THE ENGLISH TRAVELLER IN GERMANY.

Waikato Times, Volume 2620, Issue XXXII, 27 April 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE ENGLISH TRAVELLER IN GERMANY.

' I'riK Vagabond,' writing from Spa to tho Melbourne Age, says:—'Hie difference in tho treatment of the English traveller m Belgium and Franco to what he receives on crossing the frontier into Germany is vtrv marked. The carriages of tho uiiiiri North German lines are perhaps the boat in Europe. Even the second class are provided with excellent lavatiirv uccotnmod.ition, and the fares are ivti.-onable ; but, the officials, like all tin* Military and civil authorities iu Gorrnany, tin- brutal and overbeariug in their manner. On my last hurried journey to Berlin, I was so grossly treated at every point that it was only tbo knowledge that if I slapped a stationmaster in the face ho would first thrash roe before having rno locked up and committed to prison, which made me keep my temper and the pnacf. This overbearing manner of the Herman'' Ims become most marked •!'iri;ur i »• : is;, ti-ii yi-iira. Every traveller It,hi, w. My fneud, Dr. Fancourt lianibo, (.U* eii-iiHh .Square, explains to 'ae it' i-. c'i,t ■ umi :y is simple. "I went i -j"i Omw'l to (.ieruiuuy to study medi.ii''t lue people were quite ilifierent i/lieri," f iy.- tin* eminent medico. " I went down the Rhine last year, and, with others, was treated like a paiiaii because we weio Kuglish. It may be they arc worse on the Rhine than anywhere else. The Watch «m Uhu- has got into their heads. Von remember that tiijuro of Oct mania overlooking the Itliine, Mowing delknco at France. Nowa day« the Germans arc defying everyone, There is only one «';iy out of it—that is to boycott Germany. You can take a vacaciou to Ifcily or France, or in Belgium, and enjoy yourself very well without l.iiiuhiiig rho confines of Fatherland. It is the fault of English people if they go to Germany to spend their money and be iiuuhed. I agree with Dr. Fancourt Barnes, and in future intend to boycott Germany."