WERE KEPT IN
IGNORANCE OF
WAR EVENTS
COBLENZ, Feb. 23 (By mail).—
Three girls, a boy and a man came
into Coblenz and to their ears the
voices of American soldiers made this
old German burg seem like a little
corner of the United States. They
■were caught in Germany by the war
and were held until they were able to
establish contact with the American
army of occupation.
Now they have passes which will
carry them into France, and they will
take the first boat they c.-.n obtain
passage on for the United States.
During their early period in Ger
many the Germans around them said
there was no chance for America to
enter the war. They were kept in
ignorance of the situation and the
Americans were almost in the front
line trenches before they had warn
ing. Then they appealed for permis
sion to return home, but it was too
late. Since that time tney naa Deen
under the eyes of the police, but they
were not mistreated, in any way.
Two of them are Charlotte Eitel, 20
years old, and Otto Eitel, 18. The
others were Philip H. Henne and his
two daughters, Elsie and Annie Lou
ise, all from Chicago. Henne retired
from business in Chicago in 1912, and
came to Germany for his health, bring
ing his daughters as company. They
went to Wiesbaden and have been
there ever since, living in a little Ger
man house, in a suburb of the famous
resort.
News Suddenly Cut Off.
“We had no idea that America
would enter the war,” said Elsie
Henne. “We had been receiving news
regularly, but suddenly it was cut off
and letters from home stopped com
ing.
"Then we heard of Germany’s dec
laration of unrestricted submarine
warfare and we knew what America’s
answer would be. We made applica
tion for our passports and packed our
trunks and they have been packed
ever since.
“We were soon compelled *c go to
the police station every three or four
days and register, but at the end of
six months we were told that once a
month was sufficient. But if we
wanted to leave Wiesbaden it required
three or four weeks to obtain permis
sion, and that was not given for going
to a seaport or r.ny point on the
border or near fortifications. Still we
had no complaint to make. We were
treated courteously and heard no ob
jection to speaking English on the
streets.
Wild Rumors Heard.
“But we never knew what really
was going on. For example, please
tell us if there is any truth in the re
port general in German newspapers
that the property of every American
in Germany at the time America ent
ered the war was confiscated by the
United States government. No? Well,
that report almost sent father into
nervous prostration through worry,
worry, but that is just a sample of
what German papers printed.”
Miss Eitel and her brother came to
Germany late in 1912 to go to school.
They first went to Stuttgart and then
to Dusseldorf, where Miss Eitel was
receiving private instructions.
“We didn’t think that America
would enter the war,” she said. “And
after she did enter we couldn’t get
out, because we both came over as
children without passports and with
out birth certificates. Because we
didn’t have birth certificates we were
afraid they were going to try to make
Otto join the German army.”
“This year,” interrupted Otto, “for I
am 18 years old now, and tile Germans
arc taking them at 18. But I wouldn’t
have served. Not me.”
ROMANCES OF SOLDIER
BLOCKED BY FRENCH LAW
CAMP DIX, N. J„ March 11 —
French law presented a barrier to the
marriage of at least 50,000 American
soldiers and French girls, according
to the estimates of overseas officers
returning here, who assert that at
least that number of international ro
mances were either permanently
blasted or postponed because the
Yanks could not produce official birth
certificates.
The French require the birth cer
tificates as a preliminary to the issu
ing of a marriage license and these
certificates were items omitted from
the overseas equipment of our fight
ers.
In a few cases the doughboys man
aged to get the folks at home to
scratch around and find their birth
record and have an officially attested
copy mailed, said the officer.
“The home folks, however, appar
ently opposed entangling Mferimonial
alliances even with a fair ally,” he
said, “and the sweethearts have had
to wait until the soldier can come
home, get his own Dirth credentials
and go back to France for his bride
or send for her to join him here.
For the first time since demobiliza
tion began there is heard among over
seas soldiers returning here for dis
charge, talk of going back to Prance,
in the role of civilians. Heretofore
there had been unanimous joy ex
pressed at getting back to God's
country
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The registration book of the town
of Cordova will be open at my office,
in the corner store, Michelson & Cur
rier building, First street, Cordova,
every day from 12 o’clock noon until
8 p. m.
The registration book will be closed
at 4 o’clock p. m. Saturday, March
29, 1919.
C. H. LAMPREY, Registrar.
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