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THE OREGOM ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY; ' MAY; 13. 1919. G I Lite in BerUri - - nt HntiD as in Any Otter Large Litv, CorresDbnde I EVERY COURTESY i SHOW IN HUN CAPITAL Fraternization Warnings Are Dis j regarded by Writer as Well as 5 I by Other Americans in Germany PEOPLE VERY MUCH HUMAN ft "Horns and Tail" Not in Evi- i dencej Luxury and Pleasure for Those Who Are Able to Pay J , ' Br Gordo Stile f flpaclal Cabla to The J minimi sod Tha Qbieaco 1 Iaily NVwa. f (Oprrlaht, 1&19. by Chir Daily Nawa Co.) f London. England, May 13. Since re- turning from Berlin a few day a ago I .have been asked repeatedly about the j conditions of social life In the German capital. My .questioners could ne ai vlded Into classes: Those who think that Berlin Is a wild, wide open city, seething with pleasure bought at the ex pense of entente Indemnities, and these who picture the place as a sort of municipal morgue , where people dress in black and sit timidly with clasped hands as a criminal awaiting sentence. Neither class is entirely correct, . When I went to Germany five months I ago my ears rang with warnings against any kind, of social relations with the Germans. It was pointed out to me that In such event J would soon become the rankest sort of a German .propo- gandist, that I would be used by the I enemy to exploit his nefarious views and that soon I would not be fit to as i.ociati again with decent people. I felt J for my part that If I could not stand the strain of-contact with the Germans ! under any circumstances without losing my senses I. had better hand in my res- : ( ignatlon as an American citlsen. So I 5 did fraternize, as the military folk put! I it Z -went Into every manner of home rich, poor and medium, Prussian, Bavar ian, German-American, German-French and German-English. TREATED WITH COURTESY ii ruBiit "era Biitui mano a luinnnii ; I which will fall to make any hit outside J of Germany. From the start to the fln- ish of my stay in Germany I received , 1 unfailing courtesy- more than I ever re- f celved in England, France or America. That will be put down to whining ser l vility and fawning, y the average reader. All right, let It go at that. Per ; haps I do not know the difference. Per thaDS It is that very thine which caused the American military authorities to is sue strict orders to the officers and men on duty with the missions in Berlin against associating with enemy sub jects. Such regulation is in the same stupid class, with another which forbids the 80 officers on duty In the Hotel Adlon to leave the hotel ' after dark. That is. the Americans are denied the same liberty that Is enjoyed by the Germans. Both orders are treated as a Joke as they deserve to be. I, myself, have committed the heinous crime of supply ing mufti to officers who were ready to risk cburtmartial for a sniff of the air In the Tiergarteji or enjoy a harmless dance with people who chance to belong to a misguided race but manage to con ceal horns and tail for the space of one evening. These are conditions under which one learns more of the true feeling -of -the Germans than he learns In years of ob servation aloof from them. Anyhow, I met many people " whose single-track minds . aggravated me beyond words, especially among the women. Their 'ALLIED FOOD GOING INTO GERMANY f it v - ' ' ' I; II. J t JL - '.J:' .. , I--TT r " - jJ&M:-&L&ttl , rvm TV.TlKNr . . tr L 'J-l r- C:---"- I " . w- ' - ''0mr-t-- KiKjfetetiT!' : 5:-'--..: fe-: :?-; : Mt$4 ' VANDALISM CHARGE AGAINST GERMANS NED IS STOUTLY DE Venerable Curator Declares Hun 1 Armies Took Care to Spare Art ( Treasures in Cities of Allies. CITES CASE vOF RHEIMS . I ; ' . - . Cathedral Spared by German Gunners, Although the Allies Used Tower foe Signalling. wanta old masters and everything. ' So I gave him the. landscapes.? The conversation turned to Kaiser Wilhelra as an artist and critic Con cerning this Herr von Bode said : , "The emperor has aome 1000 pletures In his collection. Nine hundred of these were worthless and I wouldn't have them for a gift. No. the emperor was no artist nor was he a critic He hated modern ' art and ' failed . to understand the art - f the old master. -- He was merely a well meaning enthusiast" Herr von Bode suddenly unfolded the much creased postal card. . ' "Speaking lof the emperor -and - art." he said. - 'Here's a letter from his son. August Wilhelm. He was here the other day Inquiring how he could raise money by selling some of his art collectlona Now he writes saying that . his wife Is painting portraits for a living, and asking in to help her in getting subjects. Ah! strange things have happened." 