Evening star., 1921-09-11
Friend and Foe at Karlovy-Vary.

II you don't know where Karlovy-
Vary is. perhaps you have heard OF
Carlsbad. The famous watering place
has changed its name along with Its
nationality. and is no longer Aus
trian but Bohemian. or Czechosiovak
in postwar geography.
The Czechs are exploiting 1t for
all it is worth and have again made
| it one of the first resorts IN Europe
Notables of all nations meet there,
and the Petit Parisien thus describes
the consequences:
Last year the disorganization OF
the railways made Carlsbad still diff
fcult of access. This year trains
called de luxe have started again 70
take travellers from all European
capitals to the spas OF boneh,a. ma
Carlsbad, queen of these resorts. mas
seen her old court reappear. They
are the same people. but who look al
each other rather stupefed without
recognising each other. as happens 10
people who suddenly look at tnem-
selves in glass after an lilnessi NO NO
doubt this was the reflection made by
the Prince of Pless the other evening
at the bar of the Imperial Hotel.
This bar is a place where oanclne
goes on every evening after eieven'
and which is entered by a iabyrlntn
of mysterious corridors. ihat even. :
ing at a corner table appeared the
motionless profile of sort Of linden
burg whose mustaches had been Gu.
off. 1t was the Prince OF Pless, q
Prussian aristocrat. large land
owner in Upper Silesia:
I'm the crowd, which was oahclnE
sayly," relates the writer. there was
AN Englishman dancing the fox-trot.
who had known the Prince OF Pless
very we'll at the White, Club in Lon
l don at the time when the prince, VINO
was then attache at the embassy, mix
ed in the most select London society
and even married a relation OF MT
winston Churchill. Suddenly the
caprices of the fox-trot brought the
Englishman within two PAGES OF tne
Prussian. Each looked at the other
and frowned visibly. then the; Eng
Iishman turned his back. while the
Prussian suddenly T.. began e,s. TO nave
But this sullen pride is always
ipreferable to the awkward attempts
made by some Germans to renew re'
Ilations with the west. Some OF tnen
show off their knowledge OF Enghsn
and French. or, Il need be. pass tnem.
disa pproval of the war. They hnd !,
quite natural to be in the same room
with French officers. .,,
| "All this, however, does not spoil
the oueerness of this tower OF babell
iCarlsbad has had the visit TINS year
lof ali sorts of personalities. In JuiS
Herr Renner, former Austrian cnen-
ceIlor, was there. Also David 6ey
and the celebrated Hugo SHINES. All
the "nouyeaux riches" of Germany
iand Austria made this their meeting
place. After drinking the water, the
important personalities. when tneif
nationality didn't put between them
an impenetrable obstacle. met to-
I.rether to discuss the future OF Eu-
irope.
MACE for others-in July the Berlin
lneople: In, August the Hungarfsps
RuInanians, Jugo-Slavs and Turks.
They drink the waters curing the
tday. and in the evening all Join IN
the one.step and the fox-trot. While
In Balkan merchant marks the STEP
with an extraordinary hghtness Tor
Ea man Of his plumpness, q German
general makes q big diEressfon In
comnany with q young professional
tdancer from q Berlin theater. A few
French oflicers go through their evo-
tlutions near them without seeming
to see them"
The writer tells us In conclusion
| that these two Europes, which are
I meeting again In these Bohemian
apas, exchange no disaEreeable re-
marks. There is even; q. certain pre-
| tense of politeness. 1t Is amusing to
see with what refinement Of manner
two gentlemen who were no doubt
10 KIN each other now ask for and
hand over q vacant chair. !.
.But this u only apparent he saya
t,sThe realitys1D the -expreoot0n o. fh1