Passing on letter, noting that if things continue as is "we would have a lot of telephone poles decorated with Huns or [either] have the german language stopped."
Lauer reports a rumor heard regarding seditious literature passed along train, which states that the war "is a financial one and that high finance is taking a prominent place in same."
Lauer pressing. Needs rapid clarification, as "there is a critical situation in our county and state at this time," and people need to know exact meaning of Babel.
