Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1919 — FIRST UNCENSORED U. S. MAIL REACHES GERMAN PEOPLE. [ARTICLE]

FIRST UNCENSORED U. S. MAIL REACHES GERMAN PEOPLE.

The first direct uncensored mail from America to Germany began arriving at Berlin yesterday, the letters received ranging from business communications held up for weeks, months and even years by the British to recent letters from three to five weeks old. One 'bank communication more ithan three years old ibore the seal of the British censor, 'but all recent letters ware untouched except iby the Germans, who, it is charged, might have been looking for money or for trade secrets. Another shipment of nearly 1,800 sacks is due in Copenhagen the middle of August.