Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1914 — Father Saurer Returns From Visit in Europe. [ARTICLE]

Father Saurer Returns From Visit in Europe.

Father Theodore Saurer, prefect at St. Joseph's college for some time, who was in Germany when the present college term opened, returned one day this week and left yesterday for Nebraska Tity, Neb., where he has been asisgned as a priest. Father Siaurer remained 'or some time after the breaking out of hostilities and visited a number of battlefields and saw the terrible destruction of the war. The Republican was unable to see him after his return, but from others who talked with him we learn that the German people are certain that success will crown their cause. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are in training. Young boys to men of forty-five and older. Even the boy scouts are being used for guard duty, patrolling bridges and roads. The women are engaged at making Socks, mittens, caps and other things for the .ol'diers and the German people consider it a war thiat is certain to determine their continuance as a nation. With them it is not the Kaiser’s War but t-heir .own. They love the Kaiser and there never was a people more united for a cause than the Germans are. They are not so bitter toward France as they are toward England and Germans are hoping that they will be able to invade England. The people are filled with confidence and 5 old and young are determined to fight .the war to a finish at any sacrifice. Governor Ralston spoke in Monon yesterday.