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was reported, and many more thousands
belonging to princes Of the blood and
members of the court How much of this
is true / do not know. But | do know
that this aristOcrat failed both in the mill
tary academy and in the German army
and that he was sent to The United States
by the Kaiscr's wish and that of his FAM
lily, "to make man Of himself"
When he was arrested he was practi-
cally down to his last dollar, and his
straits were 50 bad that he had previously
sold his furniture and even the few books
which he called his own. That this man
IS really dangerous enemy is certain; that
he had connections with the fatbcrland
which he used against the welfare Of the
United States is also sure. This son of n
count is the chief trouble maker in the
camp, and many of the disturbances which
occur can be traced directly to him.
The officers in charge have tried repeat
cdly to subdue him. He is regular
lodgcr In the guard house. Bread and
water diets are nothing new to him. But
in spite Of all he insists on flooding the
Swiss Legation, the temporary representa-
tive Of the German Government in the
United States, with complaints Of the,
most trivial nature, and his chief joy is
to harass and torment the authorities.
Allied Himself With the !. W.. w.
Although typical German aristoerat,
with all the arrongance, the snobbtshness,
the conceit of the breed, he allied HIM
self soon after his arrival with the most
turbulent element in the camp, the /. W.
w. And, strangely enough, these men,
who decry all rights Of class and heritage,
were glad enough TO accept his leadership
and under his guidance 10 be us obstrcper
GUS MS possible.
A pleasant pastimc Of tins I. W. ".
was 10 sing antiAmerican songs whenever
an officer or soldier was in hearing dis
lance, and one Of their favorite ditties
was designed particularly to Insult the ex
ecutive officer of the camp. He stood it aS
long as he dccently could, but at last
remedial measures had TO he taken. The
dreaded guardhouse or "loch' (hole), as
the Germans call it, had some little effect.
And when n company Of men was made to
stand in the snow for several hours, that
company also became n crowd of pretty
good Germans.
The greatest disgrace here is to he
called an "American" is equal to be-
ing ostracized, and he who tries to con-
vince his fellow prisoners that the United
States is a good land, that its cause is
Just and that Germany will be beaten is
steadily in danger of bodily injury.
II is peculiar That those who shout loud
est for Germany are men who have done
least for their fatherland, for whom Ger
many has done nothing beyond giving
them birth--men who for years have made
their homes and q comfortable living in
the United States,
There is, for instance, young German
Jew who has lived in America about eight
years. / mention the fact that be is Jew
merely because he is of the type which
was always subject to the vilest anti-Se-
mitic sentiments in Germany. This fellow
at the time Of his arrest was an advertis-
ing man with good American income.
He is engaged to an American girl who is
loyal to him, writes to him regularly and
expresses her conviction that he is loyal
to her country. Not long ago he delivered
vehement GRAFTON against the United
States.
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