_Berlin, August 2d._
Our last night in Brussels we dined with General von Bissing. The
dinner, for some peculiar reason, was given for us.
The hall was filled with officers. One very glorious-looking person
took me in charge and introduced each man to me. They clicked their
booted heels together and kissed my hand. This audience over, the
Governor appeared. He is seventy-two and looks sixty. His face is stern
yet not unkind....
I asked Von Bissing if he approved of suffrage, and he said: "Never! It
is something terrible for women."...