| Show FIND HOLLAND PRISON CAMP DULL PLACE British Officers Interned at Frequently Leave Without Notice ORDERS GIVEN TO SHOOT Somehow Aim Is Commonly Erratic and Personnel of Prisoners C Changes anges T. T milE HE HAGUE Netherlands Sept 4 J L The Tho ancient fortress of schans schane where are arc Interned the British officers of or tho the Antwerp relief relle expedition expedition tion which was forced b by tho the Germans to retreat Into Holland a year ear ago agog oc occasionally occasionally oc- oc loses JOles somo soma of ot its khaki khaki- clad guests notwithstanding that tho Dutch profess to guard the place thor thor- hl Tho The British officers Uk like many of ot interned In other camps In Holland Holland Hol Hol- land refuse to pledge themselves against trying to escape to England to rejoin the fighting forces and once outside outside outside out out- side the tho fortress these prisoners find the Dutch people disposed to make mako things cas easy for tor them The guards at tho camp are under orders to shoot an any escaping prisoner and It is true tru that they do shoot at them but thero there is often otten something mysteriously poor ioor 1 about their aim In f fact ct If It were cre not for the constant arrival of or shipwrecked ship wrecked aviators L tho the quota of or prisoners prison prIson- ers era at would not bolong belong bo bG long sustained BIn Hai Int Interesting History The fortress Is an interesting place Although visible ble from two railway oay lines nobody seems to have haye been aware of or Its existence util the war brought It to notice It is 19 surrounded b by a a. cluster cluster clus clus- ter of or green trees and a broad brond moat which makes it virtually an island Even the farmers who live Jhc nearby know so little of oC its origin that with tho the historical generosity of oC the Indifferent indifferent ferent they vaguely aguel reter rehr to the castle as dating back to the time of ot the nomans Rb- Rb Ro no- mans As a n. matter of or fact the for tort fort was built b by King Icing William of England tho the of Holland and cannot cannot canno be 00 older than tho the year ear 1672 It was Ir In that year ear that King Louis XIV o of oC France Franca Invaded Holland and marched right up to Amsterdam The country was was at nt once flooded and several cral fortifications for vero built bunt in this Impromptu sea to guard the few tew high roads which could not bo be submerged In tb the Mont Moat The deep and broad moat which surrounds surrounds sur cur rounds the fortress is now used for fishing and swimming purposes by 1 the tho forty five British officers interned there thero In tho distance there is a pretty Dutch landscape with I rooi d tl houses clusters of trees trec a a. few busy windmills and a high sk sky all aU of or them suggestive of the tho liberty lIbert that is near at ul hand but which is barred b by a double row of wire fences both above e and un under under Under un- un der water and a n. series of armed Dutch guards At t night the thc entire zone zono oi or barbed wire and rifles is lighted up b by strong aro are lights giving 1 the old fortan fort tort fortan an Ln appearance something like liko an American Amer Arner- ican amusement park on a summer night But when approached closely II it Il IlIs is seen that mosquitoes and bats bafs are tho the only ones to enjoy this beautiful glare The occupants of oC the fort are arc safely aCely locked up for the night hL and at 11 o'clock they aro are sent to bed bcd n ne e. e to One Give Parole For Eor a year ear now these men have ha been In a prison which really Is not a a. pris pris- on If the they were prisoners o of war the they could bo be treated severely and und could be punished for Cor the tile breaking of any lIlY rule of the camp Since the they are aro Interned foreign soldiers and have hao not given their their- parole that they shall not tr try to escape the they are arc at perfect liberty to walk walle away any moment they can When hen they aro are caught the they are arc brought back but the they ma may renew their efforts the tho next morning and unless s the they lie destroy government property there Is no way ay ayIn in which to punish them thern for tor the trouble which the they have o caused all around As Asa Asa a matter of or fact tho the Dutch bo boy who Is standing standing- guard is not going to burden his conscience with tho the death of an excellent fellow with Jih whom hohas ho hohas hohas has played games for ronn many months and for tor whom he has nothing but friendly feelings As for the dall dally daily routine of tho the Interned in interned Interned In- In officers It can bE bo well vell compared to a rather quiet watering place Thu Tho Thomen Thumen Thumen men have hao revived re the games of or their early ar school days and a a. few tew times a ada aday aday da day in a mild game of or The British government gO has hag built two excellent tennis courts The Dutch government go has put up a n. Jumping board and between 11 and 1 o'clock allows the men the tho liberty libarty of the moat A V kind Hollander has haa Installed a pianola p 1 |
