Evening star., 1919-10-12


csrman women In there they wou'"
hs .xusl,ed. or they would know the
reason why, There were no "er"""
women and the party. though Vo'u"-
tarily abandoned had no serious con-
sequences
Occasionally tho American enlisted
men In berlin would organise SONS
sort OF enjoyment. This would ot'e"
take the form OF moving pictures al
,hs A,smania or at the rooms rented
by tho Y. NJ, c. A.
In connection with the presence OF
the good old American "doughooy'
in Berlin. there was story 'oio
about the Adlon that bears the tell
ing here.
A khaki-clad enlisted man entered
the elevator one day on his way to
the Adlon floor where he was to re-
port for duty with the mission head-
quarters. At about the same instant
a German general. no other than Gen.
Won I.udendorff. mind you. intended en-
tering the elevator to ascend TO MS
rooms that he always occupied curing
brief visits to the capital. The elevator
ran was very much concerned. "Lieber
Gott." or words to that effect were his.
and he excitedly tried to urge the
American to leave the elevator. as Lu-
dendorft. true to his form. would not be
seen within hailing distance OF any
enemy
Let's CO." or words to that effect.
were uttered by this American pri'
yate, as he closed the elevator door
with q bang and ordered the dumb
struck elevator operator to take him
up first and let Ludendorn walt.
On July ith the most ambitious
get-together of the American mill
tary ever organized was staged.
Oficers and men. all that could be
spared from duty. journeyed up the
Spree in charted launch. A regular
old-fashioned American picnic was
had by all. Sans Souci." the palace
of Frederick the Great was taken In
during the holiday frolic.
American base ball was played to
the astonishment of few curious
Potsdamers who probably had not
seen an American before. Moving
pictures Of the stunts were taken by
the Signal Corps and these were later
shown to the officers and men to their
great delight and jollification.
The most striking editorial attack
against things American that ever
encountered in the Berlin press was
an attack against our rmy, of occu-
patton on the Rhine banks in and
around our Coblentz bridgehead
This was written by an anonymous
scribe who confessedly spent three
weeks in our occupied territory. 1t
appeared in der Tag Of May %. 1919.
1t bears the ear-marks Of the usual
song Of hate Of the Germans. and Is
q striking example of q dig in the
back. by it's falsifying author.
Here it is:
AMERICAN CHAMPIONS OF
CULTURE"
(From Der Tag, Berlin,
May %, 1919
BY one who has just returned from
a lengthy visit on the Rhine we are
told:
when the armistice was declared
there came into the region between
Hundrueck and Eifel Scharen yellow
clad soldiers who were received with
their pretension as being champions
OF culture The population was de-
lighted that no blue-clad Frenchmen
were sent to them. and wished to well
come the arrivals from beyond the
seas. even though unwelcome. with
polite Difference. The American
'cockroaches knew how. in the
shortest time. to make themselves
disliked in the highest measure. The
bitterness Of city and country folks
10 general and passionate.
They live in the territory occupied
by the Americans in absolute out
lawry. In unoocupied Germany no
one has any conception Of how rotten
are conditions beyond tho Rhine.
Many believe that they swim In milk
and honey tbacon and bliss) there.
As q matter Of fact, one feels nothing
but the insult Of being gagged and
enslaved with all rights gone. they
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