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Show Dubbed "Bologna Bill" by Men Confined in Prison Camp. Fear That End or War j Means Deportation to Germany. "Bologna Bill! " This is the new name for the former kaiser, bestowed upon him by his erstwhile erst-while subjects who have becu sojourning sojourn-ing within the barbed cage of the Third war prison compound at Fort Douglas as .dangerous enemy aliens. Tti e cognomen was bestowed yesterday yester-day l .looming when news penetrated the a "jf t o the effect that Germany had raeonditionally surrendered and that the former kaiser had fled to Holland. Some of the Germans were heard to remark that if they were given an opportunity op-portunity to go back the Americans wonldht have any problem as to what to do with the fqrmer emperor, that they "would fix Bologna Bill" themselves. them-selves. The inmates of the camp knew that something had happened, and they had a pretty good idea as to what it was when the noise started in Salt Lake at 1 o'clock yesterday morning. However, How-ever, the "details of the affair were not known .until thev papers reached the camp later in the morning. There was an eager scrarhble" for the papers, and the details of the capitulation of Germany Ger-many were devoured with mingled expressions ex-pressions of interest by the German prisoners. Read in Silence. Some simply read the news in silence, apparently too cautious to give any audible expression to their thoughts. Some were not so cautious, and gave vent fo actual, or at least apparent, pleasure at the news. Others went so far as to express themselves as indicated indi-cated above. But after the excitement of the news wore off there was a sober silence settled set-tled over the camp as the interned prisoners pris-oners began to think about their individual indi-vidual futures. This is a mighty big problem sto them, and it is also something some-thing of a problf in . to others also, as the question of future disposition of these men has not been determined, so far as is known.; There is fear, real fear, ainong most of the inmates of the prison camp that the end'ing of the war wil) mean their deportation to Germany. To most of these this possibility is fraught with can.sei for fear, for they realize that thc'V would only land in the fire by Uug this country and going back to jjii'ir native "fatherland." To them w the prospect js a gloomy one, and it makes them-see visions of prisons and Seven scaffolds for, as was indicated in the recent articles written by a ,pris-Wer ,pris-Wer in the camp, many of the' men rTN Jiving in comfort and ease within the American prison would meet with short shrift were they back in Germany. Ger-many. Mental pictures of possibilities, dread possibilities, which are in the minds 'of some of the prisoners, are responsible for a sort of gloom that settled over the camp during the day. Plenty to Eat. These enemy aliens have had plenty to eat, eomfortablo homos to live in, plenty of clothing, the best of medical and every other care, and they have had an easy life, even though their goings and comings were restricted by barbed wire, since they landed at Fort Douglas, and the prospect of being turned out of this camp and probably beifrg sent back to the turmoil and strife that is reported to be rampant in Germany, Ger-many, makes them stop and ponder. The prisoners at Fort Douglas are in a different class from those of the other prison camps of the country. They are not, strictly speaking, prisoners of war, not being military or naval men. They are civilians, hence must be handled in a different way. The military prisoners all know ftat they must be returned to their country, but the civilian prisoners do not know exactly what will become of them. The men at Fort Douglas have been )ickcd up, either on suspicion of being dangerous characters, for the commission com-mission of some crime against the United States government or spying iri times of war. They were arrested by and arc held for the department of justice of the United States. Whether this branch of the government will try them, against whom they have evidence, and scud them to the penitentiary, or will send them hack to Germany to take their chances with justice there, is the thing that is puzzling them and is the problem that is as yet unsettled. In the meantime the prisoners are wondering what their future may be, what fate Sies ahead of them. But their greatest fear seems to be ennrtatiou bick to the land of their ktivitv. |
