner," an enthusiastic crowd OF prison.
ers sings Deutschland. Deutschland
ueber Allies" to the accompa niment OF
rickety piano. operated by large
music teacher with blond mustache
There are now about 800 men in
termed in the camp. and every day the
number increases. Each Of the prison.
ers has his own grievances. each his
own ideas how the country should be
administered.
= Although most OF tho inmates have
been in America many years. a large
percentage of them still cling tena.
ciously to Germany--at least with their
tongues.
But If they were given an oppor.
tunity right now to return to the land
Of their ideals 95 per cent of them
would beg on their bended knees 70 be
permitted TO remain here. In the still
OF the evenings. when no one listens,
one OF the favorite topics Of converse.
tion is the matter Of deportation. and
deportation seems to be the DC Sc
man of the camp.
know for fact that many OF those
who protest loudest against American,
injustice" who cheer most when the
news OF German victories come in,
nave written touching letters to the
authorities requesting their release on
the ground that they are loyal and
faithful to the Stars and Stripes.
And yet those very men are utter.
ing every day words which under the
espionage law would make them SUBJ
Ject to long prison sentences.
What a heavy task it must be for
the officers and men in charge Of the
war prison to meet all the difficult
situations with an even temper! What
lot of diplomacy. Of tact II requires
to smooth out all the small complaints,
the petty grievances that come before
them in steady stream.
or course. one must take into con.
sideration that long internment is
trying TO the nerves. Daily associa-
ton with hundreds OF men with whom
one has nothing In common, the close
and closed community life. from which
there is no relief. makes the viewpoint
narrow and dulls the brain. .N
You and / have often been in little
sequestered villages where the tnhabl.
tants had littl" connection with the
outside world. The gossip. the pryings
into the neighbOrs' doings. the mo.
rotony of the whole existence imme-
dintely became apparent to the out
sldcr And when to those conditions
You add the barbed wire fence and the
Teutonic qualities which ! have men.
TONED, you may imagine the intern
mont camp.
When baron and baker. fur
trader and minister n sea captain
ana bookkeeper, capitalist and Il
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MANNHEIM MOB
DEFEATS POLICE
Peace Paraders. Attacked
With Machine Guns, Win
Street Battle
WOMEN ARE SHOT DOWN
Soldiers Ordered to Disperse
Meeting. Join Workers in
Revolutionary Song
Special Cable 10 Evening Public Ledger

CopWiDht, 1918, bv Ncio York Tires Go.
...-. London. Oct. 2G.
The London Times correspondents a,
Ths Hague reports that every day brings
fresh testimony OF the critical situation
in which Germany finds herself owing to
internal d'sconlent. man jus, arrived
from Mannheim tells the following:
"Germany is sick 10 death OF the war
use the words literally, not AS a figure
Of speech. The German is the most
crednlous Of mortals. bur his disillusion-
ment is now correspondingly great
Hence the disturbances which are OF
daly occurrence
"On Tuesnay Of last week there was
great meeting at Ludw igshafen. attended
by q crowd estimated as high as 5000
persons. This was protest meeting
against the war. insisting that peace
must he concluded forthwith.
ut was followed on Thursday by an
other meeting at Mannheim. when h
resolution was adopted in favor Of a
general strike II peace was not brought
about with the utmost possible dispatch.
fhis meeting. which began at 8 o'clock
produced fiery speeches. which increased
in violence az The evening went on.
Every sort OF condemnation was ut
tered of the German statesmen who
brought the country to it's present pass.
The audience worked up by the rough
a and-ready eo<iuence OF popular orators.
reached an extraordinary pitch Of excite
ment. Denunciaions Of Hindenburg.
i.udendorff and Prince Max. in fact OF
every one connected with the present
ruling powers. came thick and fast.
AT last, when the meeting demanded
the overthrow of the present regime and
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Germans Fighting Des.
perately for Each Village
in Haig's Advance
MEN AND GUNS TAKEN
Movements Behind Enemy's
Lines Reported by Airmen
Indicate Further Retreat
By PHILIP GIBBS
Special Csble to Evening Public Ledger

