Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-28

At Frankfort we found the bug IN
der the chip. From the moment we
had crossed the lines and entered the
by the manner in which we had been
treated. Every one seemed friendly.
Even the shop people and the private
soldiers smiled at us. and il an occa-
sional well dressed man paused to
stare frankly and scowl the exception
was so rare that it did not worry us.
We might have talked continually
except that our joint stock of German
did not run to such lengths.
America and Germany will be
friends after the war" one huge field
webel said on one occasion. And a
private enunciated this profound
thought:
"Americans-German
Propagandists at Work.
We did not know what to make OF
it. In Frankfort we were registered
at the Frankforterhof. This fine hotel
has no superior in Paris, so far as
appointments so, and the prices for
the things obtainable were little in
excess of the Partisan prices of to-
day. Some Woodworking young pro-
pagandists took charge Of US and
for day and a half we were in
structed in season and out OF season
on the facts of the revolution and the
need of food.
There was Walter Loeb, twenty
four years old, once an enploye of
Ladenburg Thalman & Co. of New
York, and Norbert Einstein, who was
a. Pm. D. of oxford, and Heinrich Rein
hardt, a young banker, and various
others. We were guests at the best
dinner which Frankfort could pro-
duce. We had a tasty soup. ravioli,
a fish. a meat dish, potatoes, APPLE
cake that was very leathery, because
the dough was made without shorten
ing; wine and coffee that really
tasted quite a good deal like coffee.
After we got really well acquainted
our hosts said:
I'VE want you to tell America that
We love America"
Rather Hard to Believe.
That was a bit too thick / had
been in Germany in 1915. and I know
precisely with what fond affection
Germany then regarded Americans
No one in Germany nowadays makes
the slightest pretense of concealing
the belief that when America entered
the war Germany was defeated. They
are very certain the allies were done
for when Uncle Sam took a hand. and
their undeniable bitterness toward
Won Tirpitz is based on their convic-
tion that his laundering submarine
policy forced the United States in. 1t
is a depression from the straight line
of narrative, but 1t is worth stating
at this point that do not recall that
any one Of the innumerab1e men I
talked with in Germany warmly con-
demned the submarine war.
The German people did not wish
it." was the warmest statement made,
because they did not believe it would
be successful and because of its in
And of Won Tirpitz they say:
HE was a buffer He bIuffed all
the way through He pretended that
he had more submarines than he
really had We began the war with
only forty-two that were fit to take
the sea"
But you built more used to say.
Did Not Fool England.
Yes" was the bitter answer. But
not enough. Won Tirpitz kept on
bluff1ng. He fooled us. all right-but
he did not fool the enemy. England
knew"
soo tidt III Liz Oh Tue past
sentiment, I demanded that be told
what is the reason for this sudden
warmth of Germany toward America
Here they were. getting along nicely
in war that babe fair to be success
full, and which. as they told me,
would have made Germany the one
great power in the world"-and Uncle
Sam knocks their dreams into cooked
hats. Instead of gathering they must
pay indemnities.- Tt is not German
fashion to turn the other cheek SO
meekly. I wanted to know why they
forgave their enemies in such whole
sale fashion.
I'VE must have food they said
candidly. otherwise we fear we will
starve. 1t is only from the United
States that we can hope for aid
The average German stopped at that
answer. Those who. like the revolu-
tionists in Frankfort. take an in
terest in world politics. went a bit
further.
Soldiers Believed Wilson