The German horns were playing the Marseillaise through the corridors and decks.

The steward, smiling at his astonishment, said, "The fourteenth of July!" On the German steamers they celebrate as their own the great festivals of all the nations represented by their cargo and passengers.

Their captains are careful to observe scrupulously the rites of this religion of the flag and its historic commemoration.

The most insignificant republic saw the ship decked in its honor, affording one more diversion to help combat the monotony of the voyage and further the lofty ends of the Germanic propaganda.

For the first time the great festival of France was being celebrated on a German vessel, and whilst the musicians continued escorting a racy Marseillaise in double quick time through the different floors, the morning groups were commenting on the event.
"What finesse!" exclaimed the South American ladies.