Justizrat Dr. Rhode, who recently. travelled from Germany to South Africa by way of England, has sent to the "Fossiche Zeitung" the most interesting of the articles which have yet appeared describing: the experiences of Germans on English soil, Dr. Rhode. says that the first hotel he tried in London was full. At the second, where he wrote down "German" as his nationality, the clerk sent for the manager, who most Politely expressed regret that he could not give a room, as the directors of the hotel had decided for the present not to receive subjects of States lately at war With England. He gave Dr. Rhode a list of hotels where no such regulation existed, and the first of these gave Dr, Rhode a room at once.
In this. hotel, the doctor says, by was treated by the whole staff, without exception, as a guest expects to be treated in a well-managed hotel. He could not, in fact, detect any difference in' his treatment now and during prewar visits to Condon. "I do not, think," he says, "that my appearance and pronunciation could cause me to be taken for anything but German. But in offices where I had to report, in all restaurants and shors, in omnibuses and trains, everyone treated me in a most courteous manner, in particular, I was able to. ascertain that ' London policemen are as exemplary as ever' in their readiness to help one."
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Certainly, Dr. Rhode admits it Lis good pulley for a German in London not to attract more attention than necessary. Loud conversations in German, he says, are particularly inadvisable, and' may easily lead to friction.
On board the steamer to Capetown Dr, Ithode says his experiences were entirely agreeable. No hostility towards Germans was noticeable "mong the passengers, who were all elffer South Africans or people on their way to South Africa to settle there. 'The German who comes among com-any of this kind," says the writer, is, of course, well advised to keep to himself at first. He must not cut into strangers' conversation, or, as the German is so fond of doing, bow to right and left and murmur his name by way of introduction before sitting down' at table. As the result of my earlier experiences I kept completely to myself at first, sat and read alone, and hardly said a word at meals. After a few days one after another of the passengers came up and began to talk to me. I was invited to take part in games and other amusements; in short, I was not in the slightest degree made to feel that I still belonged to an enemy nation." Speaking of his conversations with Englishmen about politics, Dr, ryes that
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