Our Diplomats In The War Zone When the war broke loose those persons in Europe it concerned the least were the most upset about it.

They were our fellow countrymen.
Even to-day, above the roar of shells, the crash of falling walls, forts, forests, cathedrals, above the scream of shrapnel, the sobs of widows and orphans, the cries of the wounded and dying, all over Europe, you still can hear the shrieks of the Americans calling for their lost suit-cases.
For some of the American women caught by the war on the wrong side of the Atlantic the situation was serious and distressing.

There were thousands of them travelling alone, chaperoned only by a man from Cook's or a letter of credit.

For years they had been saving to make this trip, and had allowed themselves only sufficient money after the trip was completed to pay the ship's stewards.

Suddenly they found themselves facing the difficulties of existence in a foreign land without money, friends, or credit.