ALLIED TROOPS IN GERMANY.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15000, 22 February 1919, Page 2

ALLIED TROOPS IN GERMANY.

A CANADIAN CAPTAIN'S IMPRJEBSIOJNS.

Mrs, W- D. Bayley,Avife of one of the Canadian. Prohibition campaigners How ! in New Zealand, has received the iol r ! lowing letter from her brother, Capt. < A D. Mcßae, M.C., who is now with; the army of occupation beyond the' Rhine. Capt. Mcßae, writing from Bonn, Germany, on December 10, says :; '■Here we are at last at the Rhine, | and at present located Tn the above fair city. This is a University City, and a very fine one. Ido not know the population, but should judge somewhere between one and two .hundred, thousand ;. the buildings are very fine indeed, and it is well locai^d.. "We crossed the border into Germany on the morning of December "4th, and have been on "the move almost daily j since landing here at noon to-day. "We sure have these birds where we vvant them now, and they have to watch their step and step lively too. It is rather funny walking into some swell house, looking it over, ancl then telling the Hun proprietor which room you intend to live in for the night. "The men all have to raise their hats to the officers and flag us as we pass along the roads or through the cities. Sometimes they try to slink by, or feeling chesty decide not to do so, and as a consequence get hats knocked off. The ones with felt hats usually figure the best, as it is a simple matter lo swipe :i felt hat off with a cane without greatly damaging the cranium under it. whereas >those with peak caps usually get the odd jolt on the 'bean' as well as losing the hat. "For miles after crossing the frontier the country is very sparsely settled, but as wo neared the Rhine it cot quite thickly settled, with lots of little j towns and villages. "There is only one language the Hun I understands, and he is just foxy enough to know that he would be out of luck if he did not- do what was wanted of him, so we find the world conquerors of last March quite willing to lick one's "Boots. Talk about kids—there are thousands of them, never saw so many in my life. They are greatly pleased with the show, of course, and follow the band for great ways. "The. talk and noise put up by the Hun about tho people over here starvine: is all rot —and 'font a game of tfjp wily Hun to try and gain sympathy."