Special Cable TO ECening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1919. bD Neto York Times Co.
With the British Army. War Correspond-
ents' Headquarters, Oct, &c.
The troops of our first and third
armies are still fighting very hard In
the woody country south OF Valenc!ennes
and east of lie Cateau. The Germans
are resisting strongly and no single vilr
lage has fallen ineo our mems hands
without separate little battle for IT.,
though during the last twenty-four
hours they have taken many villages,
and each. with small rivers like the Har-
pies and the Ecaillon, tributaries OF the
Scheldt have been crossed In the face OF
heavy hre defending the bridgeheads and
breaking UP bridges fiung over by our
engineers.
The enemy has many guns and ma
chine guns everywhere. and our men.
moving forward In this open warfare
without any protection of trenches or
dugouts. on the outskirts Of woods where
the Germans have good cover and In
villages where they. fire from roofs and
windows and cellars, are not hayinr an
eask drive through.
On the right the Sixth Division IL be-
yoDd the eastern edge of Bishops wood
and beyond the village Of Ors south Of
Landrecies. and in the center other Eng
ltsh troops are getting very close to lie
ouesnoy. which is south OF Valenciennes
ON the left. English and Scottish troops
ntormed the village of Thiant after fore
Ing the crossings of the Ecailon River.
and our Fourth Division took the villages
Of verchain and Morchaux. while the
Eifty-nrst Highland Division cleared the
river bA * Of Maing under fierce ma
chine-gun hre. The New Zeaineders, at
tacking forward on the high ground he
yond Neuyille. captured many German
guns and inflicted severe losses on the
enemy
There was an intense machine gun
IRE from the high ground east Of lie
Quesnoy and hostile reid guns were hr-
'ihg from conct aled positions and using
;1ofye quantities of gas sheils. Our ar
'I>QR 80 much activity Of troops End
&1Gn0rf IN the German lines. and u u
~ thai the enemy y preSArlng for
S'saCs z \. ><espe {sen sns '''s
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Historic Documents Carried
Off and Attempt Made
to Mine Cathedral
STEAL FACTORY DESIGNS
Municipal Officials Ask That
Teutons Be Compelled to
Rehabilitate City

Pnrts. oct ~
Deliberate destruction of property and
documents of historic nature was carr
ried out by the Germans at st. Quentin,
according 10 IA report made to Premier
c!emenceau by the municipal authorities
of that city, who baye made an invest
CATION
Ancient city documents which had bean
walled up under control of the German
command and placed under seal were
found to have been removed or burned.
Evidence showed that this occurred
shortly after the inhabitants fed fYom
ST, Quentin in March. 1917 At th4I
cathedral an attempt was made TO mlne
the great pillars. but the rapid advanc4.
of the French prevented the Gernlana:
from carrying out their design sy
In stripping every factory In the c1<Y
the Germans carried Off all models 49,
designs and even the accounts Of thHi
various companies We're removed. Th&1
municipal authorities ask that an Alt1o1'
or neutral commission visit the city noGGI|
to establish the falsity of the stateeHQn1
made by Dr. W. S. solf. the GeFuooD
Foreign Secretary. that the city MA,
destroyed by shells from the Aiit63
artillery. Such visit would His0. tEtf
say. establish that the German depr9G1<
tlons We're actuated by deterh1t4n1|
TO crush the economic life of France
The report asks that the armi0
with German. when arranged Rl1f
cure the return OF all the people n
city from occupied districts Of dr.
and that Germany he compelled t6
an indemnity and supply workeru
terial, machinery and furniture 70 q
the city rehabilitate itself
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the soldiers went away, after fruterntZ-
ing with the crowd
'on Friday there was IA procession to
the town hail, thousands participating.
In all these proceedings women take
an active part. looking. indeed. more
lnsiStcnt and eycitable than til. men.
Women have got beyond the passive
resistance stage They know where and
how to obtain weapons OF offense. and
came bringing arms with them. Many
windows We're broken during the demon
sirations of the last few days.
But the great event of the week
followed on Friday evening. when an
open-ar meeting was held This meeting
took place in ii meadow adjacent to the
town. and az the people returned in II
huge procession the police endcavored
to arresi it, progress. Machine guns
were posted. and when the demonstra-
tors declined to obev the order 10 dis
perse they We're brought into action.
"A regular battle followed. Several
women were Killed, and many mem
bers OF the crowd were severely wound
ed. The police. however. did not have
It all their own way, Bombs We're thrown
by the crowd killing and wounding
some OF the police who were ultimately
swept away by the masses of the popu-
lace with whom rested the honors of the
day.
For the moment the military clique
seems to have the upper hand. while
The people say they are willing 10 see
what comes of the Governments an
swer to President Wilson. 1t s under
Of circumstances such as
have described that the note has been
drawn up. II II does not produce peace
In quick time. there will be some in
leresting developments in Germany, but
do not intend TO return to watch
Them"
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CZECHS REFUSE
TO FEED VIENNA
Set Up Provisional Govern.
ment at Prague. With DR..
kramereZ as Head
HUNGARY URGES PEACE
Separate Independent State
and Recall of Troops DE.
manded by Karolyi
Special Gable TO Euening Public Ledger