'Arid Excellens von Bode stared at the postal card in his ancient fingers. Prosperity Ahead . For Jamaica, Says Kingston Gleaner British ships discharging food at Rotterdam, Holland, Into German boats for dispatch to the German civil pop ulation. The first supplies were shipped to those territories not affected by disturbances. The industrial centers which would naturally come-first in the distribution did not receive any of these foodstuffs and will not ontil order Is properly res ored. Thus it looks that the 'riotng workers must either 'quit fight ing and go to work or else go hungry. Upper photo Scene in the. Quayside showing food supplies being discharged into German vessels. Lower photo German barges alongside' British ships in "Maus Haven" loading up food. -The barges are manned by Germans. point of view was ready made and their minds were unable to grasp anything which had not been read into them by .those who bad been guiding German destinies for years. Their talk left me helpless and so I gave up trying to con vince them of anyth,lnc The corresponding ; type, among men j 1 i l l I f 111 i !S I f ! P ilfl i i!f 1111 ' yaiw : : ... vjJoiil Ii 1 km MwWl W I'll 1 1 1 1 'iN THE REGAL SHOE Stores fe?J;.:347:.fV Washington v ; ' Street 'rr SAN FBANCISCOV - 773 Market Street t ' OAKLAND T -U1S Broadway . SEATTLE i llll Second Aveataa ' T.r TACOMAt. ; 4 9M Ptcifie Aveaoa Oxford A woman would indeed be put to it to find anywhere but jhere with the Regal Shoe Store such a com bination of exclusive style and sound value with moderate pricing ! . -- The "zJbCiwoa" with Regal T ailored Top, $7.50 This model ai-ia Glaied Kid with medium Leather sole, and i inch Cuban heel. Stitched "tip;:' -The whole etTect' is one. of. slender lines exclu sively Regal in style, quality and 'value. I , You will' find Regal Tailored i top models ; only ; in the Rlegal Store. , ' - , i - - -:-.r- - -' -. ' - -; "-- .'"- . - - - J ' -: . REliaE SHOE Exclusively . for MEN, WOMEN end CHILDREN embraced the class best termed "square heads." The people with whom I could talk about international matters with any degree of satisfaction belong to the old loyalist crowd. They frankly ad mitted their chagrin at the turn events had taken, but they could understand my point of view, as I could theirs. and they never allowed anger or heat to i creep Into the discussions. ' One' feature of life-In Berlin was that at the homes of thtf "royalty and nobility invariably found mixed groups, in cluding - many American "- women who bad married Germans. French' and Eng lish, too, and what amused me was that in many of these gatherings the current language spoken was French. ' One day X took tea at the home of a certain Ger man prince, who had married an Aus trian wife. The company I found as sembled consisted, aside from the fam ily, of an American subject, whose father ' had been German and mother French; a Romanian nobleman, a French baroness, and American colonel and a British guard officer. That was typical of a score of parties I attended. As for public diversions there are fplenty in Berlin," but they are within reach only of those who have money to throw away. Such places as trie Palais d Danse and the ice palace are gorg eous - and spectacular and worth , visit ing once or twice, but not without a huge bank roll. Perhaps well known resorts like these are to be desired above a score of less pretentious places. Those mentioned ' make.- no .effort to conceal their bleeding1 propensities. From- the time you enter the door, until you leave you know you are a: victim and you may as well be a good natured one. PLEASURE IS COSTLY With regard to certain other restaur ants, dance balls and gambling houses well, the; nerve of their, owners is stu pendous. . A dinner may easily cost 200 marks ($50), with bad German cham pagne at 6a marks (J12.50) a bottle. If you succumb to the charms of the flower girls who pester those at the tables you find- a few sprigs of blossoms $n your hand and a hundred mark ($85) vacancy In your pocketbook. There is no doufet that there Is an orgy of spending among the Germans. They fear that much of their available cash will be taken