Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-14
TROOPS ABSENCE
|MPRESSES VISITOR
TO "FATHERLAND"
Lord Northcliffe Finds
Heavenly" Beer on
German Trip.
DENIES TEUTONS ARE,
MAKING MERE RUBBISH
Finds Goods Reasonable and
Competing With Other
Makes in Quality.
CLAIM THEY WON AT JUTLAND
Defeated Nation Celebrates Alleged
-I,tn
DENIES TEUTONS ARE
MAKING MERE RUBBISH
CLAIM THEY WON AT JuTLAND
Defeated Nation Celebrates Alleged
Victory Over Admiral
Hentty.
By vi.count Northcline.

~ " sl'sI VI tue lIcuucu
LONDON. June l3.-I learned a
Ercat deal more from Germans who
surreptitiously came to Belgium and
Holland TO meet me because they
were afraid they might get into
trouble If seen in Germany, than 1
learned from the Rhinelandcrs them
selves.
find out which could only he dis
covered by using ones eyes.
All my German former acquain-
tances were alarmed at my going into
Germany undisguised However. they
all said: You're go much thinner
than YOU were when you came to
Germany early in 1914 that some of
us did not recognize you and thought
you were somebody else"
Some Of these timorous German
acquaintances thought ought to
wear a wig, or a mustache. or alter
the color of my hair. especially in
those towns where the medal struck
by the Germans against me is-being
so largely sold again.
ITbNcicu Leonard bTOWn.
laughed loudly: "supposinK the
musts che falls off,, / asked. That
would attract attention to Leonard
Brown'-the name under which
left France and passed through Bel
gium and Holland, into Germany
| and out again.
Again replied: THE Germans arc
not race OF assassins. II were
hated as much in certain Latin coun-
| tries as am in Germany. would be
rather anxious. AS for your brutality
during the war. think we will get
! on better IL we don't try to explain
| II away"
One of them replied: You mean
| thoroughness?"
"If you persist, I'll reply with the
word bestiality,'" said.
"Nein. nein," he said. I'VE be-
| make II impos for people TO live
during war"
why. then. did you object to our
blockade of Germany" l asked.
However, II is no use discussing
these things with Germans. for you
do not alter their views. and they
do not alter yours.
Proceeds Toward Cologne.
| Meanwhile, we proceeded by very
| circuitous route toward Cologne. l
| cannot sneak OF Prussia, or OF Ba
varia, hut can say this OF the
Rhineland. that 1t is the embodi-
ment OF peace. There were very few
| policemen, not enough to cope with
burglaries. was told
Even the Rhinelanders want the
Prussians back. The policemen are
too gentle. and the word "verboten"
has totally disappeared But most
curious of all. you never hear the
tramp of armed men.
Every one who knows the old fort
ress OF Cblogne-more than 1000
| years old. and the largest in Europe
will remember that nerve-rackinG
sound which finally made one ner-
| vous and anxious to lsave. It be-
! gan at dawn and often went on
until midnight when staff rides
! began, after carousing that often
! lasted six hours.
| Now Is Delightful city.
! Cologne is now delightful. 1t is
! not true that in the Rhincland there
is any proftcering. II is not true
! that the Germans in shops in the
| Rhineland arc charging too dear for
anything.
| 1t is true that the shops are bet
ter than they ever We're. 1t is not
true that the Germans make only
rubbish. There is material here
stainless steel. which I had never
heard of before. though am told
it is an English invention. Stain
less steel can be bought everywhere
It is used everywhere. It looks
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