Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-10 | Page 5 | Huns Ill-Treat U. S. Prisoners

S ILL-TREAT ff, S. PRISONERS Government Makes Vigor-ous Vigor-ous Protest to the German Ger-man Authorities. Must Also Be Cessation of the Robbing and Loss of Parcels. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. The United States has made a vigorous protest to the German government regarding the treatment of American prisoners of ' war. The state department, through the American ambassador at Berne, has askedite Spanish embassy in Berlin to .,0tmit vigorous protest on the follow-wing follow-wing points, information 'concerning which has been officially furnished to the department: First Forcing any American prisoners pris-oners of war to work while ill or physically physi-cally unable to do so. Working in Mines. Second Compelling any American prisoners of war to labor in mines. Third Compelling any American civilian prisoners to perform any work of any kind, save such as may be necessary nec-essary in connection with their own care and upkeep, or in connection with the care and upkeep of their own quar-. quar-. ters. The German government is informed that the United States insists that there must be a cessation of the robbing rob-bing and loss of parcels, and that it is not disposed to give credence to endeavors en-deavors of the German government to excuse the non-receipt of parcels bv laying the blame upon agencies which handle such parcels before they reach Germany. The German Word. The . Spanish . embassy is further asked insistently to demand the removal f to an officers' camp of all American merchant marine officers at present in Brandenburg. The department requests that the attention of the Gorman government gov-ernment be called to the fact that, according ac-cording to the information, a prisoner named David Johnson is still at Brandenburg, Bran-denburg, notwithstanding the statement of the Gorman government, through the Prussian war ministry, that he would ; be transferred. Furt her more, the department de-partment asks that the German government govern-ment be informed that tho personnel of the German merchant marine who i are interned in tho United States are i only required to do work having to do I wiUpfneir own care and upkeep or the BFe and upkeep of their own quarters.