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Show SAYS GERMANS ARE FRIENDLY Provo Woman Writes of Experiences Ex-periences on Trip to Europe PROVO, Oct. -3. Germany, rather than the allies of America in th recent re-cent (?rcat war. is friendlv towards the United States, according to the assertion of Mrs, Ida b'moot Duaen-berry Duaen-berry In ;i letter received here by Mrs. Allie Coleman. Mrs. Dusenberoi write from Den Hang. Holland, after having visited practically all of continental Europe en route to and on return from the International Council of Women at Chrtatianta. Norway. Hatred of America and all things American are freelv expressed throughout the allied countries, aha declares, and she also asserts that Industrially In-dustrially Germany la the only country coun-try which Is at rest D "We sailed on the steamship 1 atria, on the 6th of August and were two weeks on the water, but a more perfect per-fect two weeks could scarcely be lm-iglned, lm-iglned, The s.-a was perfect!: . alnv The Bhlp W&JS magniiiceni i n-- ...e. wai congenial and there was one round of social functions. There are 4 5 ladies In the party wlvh a representative repre-sentative from 4 3 states, so you can Imagine the different types and kinds. but they are all charming and have been more than kind to us. When the captain announced our arrival at Naples It was with little regret that we left the boat We spent one dav at Palarino Took one hour'i peep at the Rock of Gibraltar. 18 IS AT N VPLK. "We Spent two days at Naples from where we took a special train which I carried us through Italy. Switzerland and France The train wa? the most beautiful one- 1 ever saw. It was built for the Kai--"er and taken from the Germans and given to Italy. From Naples we visited Rome. Kloren.ce, Venice and Milan. We had perfect j weather and nothing prevented us i from racing from one place of interest inter-est to another at least 1 s hours out of every :'t. We had a splendid trip through Switzerland and at last landed land-ed in dear old Paris, where we received re-ceived word that two days after we left Palarino there had been a riot I and 1000 people were killed. Two da: - after we left Florence there had been an earthguake which had destroyed Hie hotel at which we stayed. W(. had only been out of Milan a few hours when .10 people were killed dur-ipg dur-ipg a labor paraae. This gives you some Idea of the unsettled condition that seems to have taken possession of the old world. "Our visit to Germany was rather unsatisfactory, they treated us with all the courtesy imaginable but there was a certain feeling of terror with It all that made us ferl rather unpleasant. unpleas-ant. I really think after all that Germany Ger-many thinks more of us than any for-ein for-ein country we have visited. They hate everything U. S. A. over here and uiually make no pretense at disguising dis-guising It. Germany lg thriving. The Germans work and If the different COUntrlea don't look out she will be on her feet and conquering yet The cropa are wonderful. The factories: are all running and it is the only proaperoue looking country xn visited. B rt' w 1 1 k in PARIS "We had a happy week in Paris. The shops are wonderful and every 1 thing is so different. We all hated te have. We spent one whole niRht 't in the gay places and lot me assure I y ou wlckedneaa and corruption are rampant. I We visited Copenhagen for a day and found a very beautiful city. We I were in Chrlstlania for week. whr we attended the council and , were entertained until we vrere dead 1 to the world. It's a wonderfully beautiful beau-tiful place. I don't wonder that moth-j moth-j er loved It. The king and ejueen en-tertalned. en-tertalned. Counteaa Aberdeen gave us I a wonderful breakfast party . From IChrisllania we spent a week travelling travel-ling through the Fjords, here my pow-Br pow-Br of description ceases, nothing but divine can hope to express it. We arrived hero thi.., morning from I Antwerp We visited tho "Field r.f Flanders," and other spots of recent war activity. While we wore In I France we spent two days ;,t the bat-j bat-j He fields, and went to see Qucntin Roosevelt'! grave, if the mothers of I our boys could only see how beautlful- ly the graves are eared for and what wonderful spots have been chosen to1 I bury them, I am sure fhey w ould nev- j er want them sent home ani sorry I thev can't all conic and sor ' We are to visit Ihe king and queen f Holland tomorrow, so I rriuot draw this dreadfully written letter to a close or my eyes will refuse to open and fill our a o'clock engagement In I the morning. OO |