Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-09-21

unexploded. The army officials are
engaged daily in directing searching
parties whose duty it is to unearth
these shells and blow them up This
terrible condition has taken all the
romance out of farming.
Il got as far as the boundary line
or Germany, but not having pass
ports to enter l was careful not to
stray over the line for fear | might
be arrested and detained Conse-
quentlv, | did the next best thing; |
stood within a few inches Of the line
and hurled a stone into Germany.
Il oonversed with many former
British, French and German soldiers
and with the exception of the French
they all declared that they would
never again go to the front; there
would be an internal rebellion first
One Of the Germans with whom
spoke told me he was one OF II men
out of a company Of 1870 that escaped
The others. he said. were killed. He
is now living in Switzerland and he
declared he will never fight for Ger
many again. The French. however
are more loyal. They say they have
had enough of war but if their coun.
try needs them they are willing to go
back into the service.
Il visited several of the large GEM
eteries where lie American dead
They are wonderful places. The GEM
'etery at Romagne is one of the most
beautiful burial places I ever have
seen. There are more than $4,000
only son was killed during the last
days of the war had asked me to try
and locate his sons grave. The sys-
tenn was so nearly perfect that within
10 minutes after my arrival at the
cemetery l found myself standing be-
fore the young soldiers grave. To
those who have loved ones buried in
France my advice is not to bring
their bodies back to this country.
These cemeteries will receive con-
slant and perpetual care and. as
have said are wonderful institutions.
For Americans the prices abroad
are exorbitant. Hotel bills are as
high as they are in America. Before
the war they were from 25 to so per
cent lower. Accommodations are at
premium and if you wish to hire an
automobile in which to go sightsee-
ing you will have to engage it days
ahead.
Everything an American buys he
pays dearly for it. The people over
there say that the United States is to
blame for the rates of exchange and
so the natives are making up the diff
ference and more by soaking the
Americans. They are very frank in
telling one so. I paid so cents for a
rs cent magazine. and when l put up
= kick l was told that the extra rs
cents had been levied upon me be.
cause came from America.
Americans are treated decently
but coolly in France and England.
The people over there, especially the
former soldiers, bitterly resent our
we won the war talk. They feel
that the United States was needlessly
late in going into the war and that
since the war we have delayed peace.
Everybody seems sorry that the war
terminated as it did. without an in
vasioh Of Germany and an ultimatum
of unconditional surrender. This
opinion is shared by Foch and Joffre,
with whom l had the honor Of lunch
ing.
"The boats going to Europe are
loaded with foregn-born workmen
who made big wages in America dur
ing the war and are going back to
get their families and bring them to
America to reside permanently
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