Show N JOll J r iO SOlVE BiG IG lABOR PROBLEMS J I II I I War ar Has Killed or Disabled T More fore Than Men Ien Women Lack Endurance c i j Bodies Boches Say Captives Work I By Alfred G. G Anderson lotS lOiS br by Company Compan i Since Shioo the war be began an Germans Ger- Ger mans nans havo o been called to the colors In lono ono one form or r another Not all of or course I were ere soldiers I Of ot this number had been killed In action netlon and permanently perma perma- crippled up to tho the time I visited Berlin These figures wore were furnished ino me inc b by Capt Erich van an nephew or of r General and military 4 critic of the during Ia IL 11 friendly call call mad madd In company a neutral newspaper correspond d I I cot ent nt I could not help feeling they were eX My ly questions were wedged la In casually in the course of or a triangular lar br conversation about general matters matte of ot no 10 o particular Import Had tho the cap- cap been aware of or my ray true Identity ho would doubtless havo have turned me inc Rover over to lo a a. firing squad e Captain von yon said ho he did not know now tho the number of ot men lost a as prisonerS prisonerS' prisoners prisoners pris pris- or released from service for tor lOther ther causes cause I J More n Rendered Dller d Unclean fr Sin Since e that time at least moro mora Germans have have- been Leen put permanently fout out ut of ot action according to reports from rom th front Tho The drain on the tho population for soldiers has been Leen so 80 great that Gei- Gei many h has s resorted to extraordinary m measures to keep the tho wheels of ot Industry Industry industry Indus- Indus try moving Laboring people told me t jl that at many many- factories more moro ithan 75 is 5 per cent of or the workers aro They said that generally PI Peaking German experience nce has been that women had not proved as of- of 0 n as men In most moat OC occupations up Members ember of labor unions in lle Berlin lIn rt that women lack the strength and endurance to lo perform reaU really exacting and aud heavy manual tAsks tasks In Industrial plants With this fact In mind more nore than a 1 year ear ago the thc reichstag passed the call so-call called so-called d civil service law lav as u n means of or i all available masculine labor 1 Tho Purpose and effect of or this law was wall explained to me b by Herr Dobel Dobe a socialist lIst reichstag member All 11 Work ork It la is compulsory for malo male every eco peon perran per pcr- ran on h I I. bete n the ages of 16 and CO ers who vho for tor any reason has be been n from military j to ac- ac du employment ment Jn in a lec recognized d indu In- In lOved Jonell Once employed the worker Is la not al- al 0 o Jewe Jis job without the o or his 11 5 employer tho or thorit au- au s. ra K Jf ho I intends n t to II leivo levo vo he blust give Iv notice to hi boss bOGs An ln- ln Is mado to determine if cir cir- to quit This hw h. h been boen friction n. n or of et i n the two sad herr Dobel who him If to the majora faction Tr Tnt e enst voted alin t j I It In the tho 0 on tho Grou that It do- do r- r Workers Worl or of all lion Abo freedom ot of ac- ac I 1 they advanced d the tho tIo that obJect or of t this b bo kind might a oll h d after tim tho f Wi or W var lr But the tho faction Action ta ch f flar ar havo have no I Ic wo 0 majority socIalists h had rI not th liw hw would have j leu mA mAde l fn more s Severe vert 44 J InvalId n School t Aid d II Hun UJ JI j Other nother means o of re replenishing r the labor supply iz Is the or Invalid schools hundreds hUndred of 1 There which are inid to exist l In Germany crippled are Re soldiers m reStored to fitness for tor i Cu rato n civilin oc- oc r As toon roon n. n the invalid is 13 out or of the tho hospital said eald Herr h Is d artificial ra l school lIm lImbs In r t at the school lId invalid A him to an In 0 conjunction with a. a Sound one At At purposes f the o ol instruction he lic I examined b by S n vc n board J. ot of numbers I of ot m- m an workers him Im In JIse board 1 Suitable occupation It l io o d I I II his C based or on capacity capacH for or work Sol to Get Cot i larm I I rhe also Gel Gelman man SO I l learned ib wit ln n- n nTh Th Working lh the Invalid all U t general Plan for or I 1 j H problem Lila le th th ff grants o or small r tract of or fn farm I and land l liUe to each ah ted i stated soldier fter the tho ems n Pru san Pru KInn war the o ts as ap ap- f fir If services rendered by I the Inv Ud with h n on iron hand and orean-anol orean 4 Woo en le and a wh n I nothing else captives d r ar ht o ha I and aid prisoners of J I aU C fl niti lId howo er is o of carefully conCealed conti con con- ty by tJ the ti govern I It o f U sUPPosed that were pUll ethil Germany Oth of nr them I was three Hire tofa months hgo ta tOld the o mines were employed in I t v P Persons from that PI French ni i the are arc In th IrI v Ii 1 p Berlin t I I JW lag man 11 n. n j Q wa ons C t tera era Thc not a A lOW V aub i II Un l Fh In wo h I eXclUSively el b by Shan Strangely i I saw Raw I nd Isid In Berlin to know Ir if I i I I soldiers were employed in German In In- In anywhere Large numbers of or Russian prisoners are aro also employed cd in ammunition lac- lac torl tories fI This practice 1 I was told was dl discontinued after a big l Lory ex explosion cx- cx x- x In Inn i IUPPO the Tle- Tle stilt ull of Jt a a. plot t dearth o of labor forced the g to fo r reinstate rein rIn- ln 1 state the tho lie troublesome o. o OP- OP 1 I wa as as Informed the German government r n battalions long lony le leR vps 8 of ot it b nc to help up U the the- labor situation Would Exploit Siaw Ju JuM t before I loft Ion Berlin Gorman German I merchants had hind petitioned th tho government govern ovorn- ment nent to 10 dir a a. a man many with commercial training as could coulL be bes s I ll For Foi th ar argued w we s haven't Iwu h trained to enable tia us to e our new tra trade o po possibilities Russia comm Commenting on this situation a B Ber r- r lin un commercial Journal lt said bald saide Vc e are Jio satisfied that 1 the German army will wll er bo IJo able io to r the tine ch mei ports ly I he n. military mili tar tary tarv le loaders leaders an ani easily casIly spare para a few thousand soldiers in help us LIS e exploit lan trade J In n tIl this occupation tine they v. v ol HI ill be lie far more use uso lo to tho ho fatherland that limn b by 7 N In Jn local actions at the tile front 1111 fri nJ nc admission somehow got ol hy by the censor Subsequent Q J. 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