Show Is s Germany Trying to Wipe pipe Out Fre French ch Race by Cruelty By Milton Bronner By Sy Special News New Service WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Nov No 3 The horrible horrible horrible horri horri- ble German atrocities upon French war prisoners and the anxiety with which I France is looking to the United States are vividly portrayed In a letter lettel to lo Professor Francesco V a tr in the war department from Professor Henri who in happier days ays was an au instructor in the Lc e of ot Bresse near the Jura mountains Chomard and Ven Yen tresca tresca in early manhood taught In InGerman inGerman German Grman schools together and so flO knew I Germany thoroughly thorough For three years Chomard has half been chief French censor at one of ot the most important frontier posts post all mall mail between en France and Switzerland Switzerland Switzer Switzer- land has gone through his hands The Germans German are ure treating our prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- in a manner beyond bond human en en- en durance Tens of oC thousands of or French soldiers in Germany have already died The others will be returned 11 all broken up and worn out According to a German official re report report report re- re port published a year ear ago of our soldiers w were were re then filling the insane asylums of oe Germany Gelman Under all an sorts of pretexts pretext they are inflicting terrible reprisals als Last year they sent OOOO to Russian Poland This year they sent to the French front where they were exposed l to the fire from Crom our guns They were WErf packed In barracks too f pm small mall all to afford af- af afford af ar- ford tord comfort and had no fire They were not allowed to receive parcels from home and were WErf made to work about yards ard behind the time German first lines Of the nl nearly were fore killed b by our projectiles or perished from dis ease Tho The others were taken back to Germany In la a pitiful condition n. n crippled crip pled for tor the rest relit of or their lives The Germans practice their reprisals especially upon officers and Th The French prisoners prisoner working t in German mines during durin the last tm two years are ruined for tor life Germany German acts in this manner r t be because because be- be cause she has more French French prisoner than we have haye German At first sh she treated the thA English prisoners wor than ours oura but now that England ha has more German prisoners rs than Germany Germany- has En English lIgh our accursed enemy nemy ha h has changed tactics The allies should bp hI united milted on the treatment of or prisoners of if f as they ar are arn on military operations opera opera- t ons I It is a question of ot the future of or our ourI I race raco which Germany seems to want to to- I annihilate In another passage Professor Chomard Cho- Cho maId mard reveals how much the winning of ot the fight for Cor democracy d depends upon the United States I 1 do not doubt the intensity of ot th the effort in the United States but what I is now nE' nE needed most ia is speed sped DurIng During Dur Dur- ing lug the first two years economic conditions con con- dillons in France had hardly changed ed The prices priceR of or foodstuffs had not nol changed hanged much but it has been quite quit different during the last year And Andt life threatens to become more precarious precarious precarious rious In the laboring masses and for living on limited salary Finally the arrival of or the first t American soldiers has caused all prices to advance still more The They pay regardless re regardless re- re of price France which produces much loss Ions and which Is deprived of ot a part of oC her imports because Cause of or the submarines must nevertheless contribute her share to feed the allied armies within hp her bottlers border Hence Irene a soaring of ot prices price which would not ha have been thought possible It Is therefore necessary that I America hut hasten en What hat tire pre at pre present ent the conditions on th time the French front atter after atI at af I ter tr three years of or war Of or a front extending ex- ex ex extending x- x tending ov over r more than kilometers kilometer our allies are ale holding holdin only about 1 fic Thus Thin the heavy y load I 1st Is still railing falling Ml- Ml most mOAt entirely upon French France and th the II of or America on tb the should relieve France |