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safely over. And then having won the election because "he kept us out of was" we [[underline]] let [[/underline]] him throw us into war, and when we learned that he lied to us about the Lusitania, that its clearance papers at the port of New York  declared it a munition ship (as Dudley Field Malone, then collector of the port, since admitted), we did not impeach him. It makes me feel that [[underline]] we [[/underline]] are "not fit for self government." I made that remark during the last of Wilson's reign in the presence of Dr. Winston and he said "Well, cheer up, we're not getting it!" However, I did not say any of this to Dr. Z. No one I have met has mentioned the fact that we were in the war except that hotel keeper, the night I reached Vienna. All this was patriotism and jingoism has taken all glory out of our flag for me. I thought, but the day the first week here, walking to the museum, I saw a little American flag across the street, used as a sign. I crossed over to see what it was. It was "Americanische Kinder Hilfe." I almost hurrahed, there is something of America alive after all. All the nations of Europe mix in America and get along peaceably, and most native-born Americans are a mixture of two or more races. The one thing that U.S., and only U. S., can show the world is that races [[underline]] can [[/underline]] quit fighting and live in peace. We could have helped the victims on both sides (as we fed Belgium), we could have stood for peace without conquest. But we let out money-lenders and war profiteers push us into war, pick out our best young men for sacrifice, and did not dare to protest. This kinder hilfe sign did my soul good. I asked Frau Schneider about it. She says that at all the schools (if I understand aright) the little children can get a good mid-day meal free, and that they are provided with shoes and garments in cases of great need. She says that America has done "so viel" for Austria. I hope that will undo some of Woodrow Wilson's villainy at Versailles. It is the kindliness of the common people to each other,. not the conferences