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he has been in America 43 years, and this is his first visit, - and he says that he will never go back. He came from Eastern Prussia, and saw the Russian invasion. 

When we were on the tender Mr. Černý made the remark that we had the hardest time going through Germany. An old German (from St. Louis?) flared up when his daughter (?) told him what Mr. Č had said, and declared that it was some "damned liar", and he was not a German! I told him that we know what we had experienced, and [[underlined]] he [[/underlined]] did not. Things quieted down, but it is evident that there is much subdued German sentiment aboard. 

The conversation of Englishman on board indicates that they are 

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beginning to realize the seriousness of the war. The make the war one of principle, for they resent the attack of Germany in Belgium. 

English papers are full of severe comments on the brutality of the Germans, and there is much railery at their culture, etc. The German has certainly lost standing with the English, as well as with the rest of the world, and his vaunted culture is a byword. 

We have just been notified by a steward that the smoking room is closed at 11 o'clock, and that all must be out. 

We are in sight of lights on the shore at 10 o'clock. 

We were routed out of the smoking room, but slept in the seats in the ante-room around the entrance from below. A cool night. (See back of Book I for notes on voyage.)