William Parker of St. Louis, who arrived in London from Rumania last
night, told of interesting things he had witnessed and passed through on
his journey. He said:
“When we got to Breslau the mining of the town’s approaches was in
operation and I had a good look at it. They were digging trenches about
three miles outside of Breslau and burying horrible looking bombs
eleven inches in diameter, row after row, as far as I could see. They
seemed to fear a Russian attack.
“I was allowed the privilege of looking over their Zeppelins at Breslau,
for use against the Russians.
“There seemed to be fifty of them, in tents with doors wide open.
Operators, officers, men and equipment were all aboard, ready to start
at a moment’s notice. They have sure got a system. I also saw some forty
aeroplanes there.
“From Breslau we had a slow but not uncomfortable trip to Berlin. German
officers who spoke enough ‘American’ to make themselves understood saw
to it that we got coffee and food at stations along the way.
“You must know that ‘American’ is now officially recognized as a
language. Signs up everywhere say ‘American spoken here.’ The bill of
fare no longer reads ‘English roast beef,’ but ‘Amerikanischer roast
beef.’ So all along the line. It’s all American now, not English.”