A WAR-TIME JOURNAL 11 GERMAN TRAVEL NOTES: "TAKIN' NOTES" 67 OF SOME FELLOW TRAVELLERS AND THE CATHEDRAL OF MAINZ 76 SCHLANGENBAD 84 LIEBENSTEIN 90 TREVES 96 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE ENGLISCHE KRIEGSFUeHRUNG _Frontispiece_ (_How the Englishman makes war._) ENGLAND FINDET HILFSTRUPPEN (_England finds troops to help her._) I. IN KANADA 17 (_Behold the German idea of a Canadian._) II. IN POLYNESIEN 33 (_The German idea of an Australian._) III. NUR IN LONDON NICHT 49 _But not in London!_ _These illustrations are reproduced from German newspapers._ A WAR-TIME JOURNAL: GERMANY, 1914 VILLA BUCHHOLZ, ALTHEIM, _August 1st._--Last night a herald went round the town and roused everyone, blowing his trumpet and crying, "Kommen Sie heraus! Kommen Sie alle fort!" This was a call to the reservists, all of whom are leaving Altheim. To-day the crowd cheered madly, sang "Heil Dir im Sieger Kranz," and "Deutschland ueber alles," showing the utmost enthusiasm. To my horror, I find that the banks here refuse foreign cheques, and will have nothing to do with letters of credit. I have very little ready money with me, and the situation is not a pleasant one! _August 2nd._--Germany has declared war against Russia! All men old enough to serve are leaving to join the army. Proclamations are posted up in the Park Strasse, and crowds are standing in tense anxiety in groups, discussing matters with grave faces. We don't know how to get away, since all trains are to be used only for the troops while "mobilmachung" is going on. People have got as far as the frontier and been turned back there, and some who left Altheim yesterday are still at Frankfort. I tried to buy an English paper in the town, and was told that none were to be had until England had made up her mind what she was going to do! We think of motor-cars to the frontier, or the Rhine boat.