Copwi1ht. I9is. by Nc,c York Times 60.
Zurich. Oct. 20
Decisive events are expected from
day to day in Austria Hungary. The
alliance with Germany seems to be
reaching it's end. Peace demonstrations
are taking place daily in Vienna and
Budapest. It Is reported that pro-
vlsional Government has been get up in
Prague. pr. Kramerez figures at the
head of this government, which is COM
pletcly Independent of the Vienna au-
thorties and has refused TO send food
supplies to Vienna, which is now on
the brink OF famine.
Vienna journals annouce that Count
Karolyi. the leader OF the opposition
in the Hungar an Parliament. whose ar
rival In Switzerland is imminent. went
last saturday to Prague and had an inn
portanl and decisive conference will
Eramerez. karolyi. who negotiated in
the name OF the ma jority parties in
Hungary, probably Informed kramerez
that Hungary was disposed To abandon
10 the new czecho-Slovak State the
Hungarian districts of Auroecz, Ar
yapeutra and Arenczin.
This news derives considerable inn
poriance from he fact that in the
Hungarian chamber karolyi demanded
the conclusion Of separate peace with
the Allies. the recognition of the
Czecho-SlOyak state. The constitution
of an Independent Hungary with a kine
of its OWE. and finally the recall Of the
Auslro lIugarian troops from the ltal-
ian and French fronts.
Count Wekerle. the Premier. replied
that an announcement to this effect had
already been made by the Hungarian
Government.
The czechs have adopted AT Prague
an order Of the day demanding In the
the same way the recall OF Ausiro- Hun
garian troops from the fronts
On the other hand. the Ruthenians
of Galicia have proclaimed an inde-
pendent Ukrsinian State. comprising all
reg Ions Of Austria-Hunsary inhabited
by the Rutlrnians.
(. The new State. Of which Lemberg is
the capital. announces that II recognizes
no longer the authority of Emperor
Charles and the Vienna Government,
but only thai OF the International peace
Same f'zsch deputies haze arrived u
~+1t@4f W*~s x .. s, N < ls'|1 ~ ~.
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QUICK Wit SAVES TROOPSHIP
Officer Conveying Liner Sacrifices
Destroyer to Prevent Disaster
Special Cable to Erening Public Ledger
London. Oct. 20.

topWl0hf' i7ie' ~ Ncp iorF "iHrs 20.
London, Oct. 20.
Only an American naval officers
smart seamanship and quick decision
saved liner from destruction and
avoided "A heavy loss OF life among
troops that packed the ship when she
was in collision few days ago with
"a torpedoboat destroyer The COM
mander OF the destroyer sacrificed his
own vessel.
The destroyer was escorting the liner
and was, according to custom zigzae-
ging ahead OF her. The warship was
lust about to make IA sharp turn close
TO the liners bow when her steering
gear jammed
The commander was sufficiently sue.
cessful To avoid running into the liner
himself. but he could not extrca;e his
own craft. The liner hit her full and
plowed right through her. She cut
of the destroyer's bows as clean as IL
it had been done with knife. and
went on her way entirely undamaged
Fortunately the liner hit. the destroyer
forward of her collision bulkheads and
her stability was not destroyed. She
not only remained afoat but was able
to steam ahead. cautiously. II is true
but safely. Mnch Of her top hamper
was carried away. including her col
ors. but 81 lor jumped overheard aud
rescued thenl Stesming ~ sbQut nve
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