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Show nrnnirtr ri j ri i sthm mm Traveling Conditions Are Declared De-clared Among Best in Europe MUNICH, Lcc. 25. Travslins. condi-I condi-I tions within Germany .ire more nearl j normal than In most othr parts ot Kuropc Trains art- frequsnl ind gen-f-rally on time when not compr-llod to wait for connections with tralnf from other countries There arc fewer trains de luxe than formerly. Many lines do not operate flrst-cvlass sleeping sleep-ing cars. But moHi important trnln.i carry sleeper?1 with BSCODd-OlaSS accommodations, ac-commodations, that la two persons In eacb apartment. Few trains have dln-inp dln-inp crs. although most Heeplnjc-oar Conductors provide coffee anii tea for: pa n - rs and Mtidwlrhfii, c:ile.H and' fruits can be had from vendors all nearly all Important stations. Can nd stations are elenn and' fairly well-heataed. The trlnmen re J courteous to foreigners, nd talk French and Dngllsh with apparent relish. This is prolialrly lue to the fact that for. lgnera are more liberal In their fees nnd German railway men make such Hinall salaries that they are eagor to ugment thim. Trvel to and from East Prussia Is more troublesome than In any othei part of the country. Most train are tl. layt d ut least two hours bj PoliSh Officials at the Danzig corridor and fretiuentlf the delay is much longer. The I'oles require Polish vises for nil paasongerdu crossing the corridor and the fee for nn American In $10. regard re-gard less of whether ho destroy to stop In the strip under Poliah control. In th Khineland the train service Is OF.pccially good and all hotels ana pensions are extending a welcome to foreigners. For a time some hotels in Qermany charged higher rates to foreigners from countries where the axchangs was better than in Germany. espeoiallj to Americans. Hut this practlc has been abandoned by all important im-portant hotels. Shopkeepers occasionally occas-ionally try to charge Americans and Englishmen more than the marked pnee on tneir goods, but the practice has been resented so strongly that few Important concerns continue It Tho attlturde of the German pubic pub-ic toward English-speaking tnnel.-rs Is almost universally courteous Occasion, Oc-casion, ill Hermans will leave a. compartment com-partment where Entrllsh Is spoken, but the great majority of Germans seem to enjoy an opportunity to practice English and will frankly eav 30 |