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would soon have 5,000,000. 
(At Magdeburg Ćerný, Kofránek, & 1 or 2 others went into the RR. restaurant and had to show passports.)
We reached Braunschweig at 12[[underline]]00[[/underline]], changed cars, & left at 12.15 PM. for Hannover, which we reached at 1:15 PM. Here we again changed. After taking lunch, we left for  [[insertion]] ^ at 3:15 P.M. [[/insertion]]. We are the objects of close scrutiny at all he stations where we stop. It is hot. No birds appear along the way. we reached Löhne at about 4 P.M. (Near Seele. a dummy representing [[insertion]] ^ Czar [/insertion]] Nicholas on gallows, - in red & white trowsers. Here we saw many peasants, - the women with big black ribbon-bows on their heads.) We left Lȯhne for Rheine at 9:43 P.M. At [[strikethrough]] Löhne [[/strikethrough]] Rheine we took coffee on arrival. [[strikethrough]] and then breakfast. [[/strikethrough]] supper. 

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     [[underline]] Aug. 31, 1914 Monday. [[/underline]]

We arrived at Rheine at about 3 A.M. We took coffee, and later breakfast. Out men (some) again had to show passes in restaurant, and were so closely guarded that they did not venture into the town. Here Mr. Černý accosted a soldier on guard at the depot, chatted with him, had him show him that his gun is not loaded, but how quickly he can do it, showed him a map and asked where the German armies were located. We had a nerve-racking time of it. He has been very indiscreet, talks too much, and looks too French for our comfort. An officer and two men examined the trunks, lifted my heavy one, and when I spoke to them they said there was something in it besides "kleider". I told them there were books, showed my university credentials, and they seemed to be satisfied. Several train-loads of soldiers passed 

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Transcription Notes:
kleider = clothes