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[[underlined]] Sep. 5, 1914, Saturday. [[/underlined]]

Arose at 6 o'clock. A misty, somewhat windy morning. 

(Supplementary notes) While we were at London Mr. Voska had meetings with Mr. Kopecký and other local Bohemians, and a police commissioner with officers called on him to investigate. The English are very careful. Of course Mr. Voska has no trouble to show who he is, as he is a "Times" corespondent. 

The English have also been watching us closely, but we move about here with a different feeling, as we are among friends. The bearing of the Englishman is less overbearing, and indeed the entire atmosphere is different. We are congratulating ourselves that we are out of the oppressive atmosphere of Austria, and of bullying, insolent Germany. The boasted "culture" of Germany is certainly displaying itself!

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We were informed yesterday that the steamer "Teutonic" was taken by the government. It was to sail yesterday. We saw two passengers at the hotel who have succeeded in getting 3rd class passage on our boat, the "St. Louis". 

We see bodies of soldiers marching down the streets, and we have seen a few small camps in the country on our way here, but on the whole there does not seem to be any visible effect produced on the activities of the people. There is not that absence of men so noticeable in Austria and Germany, and evidently the English have not more than commenced to use their resources. This promises that England will have the final say in the decision of the great conflict which is sweeping the world.