The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-30
H|RSCH TELLS OF CONDITIONS SEEN IN EUROPEAN TRIP Both France and Germany Are Anxious for the United :. States to Conclude
 Peace

August HlfScn or the HlrSch Millinery Company, just back from a four months visit to his native heath in the Rhineland, southern Germany, and to France, reports both peoples as supremely anxious for the con- clusion of peace between America and Germany, so that conditions existing priW to the war may fully return.
 MT. Hirsch left Birmingham May 22, going across in the Mauretania to Cherbourg, thence to Paris, where he had to spend four days. securing his passports to Germany. His old home is at Osthoven on the left bank of the Rhine. His relatives reside at Worms and at other points throughout the Rhineland, there being two brothers and four sisters. All of them he found well and comfortably off financially. This was a great relief to him. inas- much as he had not seen them for eight years.
 He also found six grown nieces, who were little girls when he had last seen them, married and their husbands in comfortable circumstances. They Vere war brides, but happy ones. The Rhineland is occupied by French, En glish and American troops, Mir Hirsch reports the attitude of the peo- pie to the troops as friendly and even cordial.
 "The cuisine of the Rhineland is ex eellent," said MT. Hirsch. T found the people short only on flour and milk. The milk shortage is accounted for by the number of cattle that Germany was forced to turn over to France under the Versailles treaty. The grain and wine crops are fine. The beer is poor. but the wine is excellent
 FACTORIES RECOVERING
 "The Rhineland factories seemed to have recovered their activity. Some of them, in which my nephews have interests, are working overtime. Paper. leather goods and electrical supplies are leaders in the way of articles that are being manufactured.
 "The farmers are in excellent con diton and I noticed very little evil dence of underfeeding anywhere in the Rhineland..
 Returning to Paris, where I in-, cidentally purchased some Parisian hats, I went on to some of the battle
 
 Verdun. There I saw the graves of the soldiers on both sides The fight sick ened me. I soon had enough of it and left.
 The Parisians are very busy and very gay. The same night life that was led before the war is on in full blare again. The gayety is as great as have ever seen it. Crowds are on the boule- wards. It is the Paris of eight years ago.
 FOOD CROPS
 The French crops also, am glad to say, appear to be excellent, although the French peasant does not seem to be quite so we'll of as the Rhinelander Rebuilding is progressing rapidly. Both countries are praying for peace between Germany and America with out special consideration to the manner of bringing about that peace.
 Militarily speaking Germany is down and out and is also sick of it. There is no restraint between the oc- cupying troops and the Rhineland peo- pie. Their relations are pleasant and they mingle cordially with one another.
 FEELING AGAINST KAISER
 Feeling against the former kaiser is very bitter. It would be dangerous for him to set foot on German soil. I DellcNc iney WOulu SHOOl nm twenty four hours after he got there.
 "I spent two or three weeks in Switzerland, which I found a land of plenty. but prices are very high; higher than in France and much higher than in Germany. There was a dearth of tourists. The Swiss have plenty of milk. butter and everything to eat.
 The mass of the Germans are cor dial toward Americans. They fully realize that it was the war policies of their government which provoked America into the struggle; forced this country into the melee
 German and French banks alike have plenty of money. It was a great surprise to me, and I cannot yet ac- count for the failure of the French people to take up the entire hundred million franc loan, which this country was so quick in absorbing. When l con- slider the rate of interest, per cent. l am astonished. France has money to burn.
 UNDERWOOD POPULAR
 While in Paris l attended the ses- sions of the International Chamber of Commerce and met there some of the biggest men C New York. As soon as they heard 1 was from Birmingham, which they know as the home of Sena- tor Underwood, they expressed their allow his name to come before the peo- pie of his state and the country for the presidency. found big republicans as well as democrats ardent admirers of our senator.
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