Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-16
rance and Belgium are making.

have been hitting 'em heavier since.
was not familiar with them before but
! did net need anybody TO tell me that
they were going at rather rapid gait
when | was in the country several
weeks ago One encountered drunken
Germans everywhere in Germany in
the evenings. They were in the streets,
around the beer gardens and the
cafes and everywhere. With them it
seemed to he n case of working all day
and drinking all night. And of course
one knows that they cannot be making
much progress in pursuing such n
course as that.
"Yet all seemed TO have plenty of
money to buy liquor and TO have Il
good time. There is no hunger in
Germany and there is no lack of cloth
ing in Germany. Their money has de-
prcciatcd like everything since the war
and yet there were no signs of power
ty. / saw much more evidence of
drinking and wild life in Germany
than I did in Belgium or in France.
81 saw the American flag waving in
Germany a number of times. Looked
good. too, | tell you. There arc quite
a number Of American soldiers still
stationed at Coblenz. the great Ger
man military fortress and the under
standing is that they will ha there for
quite a while. But there is little or no
disorder and little or nothing fOr them
to do.
Speaking of reconstruction work" !"
said Mr.. Allison, you recall that the
beautiful cathedral Of Rheims. one Of
the largest and most magnificent in
the world was destroyed by the Ger
mans during the war. 1t had l'een
built hundreds of years and there
were statements in the press after lis
partial destruction that it would never
be restored. Well | noticed that it
was being fixed up and really very
good job was being done of it when
| was in Rheims.
Our party spent considerable time
in England and Scotland and it was in
Scotland that I had rather amusing
experience that | shall relate to you
little later. The English people arc
hard down at work again and really
there is little TO leave the impression
that it has been but 4 short time since
England emerged from Il war tilac was
ictn n
However, there arc in England rs in
the United States, quite Il lot of un-
employed people and there is more OF
les unrest. And the English. like
the rest o: Europe, somcrcw or the
other seem to have a gr)u?l against
Cr 80 have il in for the United %'atcs.
81 can't account for it but noticed
that practically every whCrr our party
went there was IN atmosphere OF re-
sentiment against us because of the
fact that we were Americans. We
could just simply feel it. You know
when one is in the presence Cf one
enemy or in the presence of one who
is not exactly friendly the fact can be
detached in the very atmosphere.
THE only explanation | have Ior 1t
is the fact that all OF Europe is jealous
of the United states. Jealous Of the
fact that it was the United States t'at
won the war. Jealous of the fact that
We got extremely rich out of it ana
jealous of us-wcll, Just hccaus" we
are tho United States. | guess.
"Thcy all concedc that it WAS the
United States that brought German
imperialism and militarism TO it,
knees. Nnd now to illustrate that
fact, let's get back to Scotland which
] mentioned just moment ago.
III was in Glasgow. Scotland, that
| had occasion to hire cab and the
cabby was typical cross, grouchy.
Surly mean old Glasgow Cabhy. had
an argument with him about the cab
fare. having the impression that he WAS
trying TO charge me too much. FL
nally it WAS settled and as | started to
walk away he said, Just because you
arc from the country that won the wal
YOU needn't think you don't have 20
pay cal hire in Scotland
We'll the remark got next to me.
you may well imagine and just for
little / would have been tempted to
punch lin one or two but I guess that
il is well didn't But that is the way
thcy are all over Europc-rcScntlul