The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-08-08


town. once a lively country settlement.
was now AS calm rs graveyard. In
this town, which had II population he
fore the war Of 1900 souls. more than
| 40 had been Killed and many others
tie to he had.
There was no enthusiasm for the war
manifest anywhere. The people were
downhenrted. stunned.
II was the same I'm other cities. The
longing for peace WAS universal yet no
one talked of peace or expressed the
desire for II.
One word spoken. which dispieased
the autocratc government. merited the
severest punishment. That r. how II Is
10 be explained that the German peo-
pie cnnnot force the Hohenzollerns into
peace because the government. with
assistance Of the military. smothered
every expression or pence with blood
even at that early date.
Tie present Prussian government
will slaughter any German citizen 10
further its own interests In the same
way that II attacked the innocent pop
1 ulation OF Belgium without regard
With a clean conscience and clean
/ hnndsl
'Gott strafe England. Err list strafe
esI"
Going through the streets this was
heard right and left as 4 comment and
a reply.
To me, fresh from the front. this
kind OF greeting was unknown.
Presently learned the reason OF
this modern form OF salniatlon. The
hatred within the German nation was
not 80 great toward France and Rus
sia.
The people quietly accepted the enor-
nous sacrifices which the war demand
ed from them ia course of time.
But The government. which even
then. foresaw the unfavorsble course
the war WAS taking conceived the ides
of setting England up as the arch
enemy which Intended TO destroy Ger.
many entirely.
The German war machine made use
Of the blockade which England drew
around Germany TO such an extent,
playing upon child murder. so-csIled.
that the people developed an eyer-ln-
crensing hatred toward England.
The French language was no longer
spoken anywhere. A large part OF the
German people formerly used the
French word ''ndieu. a. farewell ex-
precision but that was stopped. Care
had 10 be taken in the use OF this word
to avoid arrest on charge Of high
; treason.
thought about these things as
neared my temporary destination.
wns sufficiently acquainted with the
border 30 that when / arrived In Kali
denkirchen was able 10 reach IL with.
out asking any questions. The spot
/ which had selected for crossing Iny
I In a forest. After a march OF two
hours I arrived near the border. Il
was soon dark and decided to remain
in the woods over night.
I The next morning at daylight I ven-
tnred on and without being seen by the
guards ! crossed into Dutch territory.
With n sigh of relief arrived nj the
I next town. Ven In Holland.
Everywhere l WIS received In q
! friendly manner. I observed that the
Dutch people hated the German people
us much as ] did
! After passing several months In
!
German dssertcrs Ned. ! made up my
mind to move farther away than that
J from Germany for the arms OF the Ger
man government are long and its spies
are everywhere In most cases con-
scienceless criminals.
+, Some OF my Dutch friends made me
acquainted with sailors and these con-
scented to smuggle me TO America on
I their ship. When the ship departed I
was placed in the coal bunkers and ar
rived after IA days In New York. safe
and well.
The first thing that struck me on ar
wide latitude permitted German props-
gnnda.
! Most Of the German papers pub
, lished here were body and soul for the
kaiser md tried daily to justify the
German nght for the German cause.
In this respect the government In
Washington certainly went too far un-
III II was realized that no concessions
could be made TO the Prussian govern
Washington were nothing hut deceitfui
talk. sustained only by action when II
served its interests OF Imperialism.
The promises which the German gov
ernment made to Washington concern
| ing the Lusitania case. the u-boat war.
fare and 30 forth. were nothing hut de
ccIt on the pnrt Of the Berlin govern
meDt.
II was rne oesire to preserve peace
| IA 1.l.,t