The Arvada enterprise., 1919-06-19

it's courts and a fine garden. lhey
showed me all thru it. what
dream of beauty it is-room alter
room of majestic splendor--a large
gallery filled with costly paintings
an enormous fortune just in these.
The grand salon, perhaps 81 feet
long and half as wide with vaulted
painted ceiling 80 feet or more IN
height, huge electrically lighted
chandelier and handsome grouped
sidelights, inlaid floors in exquisite
design of colored woods. The dining
room and library with carved WOOD
coffered ceilings, carved wood doors
and castings and window frames-aii
in rich dark wood. the large halls
with grand stairway in marble.
The palace has gone thru the war
period in remarkably successful
way-during the German occupation
it was the residence Of the German
poyernor-general, who treated it
very we'll The Baron told me he had
had the pictures, fine rugs and best
pieces of furniture, hidden away IN
secret chambers of the palace. Lat
ter came the Bolshevists and Social
lists who left things in horribly dir
tv condition. Last to be installed
there was the Inter-Allied Committee
on Polish affairs-and now the real
owners after years of absence.
Well, to get back to little de-
scription of my trip.-Before dark
ness settled down on Tuesday night
we had an hours ride thru beautiful
country land in France-fruit trees
in full bloom and the charm of spring
everywhere. We reached the Swiss
border at daylight, persuaded the
Customs officials that we were on
diplomatic mission, so did not have
to get up, dress and out for inspe t.
ion. All that day we rode thru mar
velous Swiss and Austrian Tyrol
scenery-nothing finer anywhere.
There is beauty about its green,
homey-looking valleys and the majes-
tic snow covered Alps that's most
satisfying-makes one want to get
off the train and live for months and
patton. Generally Speaking, the
and prosperous, clean and we'll taken
care of. We passed thru Basic and
Zurich and for miles along the glor-
ious waters of the Lake of Zurich.
In Austria I saw many Italian
troops, making up the Army of occu-
paticu. Generally speaking, the
country appears run down and de-
pleted. It was decidedly noticeable
the contrast in the number of work
people in the fields. Swiss fields
were full of men women and child
rem. Austrian fields had many wo-
men and children, but very few men.
In both these countries l saw pract-
ically no horses at work in the fields
oxen and even milk cows, hundreds
of them at work blowing and hauling
except in Vienna l didn't see a
single automobile touring car in eli
Their Switzerland or Austria. Crops
look flourishing everywhere, but in
big centers, such as Vienna, one sees
extreme poverty. The city looks run
down at the heel. OF course this is
only the natural sequence. Living,
however, l was told, was not as high
as in Paris. The shops looked full
Of stuff and of good quality, too.
The people looked at US curlousiy
but more or less disinterestedly. AS
we were driving along one man rails
ed his hat to US and said in German,
greeting to the Americans" Aus
trian money has deprecated to al
most nothingness. The kroner be-
fore the war was worth approximate
ly rs cents. Now it is worth only
3 and ahalf cents. Think of it, A
sorry state for the countrys finan.
ces.
We crossed the newly formed
State Czecho-S lovakia, old Moravia
and Bohemia. The soil is wonder.
fully fertile and productive and very
well titled. 1t was interesting to see
their new soldiers in uniforms. We
don't see them on the streets of cos
mopolitan Paris. This country if lei
alone by the other countries shouiS
prosper. Here and in Poland al
children and most women of the low
er classes are barefoot.
Poland and the Polish people ur,
interesting subjects for study. 20
lands whole history is full of ro
mantle and valorous splendor ant
tragic pity. presume there are M
people more intensely patriotic thar
the Polish. They must be ant
should be an Independent nation
They justly hate alike the Germans
Russians and Austrians. who have Sc
disgracefully oppressed them for cen
turtles past. Poland is bound to pros
per-its people are clever and in
dustrious and Woodworking. Out
side capital is quite necessary to pu
Poland on its feet again, to give i
the proper start. and the Poles d,
not want this to be German capital
They want to keep their country FIRE,
from outside influence and power
rs much as is possible.
| At the present time Soviet is yer,
bad here in Warsaw and in tn,
country to the East-on into Russiin
Our Red Cross il doing noble ane