The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-08

ulSplay 1eW indications or regret or
disappointment but have settled down
to that humdrum, methodical existence
to which they have been accustomed
for years and years, according to Cap
tain Robert II. Glenn who stopped ov-
er in YOrkville Friday, to see his
mother, Mrs. w. d. Glenn while en-
route to Camp Gordon, Atlanta. He is
the latest local man to return from
service in Germany, having been with
the American Arm yof Occupation for
a number Of months with the veterln-
ary corps Of the First Division and
having left Germany for the States on
August 26, after being overseas exact
ly twelve months to day. Capt. Glenn
expects to get months leave Of alb
sence within the next few days, al
though he is not at ell sure about that,
having been transferred to the veter-
mary corps Of the Fifth Division
which rumor has going to the Mexi-
can border or to Siberia
Captain Glenn's service in Germany
extended over quite bit OF the en-
pre and his duties brought him in
more or less contact with all classes
Of the German people. "They do not
appear to be worried over their de-
feat very much=that is the oldin-
ary working classes don't" he said
Friday evening, "but they wear rath-
er nonchalant air, ready and willing
to fight again if their leaders should
so decree, or on the other hand, per-
fectly content to spend the remain
der Of their lives tilling their little
Heids OF rye and potatoes or working
In their shops or at whatever might be
their occupatio nfor the balance Of
their days.
"The old military fear is in the COM
mon folks still, and they quail and
quake before any person bearing the
least authority as they have been wont
to do all Of the lives, despite the fact
that a government conducted some
what along republican lines has been
set up among them. 1t is my observa-
tion that they are not much interested
in that gOvernment-that Is Mr.. Aver
age Citizen as we know him in this
country isn't. One hears from time to
time the peasants talking OF the new
regime and the special rights and pri-
vileges that they will have under the
new regime that they didn't have un-
der Kaiser William. One hears others
say that the old monarchistic order
was quite good enough for them be-
cause there was always peace and
plenty and that is all they want. Still,
from what have seen and heard my
self, and from reliable second hand
information that I have obtained from
American officers and enlisted men
who have visited all parts Of the en-
pirc and from other sources, that au-
tocratic power shall never hold sway
In Germany in the way that 1t did
when kaiscrs were popular. and while
there may be quite bit Of trouble be-
fore the new order gets to working
good it Is going to be new Germany
after all. How much trouble there Is
going to be and along what lines
don't know since / am not an expert
on economic and political affairs. My
business over there was keeping
portion of the horses OF Uncle Sam in
the best shape possible and that was
plenty too.
Nobody Is going hungry now in
those sections of Germany in which I
saw service" said Captain Glenn "The
harvest this year Is nott8oing to be a
bountiful one due to the shortage o.
labor and seasonal conditions, but
the German people are going to have
enough to live on comfortably with
some outside assistance. They do not
appear to be worrying. Lots OF them
still 80 to church all day Sundays and
drink wine and beer and dance all OF
Sunday nights as OF old. There Is little
repentance for their sins in the way
OF sackcloth and ashes. Still, there Is
plenty of crepe and mourning colors
In evidence throughout the land and
that German home that is without
some evidence Of mourning I have
ye! 10 see.
There was never apparent to me
much If any indication OF intense and
bitter feeling toward the American
Army of Occupation or toward tho
troops Of the other Allies. Possibly