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Show I YANKEES SHOW I NO HATRED TO I F0RMERF 0 E S Coblenz Germans Prefer Amer-flH Amer-flH cans to French and Are HI Satisfied fl .FAMILIES OF OFFICERS LIVING WITH THEM HIT Frauleins Enjoy Life Who Have H Yank Doughboys for Their Beaus WM BY MILTON BROXXER, (European Manager X. E. A.) 1 " COBLENZ. Germany. June 26. Do "the Yanks who fought like bear-cats In H tho Argonno, display any hatred to- Bfl wards their lale foes." HH If they do, you can't notice it in this H. capital pf the American zone of occu- H' pation. To all outward appearances, the American troops and the German clv- ilians get along as comfortably a3 u Hj big- fot and a soft old shoe. Many American Kiddles. Most of the officers have brought j their families here and American kld- IH dies are all over the city, j Go about at night and it looks al- most as if every American "non-com" HHI and private had a frauleln on his arm. 9 Bomo have been to church, other to picture shows nd still others to rcs- taurants whore they can dance and sing. j I was In a restaurant one night when an old, sweet-faced motherly i woman came In to sell bouquets of I , w lllles-of-thc-valley. Nearly every man V " with a, woman, bought flowers which sold for two marks. The flower ven- j der, I learned, lost her three sons In the war and Is now supporting grand- IH 'children. The Yankee keeping watch on tho H Rhine Is certainly not a good hater. It must be added, however, that there is absolutely no fraternization between our officers and tho natives. The Americans In charge of our army nat-. nat-. AATlIy 7nust- keep aloof from people iwith iwh6m"we are 'still officially "nt Don't Llko French. How about the Germans? 9j I suppose they love us no moro ' Hfl than they do their other late foes. Buti 1 also imagine they hope to mako moro out of us by being openly friend- ' y They certainly prefer us to the French. I asked Germans of all classes wheth-or wheth-or thoy would rejoice the day tho Yanks finally pullod up stakes and left for home. Tho answer was a vlgor-ous vlgor-ous negative. They fcol that the day we leave tho French will enter. Hh Unlike our men, the French pollus HT do no fraternizo with tho populace. Hl In the terrace gardens where drinks B and food are serv6d outdoors, thoy ; H may be frequently seen, because It re- minds them of their beloved Paris , B,- boulevard drinking places, but always keeping to themslvos or In company vlth their allies. j Few Tilings "Verboten." American occupation rccts lightly upon the people oven though American officers are billeted In the best homes and some hotels and restaurants have practically been taken over for our needs. In the former land of "verboten" j few things are verboten now to '.ho j natives so long as they behave them. Among the American verbotons to ' the Germans are They may not' burn gas In their homos after a .certain hour. This I is to help them save precious coal. j They may not drink liquor In tho cafes and bars after a cortain hour. ThlB lu tt) help preserve order in the They may not hold, parades in ! which tho red flag or Bolshevik ban-nors ban-nors are displayed. American occupation was followed by American white flour and othor food which the natives had not seon for years. It was also followed by a flood of American money spent by H doughboys. H, This was good for shop-keepers, but Bj bad for other classes of people. It H caused prices to shoot up. V- The people who fare best are the frauleins who are fortunate enough to have a Yankee private for a beau on monthly pay-day. He thinks nothing of blowing the girl off to a big "food" at a good restaurant and topping It off by buying her a 700-murk skirt or blouse that she has long coveted. |