from them for an-indemnity: levy and! they prefer -to get what pleasure they can out of it. ; Millions of marks have been going across the neutral frontiers every week. One financier, whose guest I ; chanced to be. implored me ; to carry 2.000,000 marks ($500,000) to Holland for him, offering as an Inducement 20 per cent or 400,000 marks ($100,000). Another, a wealthy American, woman who had married a German,. confided to ma that. all of her Jewelry Jiad been safely trans ferred to Denmwfc. - i So. on the whole Berlin lfe iaT very much the same as that of any Sotter large city. Tou can .have as much gaiety a you ar willing to pay for. There Is neither more nor less outside evidence of it than ', im Paruv where I spent three davrf on mv way to London or in, Lon don. itself for that matter, And I do not beilev , that the peep X have bad of it has unbalanced my mind or given m-a;deslre:ta becom German , sub JecV By Bea-STeebt Speoi&l Cabl to The Journal and Tb Chfoas Dattr Kewa. f (Cnerricbt. Ml. Chieato Dmflf Jfwa Co.) Berlin. May 18-(Delayed) His Ex cellency von 'Bode allowed his ancient fingers to; crease the postal ; card Into Innumerable folds. . Th venerable cur ator of the Friederlch Wllhelm museum and -custodian of German art vm telling the, story -of the war and he was , eager tot make-it a -convincing sfcory. He was urKr to. convince his . listener that his people were not a race of bloodthirsty! vandals. He sat with his legs . wrappeffi in a traveler's blanket, the sun shining full upon bis fine old face and told his story. It was of the bombardment of Rheims by 'the German third army His thin fingers worked -nervously with the postal card. He spoke in -English. T have seen whaC has been 'printed nt im h aald. "It is all so untrue and yet the -world believes It. Ask of the in Belsium and in -Eastern France if any snigl picture la missing today.- Ask of them if a single statue was broken by the German army of occupation. Ask if an important book or valuable tapestry is- missing. Here from Berlin we directed the care of the enemy's art works in the territory cap tured. I. myself, respect and admire French art above all others. No, the German vandal did not spoil one object of art and the German Hun did not ruin a single canvas. Had they been our own we could not have protected them better than we did." TELLS OF RHEIMS "What of Louvaln and Rheims?" I asked. Excellens von Bode regarded me sor rowfully. i Til tell vou of Rhelms," : he said slowly. "Of Iuvaln I don't know except that the cathedral was saved and that the library was damaged. - It must have required careful shooting; to save the cathedral of Louvain the easiest mark in the city. But of Rheims I know more. My friend General von ." General von ," Dr. von Dode smiled desperately. "I forget his name. I am srrowine old. He was my .friend and for many years long ago we studied art together. Before- the war he was stationed at Magdeburg. There, during his leisure. - he attended the university ror special Btuay in m niBLurjr, - On his last furlough before the war he made a trip through France visiting all the famous cathedrals. Architecture was his passion. Above all be loved the architecture of France. H had written a book upon It. And then the war came and my friend. General von , General von ." Again the des perate smile. "I cannot rememoer nis name and it is Important because you will find him and speak to him about what I tell you." "Perhaps you wilr- think of his name later," I suggested. CATHEDRAL SPARED "Quite so," said Excellent von Bode.: "When the war began my friend found himself In command of the artillery of the third army. He found himself be fore Rheims. He found himself direct ing the fire upon the city of Rheims in which stood the cathedral he loved as only a connoisseur of beauty can love beautiful things. For three months my friend commanded the artillery that bombarded Rheims and . then he went away. He could not stand It any longer. He had given orders, that if any shot hit the cathedral the entire gun crew would be held responsible. The enemy used It as a signalling station. Its spires wrere high and from Its top rockets went up by night. But" no shot hit the cathedral and my friend wrote me, 'Rheims must fall soon but thank God I have saved the cathedral.' A month after I received the letter I saw my friend. He was old and shattered, 'I'll never again command the artillery con fronting