El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26
ree Months n Germany After The Arrnistice

and shook his head sadly. He de-
cided the crown princes fate By max
ing a motion with his hand as though
cutting off his head
We were surprised on arriving In
Frefburg to find the platform croWd-
ed with German soldiers and Objects.
n seemed strange to see so many OF
them without the familiar o
painted on their backs, and Withour
any French, British or Americans IN
the crowd Guards in spiked helmets
were policing the platform Although
we saw n6 military organizations.
neither was there any evidence OF
Keeping Out Of jan.
In order to avoid the possibility OF
being arrested. We stepped up 70 ne
first guard we met on the PLATFORM
and before he had a chance to say
anything TO Us we asked MIN % IL
rect US to the local military neaa-
quarters. He accompanied Us % the
offices Of the soldatenrat- or soloiers
council. Freiburg like every otner
city OF Germany being IN the hands
Of the revolutionists.
We were wearing the usual war
correspondents uniform. including
hunting boots and Stetson hat. some
thing new in Germany. The neaos
OF the soldatenrat opened their eyes
in amazement when we walked INTO
o-lA-A<N
we were allied representatives come
to occupy their city We explained
that we were merely private moi
viduals, representing American pub
LEGATIONS. who had come on our own
responsibility TO find out whether
their revolution was fake. and 10
find out whether they really needed
food as badly as had been reported
/, We said that II they had been sincere
in overthrowinZ their old Sovernment
they surely had nothing to conceal
and that we wanted TO be given al
solute freedom TO 90 where we Akeo-
They talked the thing over and
evidently the fact that we might be
able to help force the lifting Of the
food blockade impressed them. and
they gave Us papers requesting that
we be permitted to travel unmoiesteo-
Then they directed US to hotel where
they said We would not be charged
exorbitant prices
For two dollars apiece We were
given small rooms without bath with
out heat. without soap, and without
paper and the sheets on the beds were
we went down to the dining salon
and ordered supper. To our great
Joy the proprietor said We could have
steak When 1t came we had dill
ficulty finding it. so carefully was IL
concealed under the potato Ny
companion and agreed that an
American mule must have strayed
across the Rhine and that there had
Eat Weeks Allowance At = sitting
When we pushed back our chairs.
exhausted after our battle with the
steak. but our hunger far from salts
fled. we asked the proprietor II he
served such delicious filet mignon
regularly. He replied.
You have eaten the entire meat
allowance for ny WIFE ny two
daughters and me for q whole week
''Horr0rsi What pirates we are. in
vading this starving land and taking
food from the mouths Of babes
thought we. But the proprietor gra-
ciously treasured US that II was quite
all right as we were Americans and
could do much for poor Germany
When he presented the bill for the
meal We understood why he said Il
was all right He evidently expected
US not only TO pay for the steak but
for an The steaks which had not been
eaten in his hotel BY American tour
lists for four years. and also pay for
years coal supply and e1dow his phil
anthropic little hosiery with enough
TO take care OF any possible annual
deficit IN the future
Such treatment Is not altogether
peculiar TO Germans. however. We
Americans are regarded as justifiablc
prey by large percent OF the soon-
keepers. hotel and cafe people OF all
Europe.
Just to satfsf.- our curiosity we
conducted a ouieS little investi cation
the next morning, and discovered that
our generous host had neither chill
dren nor wife We also discovered
that he could buy nearly all the meat
he wanted II he cared to do business
direct with the farmer in defiance Of
the law
After leaving Freiburg. on or Wis
its to Karlsruhe. Baden Baden Hei-
delburG. Munich. Leipzig. Berlin.
Hamburg and other cities. we were
10 find out that the entire German
population was spending the most OF
its time figuring out ways for evad-
ing the laws.-Copyright. 1913, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
Next week. Prince Max Of Baden
Baden- BADEN, the war and the revO-
lutiOn- Fear of Prussinn domination
The SDeeter OF hunger. i am received
by Prince Max. What this last OF the
kaiser'S chancenOrs told me about the
Americas participation In the war.
president Wilson and the league Of
nations Attitude toward the kaiser.
Pessimistte views OF the future.