Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-31

d7NAi Ah4 NV ihHt nht hNNN HNN A'"t ""N
that she was in a good and kindly home.
| still can not hold back my tears when
! think Of how she threw both her
hands around my neck aud cried like the
child as she was until, she could cry no
more.
80 madamel it is many days since |
have heard kind words spoken to me.
and Il Is my own native French. q my
France, my Francel when shall / sec
YOU againl My irancel Ny FrancelN
She repeated these words until | my
self could not keep from crying, On tel.
ing her who ! was, like d child to her
own mother she told me things for which
a just God. viii and must punish the
herman People some day. in His infinite
wisdom selecting thai day himself.
French Are Liars
After having her seated in d chair
near me | remembered that | had been
invited there ps an interpreter, | looked
at the faces Of my hosts, father, moher,
and thee daughters. | discovered no
sympathy or compassion on their coun.
t%cnanecs Thinking that they had lot
understood what this child had gone
through I proceeded to tell them why
she was 50 nervous atid frightened aud
why she cried so bitterly, With one
voice they veh2mently accused her Of
living "Not a word Of what she says
is true she. Is lying, all French people
are great liais,n Women do not tell
lies In that fashion, Herr ID
they Flaulein}'' | asked his Youngest
daughter who Is about nineteen years OF
age. "Our brave soldiers are incapable
Of committing such crimes, not a word
Of what she SAYS do | believe, French
ave liars,' she said angrily, My bitter
hatred Of Germany dates from that day,
! labored hard, yentured n great deal
and finally succeeded in obtaining the
French girls release and took her my
self TO the Swiss frontier, after having
appealed personally to the Chancellor
himself and spending several hundreds
Of marks In my many attempts to Sc,
cure the interview.
Americans Astonish Germans BY
Their Cheerfulness.
On that day another amusing incident
occurred further up the street wh,ch I
was unfortunate not to witness but it
was told me BY my friend that evening.
Ny friend understands English well. So
she heard one OF the American prisoners
shout these words TO the spectators.
"Chcer up, Fritgy, you have only got
a couple OF hundred OF us aud we have
already made fifty %cttiesl There j,
something wrong, We 80 not know liz
whole truth, these men | saw today do
not appear like soldiers Of a yanquished
enemy, and they are 50 cheerful. - She
said.
Lat NE relate an amusing incident
that took place about seven or eight
mouths aga which goes 10 show how ill
tempered the average German is aud
how ignorant the MASSES are about thC
war Before | begin "a tell sou the wa,
conditions In Germany and what tn,
Germans are saying aud how little thty
know except what their ralers tell them
They Claim America Win Fay"
When America joined Germany ! cue
mics every German ! knew, both men
and women, received the news with pro
found seorn, In spite Of the fact that
the Berlin press propaganda eonters *
norcl Americas entrance into the wal
on The side Of The Western Allies on,
could not help seeing thar the rulers OF
dcrmanY were trying % bolittle AlatS
cas- ~warmakiug possibilities as muel
~ they could. AT that time an offieel
told me Chat America : entrance lat,
ne war would effect the war against
Germany a. much as the entrance Of th,
Chinese. lit is very good, when ~,
make peace our old enemies will b,
iound impoverished, we-wiN make Am
erica pay the cost IL the war; almos.
everyone greeted y0a with such expires
siOns.
Fifteen Millions More Like Us'l
Then came the news of more thar
ten thousands az Americans had hesR "a
ken prisoners by the Germans This re
port was 50 Persistent that finally ever
! believed that perhaps something hs.
gone wr0ag with the American arn,
when .rch a large number had been TAX
en-. I would have still believed that Ia,
report vas truthful hat something hap
pcned that opened ny eyes ard aF0ase,
my suspicion.
A large number ~ Americans geesatl,
eaniuEea a the western front were "a
radni hkmnat fha afra.f. AZ narts.