Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-08-27
Letter from Europe
(From The Yerington Times)


The following communication was
handed into the Times by Geo. +. VIII
lis, 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-
tual 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
for 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, Morva.
July p, 1921
Mr.. Geo. f. Willis,
Yerington, Nevada, u. s. A.
| Dear Mr.. Whilst
will try to make my promise good.
| to describe the conditions in Central
Europe. I've stopped about days in
Hamburg. This is, so to say, only
half busy seaport city The rushing.
glorious days are a thing of the past
for Hamburg. There is no hunger
here, and the people seem to be well
dressed, On the day | changed my
money the exchange was one dollar
equaled II marks and next day 60
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
800 marks, or IL less than in u. S. A.
Room in hotel 10 to 20 marks. One
thing which is remarkable cheap is
railroad fare. Ticket from Hamburg
to Prague, Bohemia 153 marks which
is about 800 American miles or about
.065 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 Crechoslovolsior
Austria, also.
| did not get acquainted with Ger
man politics as "a make any compre-
hensive talk aSont One thing | do
know is that, ,he 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
telligently; and just as contrary as
they were, not wanting to admit that
they were conquered and licked, they
only think they we're deceived by
Wilson's IA points, saying that they
could have fought for a long time
yet, and if nothing better, than make
an even draw out of it. One thing !
| hitSt say. hSy nave SoOu respect
for an American passport. | didn't
have it viseed before | left the u. S
In Hamburg | went to the German
Passport Control Office and asked
whether it was necessary to have my
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
kia-which is a part of old
Austria, | had to be showing my pass
port all the time. Suspicion everywhere
If person stops over IL hours in one
place must go to police headquarters
and be telling them all the past ant
future and of coursc they want to see
the passport and csuer papers.
| The people here re very industriou.
men, women and ,N;'ldren work in The
harvest fields. : purse they are do
ing whole lot of useless work. Thi.
is the system of doing things, which