The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-24

commanded by Robert Billiard, Charles
=. Summarize and now Frank Parker.
After our troops. represented only by the
Eighteenth Infantry. came the American
and the English clubs. suppressed dur
ing the war; some informed Britishers,
then hremcn Of suburban towns, singing
and cycling clubs. pedestrians, circles
and members OF the Chamber Of Com
merce. Bands that had not played for
four years were out giving American.
French and British airs.
The rest Of. our troops went around
the picturesque and peculiar city, the
upper part OF which In perched upon a
rocky tableland bounded upon three Sides
by precipices, at the foot OF which flow
two tiny rivers.
y During the war the Kaiser freuuently
visited Luxembourg. always stopping in
the house OF the German Ambassador.
who left the country Just ahead of the
German soldiery. The Crown Prince al
WAYS stopped in the town Of Esch. The
Kaiser vainly tried TO gain the good will
OF Luxemburgers by gifts OF money to
the poor. twice contributing $4,000.
Some Americans Are There.
English Ia taught In schools here. Reg
inald Bottomley. who has been here
through the war. says the Americans
are Joining with the people in the cele-
eratlon OF the triumph of diplomacy, for
word Of II will journey into Germany.
\ ! found q man named Albert Weisen
Fused to know in New York city running
grocery store. He had been busy for
days telling the Luxemburgers all about
ahe Americans and that they were not
brutes, as represented by the officers of
the Prussian army.
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wonderfully decorated. The flag of the
country is the same as that of Holland.
On one banner l read. Welcome TO
Americans saviors OF our dear country"
Prominent citizens recently back from
the Rhine Valley told me that the Ger
man people since the -kaiser's flight to
Holland were speaking of Americans as
liberators of Germany, n most hopeful
sign. as the Germany army which re-
tired, while defeated, was far from being
disorganiZed.
Soon VIII Enter RhineIand.
Near the town OF Diekireich. a popular
resort for English tourists before the
war, is the finest trout fishing in Europe
Members OF the Metz family. also the
Degargans and the Duteux family, have
invited American officers to pass a few
days there. casting flies for fish. How
ever, we can only pass through Luxem-
burg and soon will enter the Rhineland.
Two proclamations cover the bill
boards. one from local committee call
ing upon the citizens to Join In a greet
ing to the Americans. and the other from
Gen. Pershing, telling the Luxemburgers
that our troops are under strict orders
to conduct themselves with strict deport-
ment, adding:
The presence OF Americans will not
be prolonged longer than is strictly nee
essary. nor be for you a burden. Your
Government and your institutions will not
be molested in any manner. Your life and
YOUR property will not be troubled II
is necessary to use certain railways. teIe-
graphs, telephones and supplies, all OF
which will be paid for
AS We get away from the French Dor
der signs multiply OF food difficulties the
poor people were under. Prices are much
higher here than In the border towns OF
German Lorraine. Butter costs So a
pound and an ordinary dinner cannot be
bought for less than 81 American money.
There Is virtually no milk, while an
ordinary five cent cigar costs fifty cents.
Everybody speaks French as well as
German. In the Thirty-second Division.
moving eastward about fifteen miles
north, are hundreds OF GeHnan- Ameri-
cans from around Milwaukee. who sur
prise Luxemburgers by their knowledge
OF poth French and German. The cross
ing OF Luxembourg Is going. forward by
easy stages, and everywhere our SOL
diers are getting gettous welcome.