Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
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Intinato War Experiences and
Observations of
Lowell Mellett
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London, Feb. by Mail)-Had a
bit of the future unrolled for me today.
A tall thin Londoner who sometimes
does these things for his friends, took
my hand, closed his eyes and went into
semi-trance, out Of which he spoke as
follows:
~ see an ancient house in a French
town, with troops all about it. / see
a room in which are gathered German
officers. They are busy and excited in
a subdued way, seemingly awed by the
presence of one who sits at the center
table, though he seems in high spirits
and careless of the Difference the others
pay him. He slaps his right hand in
a jovial nj across the thick should
Fers of a General bending over the table
at his side. His left hand hangs at his
side in a useless sort of way. By that
and by the u%pturned gray mustaches /
recognize the Kaiser. The scowling coun
%tenance of the thick shouldered General
is H~indenburg's.
"Minor Officers continually enter
bringing messages. The excitement
grows. Ever and amor the Kaiser slaps
the thick shoulders. Hindenburg doesn It
seem TO care much for it and doesn't re-
spond to his nominal Masters emotion.
He is giving serious study to the reports
laid before him. Suddenly the Kaiser
calls to him n little old specialized man
in uniform. The little man produces q
stenographers notebook as he comes. To
him the Kaiser dictates, gesturing as he
speaks the words:
:" 'Vorwart nit Gottl Ny brave
troops in%comparably led by Generals,
once again have driven the enemies
seeking to crush the Fatherland-'
cit Is the great offensive. The Ger
are winning.
81 hear church bells and I see city
They are the streets of Berlin.
windows flags are being flung
out and crowds in the streets are laugh
ing and shouting. Newsboys pour out Of
the alleys With bundles of extras under
their arms and crying, Great Victory
on the West Frontl'
FIn the papers you can read positive
Insertions by Capt. Persius and Count
Reventlow and other military critics
hat the longpredicted great vents on
he West Front are under way. Soon now
he Allies must give the German people
he peace for which Germany went to
war.
~ see men and women, old and
loung, eagerly and yet fearfully seiz-
ng the papers. They turn over the scant
quickly, but that for which they
ire looking is not there. The casualties
not been publishedl'
Che amateur seer shook himself ald
,pened his eyes.
"Finish the picture y 1 urged him.
''Finish it for yourself - he replied.
{ What do you think will happen in Ger
many when the people learn the cost of
offensive, figured in the lives of
heir men and boys9 Especially when
he most my. Generals can show for
is a little dent somewhere or other
n the Allies lines and peace no near
r?''
There being a big war on | went last
light to hear a lecture ON Henry Wads-
'orth Longfellow. The lecturer was Will =
am Henry Hudson, former professor II
I English Literature at Stanford, who I,
be remembered in California as
ne of those who quit Stanford at the ;
of the rumpus over Prof. Ross. He 81
now q member of the University Of
faculty and the lecture was II
ne Of the university S extension course. ri
was given in the Free Library of Full
am, which isn't far from Chelsea.
Among the students in the audience 10
as Il soldier who looked to be not less
fifty years old. He was a grizzled
citizen in cavalry boots and
ould have seemed more at home boss
g n section gang. But he followed S;
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