Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-19 | Page 47 | Germans Retain Russ Prisoners

GERMANS RETAIN i RUSS PRISONERS 1 STE L May Mav 18 Germany 18 Germ in in erm-in v t determination to utilize utilise the labor of Russian prisoners as long long- longas as possible s seems ems to bo reflected In an of official I communication which has been Issued to the German press After referring to tho the fact tact that conditions at present I tr reigning In Russia make mako an immedi imme late l- l ate return of all German prisoners prisoners o of war wal Impossible the note says that the transport to their own country of oC Rus Bus Russian Russian ir sian scan prisoners from Germany German can pro pro- pro reed onI only ve very slowly and must e ex extend ex- ex x ti tend over a long period vii The note In giving g reasons for tor the delay in repatriating of or Russians re refers reters re- re fers to the strain which th the war makes 4 on on transport communication and the tho largo number of prisoners in German hands and finally refers to the of these prisoners preferring to Lo remain in Germany Germon