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Show ' DETAILS OF Embassador Gerard's Secretary Secre-tary Places Blame on a Single German. TEY YOKK. Veb. 20 Details of the incident in a Berlin thnnter when the AmoricRn embassador, -Mr. Gerard, and ft party of Americans wero criticised becanBO they wore conversing in Kng-lish, Kng-lish, wore described today by II. Riv-ington Riv-ington Pyno, private secretary to Embassador Em-bassador Gerard, who reached here on the Lusitania. The theater party, Mr. Pyne said, was composed of the embassador, em-bassador, Grant Smith, secretary of the American legation at Vienna, Mr. Pyne and another American. ' ' We were sitting in a box, ' ' Mr. '.Pyne said, "talking in a low tone. Au ooupant of an adjoining box in a loud Toice said that inasmuch as Germany was at war with England, the English language was out of place in a German theater. He was expressing his objections objec-tions loudly, when a German sitting nearby rose to his feet and stopped him, saying, 'Sit down; don't you see those gentlemen are Americans?' ''At the same time several men from other parts of the audience approached and the disturber was escorted from the theater. Immediate apologies were offered of-fered by the theater attendants ami German residents in the audience; and afterwards an official anologv came from the Berlin city officials' Asked about reported shortage of food supplies in Germany, Mr. Pyne said: "So far as T could eeo when I left Berlin, no serious shortage was apparent. appar-ent. Prices for foodstuffs had not materially ma-terially advanced, although there was little white bread to be had. Theaters were running, restaurants were well patronized and the Germans were confident con-fident that their armies will be successful." success-ful." Mr. Pyne expects to return, to Berlin in a few weeks. |