Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-29

We returned from Albania to Paris
in October. While in Paris | at
tached myself to the American Red
Cross, to assist in the work of Serb
ian relief. Later, when in Rome. I
was bit regretful that | had done
so, inasmuch as there was a good
opening in the naval officers there
AS a result of the tour to Paris and
return | saw a good deal OF several
fascinating cities.
Was lucky enough to have nearly
| TWO weeks in Rome. | leave it to
your imagination to conjecture what
a wonderful time l had. While there
witnessed the great demonstration
that attended the United States dec
laration of war against Austria. |
wrote long article concerning that
event which hope has found it's way
into print by this time | have been
sending some letters to the Evening
Post, of New York, without meeting
any disbursement. l saw Corfu
| from the bay but was unable to go
ashore. Spent Christmas day in the
! city of Patras, Greece, and had a bet
ter time than | had hoped for. Paid
a second visit to Athens during the
last week of the old year. After
Rome, Athens seems a bit tame, yet
there is nothing in the world more
beautiful than the Acropolis. have
spent good many afternoons and
one fine moonlight evening sitting on
the Parthenon steps or thereabout
and never have ceased to marvel at
the splendor of the scene
Aupperle and Ed Kneass 1.-TWO
Stanford mem are in the same work
as |. We came from Paris together.
kneass has gone up country, to
| Monstair, | think, to do relief work /;
and Aupp and | expect to leave here
before long. There is a possibility
mat we may go into Albania to have
charge of a refugee camp. l think
that would be rather interesting
Just at present we are working in
! the Red Cross warehouse. A ship
came in with a damaged cargo a
while ago. The crates of clothing,
| food, and medicine all have to be
opened and re-conditioned We have
a gang of Bulgarian prisoners to help
up, which adds something to the in
terest of the work They are will
iIg workers, and very strong, consid-
ering the food that they get Beyond
their disposition to lift" whatever
food and clothing they can they
cause little trouble.
| read with interest your resume
of the situation in the Orient. At
present l am but slightly informed
concerning the trend of events out
there. Recently l received a letter
giving some interesting information
about the Philippine situation, from
which l copy:
Conditions in the Philippines are
about the same as when you left.
We have over 400 Germans informed
crews from the interned German
m erchant ships. The German consul
at Cebu tried to start an instruction
among the Filipinos Of that island,
but he was soon jailed. We have
been very much pleased with the at
titude of the Filipinos since the war
was declared. The leaders immedi-
ately offered a division of Filipino
troops to the President, and the
president of the senate, Mr.. Quezon,
made trip to the States to consult
with President Wilson about accept
ing the p. |. division. l believe it
takes special legislation by the home
congress to authorize the acceptance
of the Filipino troops and it seems
quite likely the bill will pass and the
division sent for border duty, if not
to the European lines"
You probably wonder what par
ticular information l have to offer
concerning the war. None. The
general trend of opinion is that the
struggle may go on for several years.
The United States has bigger job
ahead than most folks realize.
thought Lloyd Georges address of a
week ago a splendid one. His pro-
gram seems a sensible one-whether
it will ever be realized is doubtful.
Personally l doubt whether certain
of the Balkan countries ever will re-
new their old status as Independent,
self-goyerning states. Italy, France,
and England, as we'll as the central
powers, have made tremendous sac
rifices of money and men because of
the Balkan mess. | don't think any
halfway solution of the problem will
be tolerated by any of the powers
after the struggle is finished.
Salonica was nearly wiped out by