Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-09-15

and yet again it, pathetic. Germany II
10 in dire need Of food and everything
In the way of clothing, etc. They
haven't even the most necessary arti-
cles Of clothing, they wear wooden
shoes and paper clothes,
CAPTURED ~ DUTCH.
well to continue my story about
getting across the border. went to l
the little town l was told to go to and l
tried to slip through the Dutch sentries
but was caught. Well. / then began
a talk fest. I then discovered the
Dutchmen could not understand Ger
man lat least my particular brandt.
then tried them in French and with less
success At last the sargent in charge
said lin English) Say, can't you
speak English I told him l could
speak a little as was an American
Well you should have seen him smile
all over He said: Say. I've been in
America eight years. Well I saw my
chance. bought cigars for all the
soldiers-about a dozen. / talked and
argued with him for two hours and 1t
did no real good, but could see he
was weakening. l then just happened
to feel in my pocket and I felt pack
age of chewing gum. I pulled 1t out
and the minute the sergeant's eyes
fell on 1t he exclaimed, What's that?
Real American gum? l told him 1t
sure was and gave him stick and
then passed him over the package and
told him to keep it. Well, after that
II could see the chewing gum had done
more than two hours talking. He IL
nally told me he would tell me how
I could manage It, He said l could
go to little roadhouse right near 600
yards) and eat lunch and walt there
till 2 o'clock when he went off duty
and then slip out and grab the electric
car and go to the depot and catch the
first train that came along. He said
if / didn't leave before he was off
duty he couldn't be held responsible
but if l went afterwards it was none
Of his afafir. OF course. I was taking
a chance of getting arrested, etc.
TURN OUT ARMY.
Well l took the chance and as soon
as he left slipped out among crowd
of people who had just crossed the
border and got on to the car. They
! must have missed me very soon be-
cause the whole Dutch army was put
on my trail, so l heard later. I got to
the depot and as luck would have il
just had time to swing on the rear car
of a train headed toward Amsterdam
I had a straw hat which I threw away
: and put on a cap 1 had in my bag. A:
:. the train pulled out of the depot two
motorcyclists in Dutch uniforms cam'
:. up to the depot. My heart jumped
into my mouth but they didn't stol
the train. The next depot we cam
to had to change trains for Amster
DAM AS got off the train
, walked up to train man and aske
him in German which train to TAX
a and he told me and then said 'Yo
are German, aren't you" l said Yf
and could see that he held Telegram
, in his hand and 1 could read over hi
shoulder the one word American
turned and beat 1t for my train befor
:, he had time to say any more. The
- evidently were looking for someone
&c straw hat. Just before the trai
II pulled out heard the station maste
81 tell one of the trainmen to Telegram
'. the little town l had Just left ths
" no American got off the train.
&c breathed sigh of relief and kne
lo I was safe. OF course, as soon as
IN got back my American passport l we
l. all right and believe me / will new
lie give it up again.
ed GERMANS VERY HUNGRY.
Now as to some of the things I sa
ne in Germany. The bread you see he
of enclosed Is commonly called "Kriet
ng Brot." You get two small pieces Ill
cy the enclosed for each meal. Mea
or are very expensive, $40 to $25 me
peace time money value. Meat 81
ed pound, chocolate, s12 a pound. orange
IT, very small, 81 piece, lemons t
ur same. A rubber auto tire from 2
of 4, 900 marks. Its as much as an au
s. cost before the war. Soap 20 mar
as a cake. A real silk, woman's sweat
Ii coat I saw advertised for 700 mari
Cigars, 8 marks. The cafes are II
of people drinking colored water with
little froth on top that looks like be
and is called beer, but tastes like wat
= with a little burnt sugar in 1t.
TN ATTITUDE OF GERMANS.
It'll m. Germans are greatly agitat
All about the peace terms. Their hatr
. of the French is indescribable. TIL
don't hate the Americans-rather Ii
at them, but they all say Wilson and
on. fourteen points is the joke Of the VOL
to Wilson everything they can lay tn
ms tongue to- They say it was the Anne
leans who won the war. They say tn
bravery bordered on foolhariness, .
even today when you tell them the
were 100000 Americans in Europe
the time of the armistice they op
their eyes in wonder. The kaiser tn
still respect. but they hate the cro'
prince, Won Tirpitz, Berthman, HOW
and Erzberger.
to PLEDGE UNBORN CHILDREN.
"A very interesting thing which
saw in a cafe In Hanover illustrate
'no the fanatical hatred the Germans ha
old for the French was that there was
tch large party of young people evider
Ing ly a newly married couple and tn
we friends. They were a jolly GRO
is laughing and talking and singing a
~, hating time tothe orchestra with tn