Rheims.' he said, 'Something must have happened to the cathedral of Rheims. Last week the wooden scaffolding erected by the French to nrotect the facade caught fire. We stood watching the cathedral burn apd oh ! the fools did nothing to 'Slop lt- l Herr von Bode stopped the story there and looked eagerly at bis listener. Then he asked Querulously. "I see you make notes. You will write what I have said, yes." The ancient fingers allowed the postal card to rest, von Boat resumeo t&lkinz and this time he told the story of President Ebert and -the royal art -alleries. EBERT WASTED PICTURES r ''Wiion Mr. TChert became president." he said, "he called upon me and asked me to rive him 100 pictures or so to hang up in bis new rooms in Wllhelrn- strasse. I told mm u was impossiDie and that the kaiser himself did not have th power to strip the art galleries. It makea no difference,' Ebert Insisted. I must have the pictures. Mrs. Ebert says we need about 100 pictures and I want the best.' I diun t know wnat to do. I aDDcaled to Mr. Scheldemann asking him to take some of the pictures in Wilhelmstrasse and give them to his friend. Ebert, but Scheldemann said that far from giving Ebert any pictures he Bimself wanted more, r or a weeg I feared that this new kind of rule would succeed in destroying our wonder ful collection. Th Idea of Mr. and Mrs. Ebest hanging up Titian and Rem brandt In their bedrooms spoiled; my sleep. Finally I was struck with a happy thought. I went around to the home of my friend and to old government build ings and after a diligent search resur rected soma 60. pictures. They were mostlv landscapes and portrait , done by third raters. These I had brought to the Ebert mansion. - I bad to include two or three old masters for fear some one might ask him questions. - And there thev- ban? now. Mr. Ebert Is satisfied. Mrs. Ebert is satisfied and I am satis fied, and th .priceless collection in toe royal aDei1ea -remains mtacu EYERTBODT SATISFIED i I offered to secur for Mr. Ebert a full collection of modernist paintings inasmuch as all modernists are revolu tionists an 5 helped to overthrow the kaiser. He didn't know what they Were at first but when X ' brought around some futurist and expressionist pictures he -grew Indignant. . 'I don't -want--uch f stuff a this. he - aaiL 'Mra. Ebart Special AMERICAN ENVOYS ifiTftreo da in ni: IIHIU UI If HLOi) ENGLISH SOLDIERS Cordon of Armored Cars Bar Way of Walsh and Colleagues at Gate; Soldiers Deny Admittance SEIZE IRISH MANSION HOUSE Parliament Allowed to Continue in Session; Raid Was Attempt to Locate Escaped Sinn Feiners By R. W. Thompson CarraapoBdcnc to Thm Joanul - and V s. -.The 'Chfcato Dauj Nawa. 4Cerricbt. ItlS. br Chicago Daily Nawt Co.) Kingston, Jamaica, May 10. Com. mentlng on the granting of preference to jamai by British, th Gleaner says that It believe th trad of Jamaica will quadruple In five years. In Trlni dad.' Jamaica and other colonies a large number of small farmer cultivate cane for the sugar factories and also cocoa. Thus preference directly benefits thou sands of the smaller men as well as the large proprietors. Jamaica atone time had a consider able coffee colony and it Is expected that this Industry will again be revived when the island has a sufficient popula tion tor great aeveiopment. Picture of Dead Hun Told Better Tale for Marine Brest. France. May 13. (L N. S.) The usual battle of the divisions was In progress put at the casual camp at Pontanezen, near here, when a United States marine, straight from the Second division, walked In on the argument, whereupon a JoXing voice sounded: "Come on, roarfne. get in th fight. Everybody, else is doing press agent work for their own division, and one more won't do any harm. So "turn loose." - The marine grinned. fHoi . thanks," he said. "Guess I'll leave that to th marine's press agent." "Who's that?" -, The marine pulled a picture from his pocKec. , "Here It Is." came the announcement, and the argument ended. . The photograph was a snapshot of a dead German. By Robert Welles Ritchie Dublin. May 13. The Irish-American delegates, Messrs. Walsh. Dunn and Ryan,, left for London Monday night after an eventful visit to the land of their fathers. Arriving here from the western part of Ireland, they refused to comment on their exciting experiences, especially at the gates of Westport where a cordon of armored cars and armed aoldiers refused.