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Pershing adopts
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spite military orders, personal feel.
ing plays the largest role in such 4
situation. The American men have
rot lost 100000 comrades, their
homes have not been destroyed, they
have not been embittered by more
than four years of the struggle. They
came to Europe TO defeat the German
army. Now that that is done they
are living up to the Presidents worus
that they have no special grudge
against the German people.
The situation in occupied territory
S intensely interesting from a psyche
logical standpoint. One finds none Of
the personal battered OF America that
one heard much about. One hears on
all sides expressions Of gladness that
Americans, instead Of French, are oc.
cupyinS the region here. This is not
because the Germans hate tho French,
mt fear that the French nate them
One hears at all times the stock cX.
pressions Of hate for England.
Finds Uncle Is Mayor
Especially interesting vas tie entry
Of the Thirty-second Division into the
zone Just north Of Treves. Many men of
this division from Michigan and Wis
'Nns!n speak German and from this
legion many emigrants have gone TO
America. In the town Of Bltburg I
ound that five of eight families aues-
oned had relatives in the United States.
They ooasted of the fact that Detroit
has Bitburg street and Captain
Charles Liederpruyn. of the divisional
intelligence staff. reached Bitburg to
hnd his uncle mayor Of the town.
Perhaps 1t was because the Americans
hnp0 fhAra Gov i-,,, al
when l visited Bitburg today 1t seemed
that the population was the most
friendly Of any / had seen. Hundreds
asked the Americans why they had come
into the war, and in their conversations
overheard Americans in every case tell
them TO rid the world of Prusslan mill.
tarism. This sounded not so bad to
people who themselves now have about
enough OF It.
Food conditions continue TO appear far
better than reported across the line. The
"" nU.ation needs flour. but II tho rich
made to divide with the poor there
= ho no starvation this winter.
.Lh!ng tho atmosphere heresboutc,
one feels that the rich are going to
share whether they will or not. The
revolutionary authorities have an eX-
firm and withal dignifled
grip on the situation and those author
tiles are not controlled by Berlin or by
the upper classes.
Indeed, the German revolution seems
to have been surprisingly well done.
American occupation is intelligently. If
sullenly, accepted everywhere. AS a
local dignity expressed it to me. Now
that YOU are here, We are going to make
the best of it."
When I remarked that it did not ap-
pear that the population needed to be so
sullen, he replied: We'll. you don't cX-
pect us to shout about 1t, do your"
All in all, the German people in our
sector seem TO be on their good bo-
havior. They are now getting a square
deal from the Americans. and the Ger
man generally knows how to grasp an
opportunity for selt-welfare.
This is region of great natural beauty
Tho touch OF fall time has been brought
out in full glory. Nature truly smiles
upon Il and gives to the Germans here
abouts dwelling places as untouched by
the raNascs of war as the spirit OF the
Germans who walk the streets Of its
cities.
have just come from trip to Saar-