SEPTEMBER 5, 1921. Yellow-chocolate leaves fill the streets. The temperature has plunged to around mere dozens of degrees Celsius. Above, the sky's like a gray mantle enveloping the entire country. Colorful daffodil and tulip flowers usually in full bloom in April and May are now just a memory. The fall season has arrived.

Neuse Waterweed port is just ahead. Strong winds always blow here, at one of the busiest ports in the Netherlands. The ti