"MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY."

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17394, 3 October 1918, Page 6

"MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY."

The remarkable picture, "My Four Tears in Germany." to be screened jn Wanganui under the direction ot: the National Exhibitors'* of America, commencing I'l.TiiKda;-,' October lUth ;s founded upon the book written by Mr. Jnines Gerard, who had been in charge of the United States Embassy in Berlin until America derided to have no1 ill ing more to do with the Hun. The action of the story opens with a sketch of the scheming of the Teuton "war lords," and works up to a really splendid finish, depicting the march of America's khaki-clad legions. Naturally the chief character are the foe of civilisation, the | Kaiser, and his grou pof satellites. The horrors to which prisoners of war have been subjected in Hun prison camps are realistically pourtrayed, and can ' only engender feelings of disgust and I'esentmeuD at Hun methods. The chief events happening during Mr. Gerard's stay in Germany are set i'n'tli with a grent wealth of detail, being a very fine tribute to th^ enterprise aid industry of the First National Exhibitors m America, under whose auspices tao picture was produced. Besides pictures of the life in prison camps, the film contains some scenes O't' the var itself, vividly depicting the n-.ory of the war-stricken zone in Belgium and France. As a means of testifying io the brutal and barbarous character of the Germans, My Four Years in Ger- ] many," admirably fulfils its purpose, itnd "deserves to command widespread attention. The management announot that special arrangements can be Tnade for the attendance of schools. 'The box plans open at Upon's music warehouse next Monday morning at 9 a.m