The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-08-01
DO NOT FEAR AMERICA
The People Are Led to Believe That Tt
Ia Impossible for President Wilson
to Raise An Army to Fight
Germany.

"When I look back over the last year
and half in Germany, do not see
how we lived on what food we had, /"
said DR.. G. =. Smalley, who has recent
" returned from IA years residence
in Germany and is now on a visit to
his sister Mrs. =. Warbritton, Of 463
Lake avenue.
DIR. Smalley is a native Of Sheldon,
Illinois, where his parents still reside.
He has eight brothers and sisters all
living in or near Chicago. After the
completion Of his regular school course
he studied dentistry and practiced four
years, from 1900 to 1904 in Chicago.
Hearing Of the great demand for dem
lists in Germany, he left America for
that country in 1904. He began work
in the Office of the emporer g dentist in
Berlin, but only remained there short
time. The owner Of the Office took his
own life and the business was pur-
chased by DR.. Arthur N. Davis, another
American, who became dentist to the
emperor
DR.. Smalley then went to Dresden,
in Saxony, where he married and where
he has resided and practiced his profess
sion until last February when he start
ed with his wife and only son back to
the land Of birth. From first to last
the doctor and his family were about
three months coming from Dresden to
New York He kept lingering behind
in Dresden when the talk of America
entering the war against Germany be-
gan, thinking that the trouble would
blow over, and continued procrastinat-
ing his return until the war was an ac-
tual fact. In October he asked permits
sion from the German government to be
allowed to return to America. In about
three weeks permission came.
But it was permission with a string
tied to it. He was examined by the
German officials as to his reasons for
wishing to return to America. Having
made his explanation all right he was
given permission to return on the condi-
tion that he would spend two weeks in
little t-of-the-way country town
where there were no newspapers and
no means Of hearing much of what was
going on in the outside world. This
period of probation was for the pur-
pose of making sure that he should be
totally ignorant of any troop move
ments or the location Of any part Of
The German armies. A man may have
been cognizant of the exact state of
affairs as it existed before going to
this town but as it was place where
no news was allowed to creep in, in the
two weeks that he had resided there
everything would be entirely changed.
From this town Of Neustadt he went
to Denmark, where he was examined by
the American consul at Copenhagen who
sent the result of his examination to
the department of state of the United
States and asked permission of The
American government for him to re-
turn TO his native land After waiting
seven and half weeks the permission
came and he set out on his voyage ar
irving at Sheldon, Illinois, on June IL,
just In time to be present at the cele-
bration of his fathers 10th birthday
anniversary which took place the next
day and at which all his brothers and
sisters except one were present.
While Or. Smalley was in the Office Of
the emperor s dentist Dr. Davis was first
assistant and he was second assistant.
After Or. Davis took charge Of the Office
DR.. Smalley went to Dresden, in Sax
ony. In speaking Of the profession of
dentistry in Germany he said that
America was far ahead of Germany in
this profession. That is why American
dentists were in demand America had
the first dental college which was es-
tablished In Baltimore in 1882 The
first dental college established in
Europe was in 1876 and the first in Ger
many was in 1884, so that America was
turning out dentists almost fifty years
before Germany.
Asked about what were the ideas and
feelings of the German people concern
ing the war and Americas participa-
"a lion in it as the enemy of Germany, DIR.
Smalley said that it was difficult mat
ter for him to say. His Office catered
= the best class of the German people
Ind the question of the war was ia
booed among them out Of courtesy.
Knowing him as an American, they
lid not breach the subject, that is as
ar as making any discussion of it or
living their opinions, and he did the
anne by them.
However, he said that the German
apers led their readers to believe that
tmerica was a nOnentitv "a far o. tha