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Show fli MB flUEMS Eflffl T flT f S. QUESTIOIIIIAII IT EACH WI1IS0II HIP Of -700 - Held at- ForV-400 Angrily Refute to Reply; 169 Want to Leave, and Oth-rs Would Stay Here OUT of 700 interned alien prisoner in the war priaoji barrack, at Ft. Douglas, 169 are willing to return to their native conn trie at their own expene. providing Unci Ham paroles them and escorts them to a port of embarkation. Thers are mors than 100 who will put up a strenuous fight against being be-ing sent back to their own country and thers are more than 400 who have declared they "don't car what becomes be-comes of them. QUESTIONNAIRES RETURNED. These fact were revealed when 70" repatriation questionnaires, circulated .through the local war prison by officer offi-cer of the department of Justice upon I orders from Washington, were ra- turned today to the local United State district attorney for transmission to the attorney general's office at Washington. Wash-ington. ljocej federal officials were instructed in-structed In a telegram from the attorney attor-ney general last week to distribute repatriation re-patriation Questionnaires among- the prisoners at Kt. Douglaa to determine deter-mine how many of the interned alien 1 were willing to return to Germany or. , , Aftatrl at UHr own expense. 400 ARE OtOURATE. Tha questionnaires were hurried prepared and were circulated through the camp Saturday. Kvery ons of the 70 Interned aliens was given a questionnaire, ques-tionnaire, but leas than 100 filled them out completely. Of this number Iff expressed a willingness to return tu t , naflva Mimlr. at h. m.m . penae, and about 175 expressed a de-sirs de-sirs to remain In this country and become be-come cltlaena. The remainder flatly refused to fill out the questionnaire and frankly expressed to officers that , they "don't care what this country does with them." COUNX AMONG UNRULY. Among those who refused to sign ths questionnaires were many of tbt most. notorious allena confined In the war prison. This list la said to Include In-clude Count Alvo von Alvenslehen. the most noted ef all prisoners Interne I at Ft. Douglas.' Alvenslehen was reputed re-puted to be a multimillionaire at the lime nf hla Internment. He Is said tr have been the kaiser's financial agent In British Columbia and Is allesed to have engaged extenalvely In Ormin. py work and propaganda, ONCE A WAITER. : Alvenslehen, through spectaculai speculation, rows practically In a altiglf night from a hotel waiter to one of I h wealthiest men In British Columbia He was prominent tn society. His vast fortune wm confiscated by ths Dominion Domin-ion government Officers who hsvs talked to Alvenslehen Alven-slehen say he regards his future statu with utter Indifference and seemingly does not cars whether he Is deported or not. I. W. W. WORST. It t generally believed by local federal fed-eral officials that those who refused t ' fill out the questionnaires will be deported de-ported as soon aa the final peace treaty la effected. Moat of the I. W. W. agitators agi-tators are said to he among thows wh refused to sign and ars regarded aa th most dangerous of the Interned aliens. THESE ARE SARCASTIC, A large number of the questlow-nalres questlow-nalres returned t o4 y hr only sai -(I'nntlnued on pare 4 1 QUESTIONNAIRE ' (Continued from page 1 came and innolcnt Tiotea inacriled by J the prlaoners. Home of them elated j that they wouldn't do anything to help1 the I'nited Htatee and If any inform- t lion waa wanted the government could find It nut the beat way it could. PROMISE TO BE GOOD. Among ihoee who deatre to remain in thia country t here ia exprenxert H airnng willingneaa to h good, aettle down and become worthy cltixeua of thla country. Home of thene prleonera , atate they were engaged to American: girla before their internment and are; now dealroua of gaining their freedom to enter matrimony. UP TO WASHINGTON. The repatriation nueationiiairen will' be forwarded tffAaaMngton tonighTf with rerommemlntiona from the local! I'nited Htatee dlatrict attorney. Fori the peat month officer of the local; department of Juatlce have peraonally 1 Interviewed nearly everv man tn the; prieon compou nd a nd f u rt her recotn - ' mendatlona for parolee will he haneo upon thla Inveatigation and the man- -tier In which the prim me re treated the queetlonnairee diatrtbuted Saturday. |
