New Britain herald., 1919-12-02

against the F'athcrland. In a letter Written 10 a girl from this point he says: May the devil take this Pitts hurgh-a horrible day---Thank God, II is llreadN l o'clock at night. and in eight hours l can leave this cursed munltlon mess You cannot inn agine with what VeNation and with what disgust I stood before this pub lie, which tcemcd Nitf diam onds.
 "kARI.' As showing that he was iv. direct touch with the German embassy at Washington. there is this letter, post marked Boston, April 26. 1916, in which h2 said: 'On the general situation there is not much to saN. Yesterdays report, of a yielding on Ctormany's part was. as I have learned today, and as inlm ediatClE though at the. timc great lN exaggerated. The situation is, as usual, very strained and uncertain, but for the l.. $. A. there appears to be a very sad affair looming up in the far east. In any case, the munitions manufacturers will earn millions moro, and that, for this government, is the first and most important qucs-
 "KARL"
 His bitterness against America was again most effectual1y displayed in a letter Written from Bluehill, Me. on Aug. 1, 1916, in which he said
 My Dear -:
 My deep-sea fishing trip have given up. I heard that of the five men who were to take part in it three belong to the largest shell de1iVerers to the Allies and in the case of the fourth he is building here in this country submarines for England that is, by the international treaty on neu- trality, most positively forbidden, but of course, Wilson, Spring. Rice, Brit ish am bassador), and I think that would be most unpleasant company for me.
 KARL" His activities in aiding 10 SOW dis sension in this country and to organ iZe citizens of German origin against America are shown in this letter:
 'This evening out of q concert for the German Red Cross . It is now fairly certain that Mrs. Mack will sail on the 31st of May, provided that before then some new Wisonian stu pidity does not bob up.
 "KARL" The following letter displays the lengths to which his bitterness ex- tended in connection with members of the Symphony orchestra, who had asked for an advance in salary, and who chanced to be men devoted to the cause of the Allies. He wrote; ''I thank you for your letter Now the disagreeable personal ques- Ct ,t rof 1ooy loi1 fr{ ters concerning orchestra members who have not renewed their contracts and desire higher salaries. l am very glad that among, the people who seek shameless mpensation there is not q single German. A Belgian. FrcTrhnuan and an Englishman have tho doubtful honor to stand at the head.
 "Mr. is a very Jealous member of the most famous society for America and the Allies, so he had better pay these Allied musicians, and probably that is what these men think l am sending you the deepest, most hearty and most faithful greet ings.
 KARL" The doctor waxcs sarcastic in this
  Billings when the German ships were seized in Boston. He writes:
 = Today I received news that the first officer of the Ceceie, a splen- did man, wife and two children ill Germany, has died. He lay in bed with bronchitis and q high fever when the brave officials plundercd the ship. In spite of the doctors protest and the captain the sick man was obliged to get up and leave the ship in the bitter cold weather. He got pncu- monia and died.
 "kARL" The doctors violent conviction with regard to the war are most explicitly shown in this letter, dated Cleveland O.. Jan. 2S. 1916:
 Of course. Pittsburgh is indeed the main center for the man. ufacture of American neutrality mur- derjng instruments. How easy could a German spy throw d little bomb into a factory In this conncct1or. several days ago I learned something which the German government has not published,
 ' Since November, 1914, when the first American shell was fired from an English cannon upon German soldiers, until Dec. l, 1915, 22O.0OO German soldiers have beer, killed and about 400,O wounded and mam ed through American ammunl- tion. Is this not terrible?
 'Thc German government have kept these statistical figures secret because it fears that the people would not be able to control themselves and that in mad rage and revenge they would attack all the Am ericans who are now in Germany. These are terrible times. and sometimes ] nearly perish from impotcnt bitterness. Forgive me if I ,,,itc YAH s11f.Ia crl1nl Ieta ilS hut ,,n,.