Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-08-24
FORMER RESIDENT
TELLS OF EUROPE

his. cashier of the Lyon County Bank
as OF real interest to the public be-
cause OF the simple straight forward
recitation OF facts regarding conditions
as they now are in Europe, particularly
that part wherein the most OF the ac-
tral battling took place during the
great world war. This letter was
written by friend Of his whom Mr..
Willis had known quite intimately long
prior to the war, and who on leaving
tor his "trip to Europe, promised to
write of conditions exactly as he
should find them. We agree that the
letter recites facts of public interest
and therefore publish it without alter
alton or comment
Lipnik, Morvia
July %, 1921
MIR. Geo. f. Willis,
lerington Nevada, U. S. \.
Dear Mr.. Willis
| will try to make my promise good,
to describe the conditions in Central
Europe. I've stopped about 5 DAYS in
Hamburg. This is, so to say. only
half busy seaport city. The rushing,
glorious days are thing of the past
tor Hamburg. There is no hunger
here, and the people seem to be we'll
dressed. On the day | changed my
money the exchange was one dollar
eqnaled II marks and next day 50
marks for one dollar, consequently to
man who comes with S S things seem
to be very cheap here Good dinner
Is marks: glass of beer ? to 3 marks
according to quality Ride on street
car 80 phenigs. this is 20 phenigs less
than one mark. Suit of clothes 400 to
S00 marks, or l-2 less than in u. S. A.
Room i'll hotel 10 to 20 marks. One
thing which is remarkable cheap is
railroad fare. Ticket from Hamburg
to Prague, Bohemia l53 marks which
is about 800 American miles or about
Cos per mile. Germany has no steam
ships now. American grain and cot
ton were the chief commodities being
unloaded in Hamburg Not only for
Germany but for Professionalism.
Austria. also.
J did not get acquainted with Ger
man politics as to make any ,comnre-
hensive talk about One thing | do
know IS that, the Germans did not
learn and didn't forget anything by the
war. They are just as industrious as
they were. working very hard and in
tclligently: and just as contrary as
they were, not wanting to admit that
they were conquered and licked, they
only think they were deceived by
wilson S II points. saying that thew
could have fought for long time
yet. and If nothing better. than make
an even draw out OF it. One thing |
must say. They have a good respect
tor an American passport | didn't
have it viseed before | left the L. S.
In Hamburg | went to the German
Passport Control office and asked
whether it was necessary to have nv
passport viseed in order that | could
travel through Germany-"No. Ameri-
cans can come and go and travel thru
Germany as it pleases them" was the
answer.
Upon arrival in my own county
Observation-Disclosures is part OF old
Austria, | had to be showing NV pass
port all the time. Suspicion everywhere
II person stops over II hours in one
place must go to police headquarters
and be telling them all the past and
future and of course they want to see
the passport and other papers.
The people here are very industrious
men, women and children work in the
harvest fields. OF course they are do.
ing whole lot of useless work This
is the system of doing things. which
in most cases could not be done other
wise 1t would be very interesting
for you to see the whole family max
ing bundles OF rye or barley, even
child of 10 years of age is making itself
useful Mostly of them go bare-feeted
and as the stuble field is not a pleas
ant thing to walk bare-feeted upon.
To cut, bundle up. fetch into barn and
thrash one acre of grain takes to l0|
days. Everything is hand
work. Thrashing done by machine
(horse power thrasher) or by wooden
stick so constructed that it thrashes
fairly well. Grain as rye, wheat, barley
oats is very good all through Mitte1
Europe. therefore. will not make as
big demand for American grain and
flour as it was the 3 or years past.I
Green fed for cattle is very scarce on
account az drO,1pht There NaS 10