GERMANS IN LONDON.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 March 1920, Page 11

GERMANS IN LONDON.

THE SILENT TOAST. Germans are re-establishing themselves in the City of London, booking orders for German goods, making money, and wining and dining in public restaurants in precisely the same way as in pre-war days. These men have been released from internment, although their robust and rotund appearance and brick-red faces would rather suggest a prolonged and enjoyable holiday at the seaside. Germans lunching in City restaurants and dining in West End restaurants arc now a common sight. One'or two restaurants particularly are their favorite meeting-places. Not far from the Aidgate pump is a restaurant where nearly all the customers are German. So are the waiters. So are the cooks. There is a German touch in the menu, a German flavor in the dishes. An Englishman who enters—he is soon spotted —feels as though he were in (he centre of Germany. I visited this restaurant (writes a l)aily Mail reporter), and I particularly noticed four young Germans bitting at a table at the end of the room. After ! a heavy meal they solemnly raised their .glasses and drank a whispered toast. Then thoy got up, put on their hats, paid their bill, and stalked out