- "in the nam : of the crown," to allow them to enter, "If a statement is made by us ft win be later and elsewhere, said Mr. Walsh to th correspondent who accompanied him on his trip hither from London. - On their return to Dublin the dele gates were welcomed at the station by the lord mayor and a great cheering crowd. They issued the following Joint statement to the press: FEEL HIGH HOSOR , "We : are deeply appreciative of the welcome we found, everywhere, not for ourselves personally, but as representa tives of th insn race in America. "The passton . for freedom continued to burn with the age old intensity and under the ablest leadership. The Irish are putting the idea of freedom Into the most practical form and manner, chal lenging .the world's admiration. What follows is a detailed story of the -happenings of the exciting last few days. The climax cam Friday, lat In th afternoon. After the American delegates bad been officially welcomed at a session of the daUelreed (Irish par liament) in the Mansion bouse, and each had made an eloquent speech In behalf of freedom for Ireland, a strong force of soldiers armed with rifle,' bayonets fixed, and many equipped with machine guns, suddenly seised and surrounded the Mansion house, occupied th adja cent buildings And cleared the streets. RECEPTION IS. HELD t Tremendous excitement followed. The rumor spread that the soldiery was there to prevent the public reception by the lord mayor for the delegates, scheduled for that evening. But at S o'clock the soldiers . were as mysteriously withdrawn as they had ap- Baron H. G. L. Von StengeL secretary Peared on tne scene ana tne reception of the German imperial treasury for took its course. many years, is dead in Berlin, aged S3. 1 The first detachment of soldiers, car rying machine guns, . arrived at 5 :30. After the delegates had left the! parlia. ment building, more soldiers arrived in armored ; car followed by a large de tachment ' of police, blocking ' off . -the streets on every side. A large American flag bad been bung over the door of the Mansion house In anticipation ! of . the evening's reception. One machine: gun wras ; placed directly below ; Old Glory. The lord mayor, who had offered the . freedom of the Mansion bouse to both the Unionist and Klnn Kelners en a nonpartisan basis, was Just entering hfs official residence when the soldiers and ponce arriveo. .. IRISH FACE BAT03TETS He conversed with (7nloni oim.inn. In command of the soldiery, and then entered bis house.. Meanwhile th word bed spread Uk lightning about th city. Crowds swarmed against the lines of bayonets but did not attempt any at tack. Thar was no disorder, j r Th delegates meanwhile had with drawn from the hall and ware return ing to their quarters in Fltswllllam square. But th persistent rumor that they bad been arrested was making th round, Of th city. i About the tint this took plac pa pers appeared In the streets carrying a full, report of Walsh's and De 'Valera'a speeches, "as passed by the Censor." Both could be construed as "very hot.' From the best available information, X learn, that the probable object of the military demonstration was to appre hend, certain Sinn Feiners known -to be In attendance at the parliament's .ses sion, and who had recently broken jail. Whether this purpose was accomplished X bave been unable to learn. British Servants f ; Announce 'Musts' Liverpool. May II. (I. N.- 8.) Serv ants forming the Household Workers' union have demanded an eight-hour day. minimum wage of $5 weekly, for serv ants 21 years old and upward, a gradu ated seal of $2.60 weekly for girls under 2L Sunday half holiday, a fortnight's holiday yearly with pay, board and wages, caps . and aprons. If Insisted upon, to be furnished by. th. mistress : th privilege of staying out until 10:30 at night; references for mistresses as well as maids, time and a quarter for overtime the first two hours and tlm and a half afterward. , J Lloyd George Must Find New Laundry; London," May II. (I. N. S.) Lloyd George will have to hunt up a new laundry to do bis shirts. Because of the out-of-work . donation scheme Charles Marshall, owner of the Fulharaj Palace laundry, which does the work I tor 10 Downing street, has been forced to close his establishment, the girls preferring to draw the unemployed government, do nation of $9 a week rather than do up shirts for the prime minister at but little more pay. 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