Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-10-07 | Page 2 | 100,000 Deserters From German Army

DESERTERS FROM GERMAN ARMY By Associated Press P PARIS Sept 29 Correspondence of ot the Associated Press Press One One hundred thousand soldiers and officers of ot the German armies in the field preferred the relative peace and quiet of ot neutral countries to the glorious dream of a triumphant entrance into Paris There are 45 deserters in Switzerland ac according according according ac- ac cording to a report of ot the German legation legation lega lega- tion at Berne to the German foreign office Fully lly as many have ne to Holland and the Scandinavian countries countries coun coun- I tries and the odd have managed to find their way into overseas countries countries coun coun- tries The German government has lately proclaimed a general amnesty for tor all deserters and extended to them an Invitation invitation In Invitation In- In to reenter the fatherland providing providing pro pro- viding however there are no charges of ot treason treaon against them