The former Turkish Ambassador, who is against the Young Turks, is living here. He is afraid to go back and also the Germans are keeping him in stock in case the Young Turks go out of power, and possibly to stir up trouble in Egypt, as his wife is a daughter of one of the Khedives.
There are lots of suspicious looking Spaniards about, possibly cooking up an attack on Gibraltar.
Any German peace talk includes payment of a large subsidy by England, Russia, and France; Italy to be left to Austria to finish.
The export of gold has now been formally forbidden.
There is no doubt whatever that the population in the conquered portion of Poland has been for a long time in need of food.
Our Military Attaché, Colonel Kuhn, just back from Servia, says the Germans have, literally, stacks of ammunition and had begun preparing last spring for the present attack, even little mountain wagons and new harness being all ready. Only about six German corps are there.
The hate against Americans here is deep-seated and bitter. Hans Winterfeldt, a prominent German banker, with American citizenship, just came in to tell me that at the annual meeting to-day of the great Allegemeine Electricitäts Gesellschaft a fight was started against him because of his American citizenship, and he was not, therefore, re-elected a director. He thinks of resigning from all banks, etc., and returning to America.
December, 1915. Red Cross Doctor Schmidt just in from Servia says Belgrade was completely plundered.
Having lots of difficulty getting the Germans to give the English prisoners clothes.
Hate of Americans worse than ever.