Show GERMANY AT END OF HER RESOURCES R ES burce S escaped prisoners say thorp there Is insufficient iclene food for soldiers and civilians STARVE IN PRISON CAMPS boys of seventeen in trenches de clare clara refugees who recently reached this country mothers arc ara vainly protesting new york Is reaching tho ilia end of her resources according to alax ond and jacob SOi urek who arrived hero here lifter after escaping into holland olland Il from german prison camps the homes of the people have been tripped of old oil men wid boys for the firlus title line aged men and women are tit lit work and metals of nit all kinds are disappearing tho ilia escaped prisoners say tito tho two men met each other in 1101 1101 land and succeeded lu in reaching this country hy by stowing away on a steamship spent more than two years acnia la in mines and internment conics after lip lie was forcefully taken into Ger ninny from russia lie ile says that flint the german people tire nie coming to look upon victory us its at a lost liopo hope and tire so tired of war that thousands ire are worta wondering cring it if it to la worth while tim the call to arms lias has reached seven teen year old boys and mothers are vainly protesting tito tho enthusiasm of the earlier curlier days dais of the war is locking lacking tito alio people aro are thlu thin to tile point of emaciation because of scanty rations to be fat Is almost a crime and to eat more moi 0 than tho the government all allotment allodine otine at Is sometimes punishable by death tile people ire are becoming less leas and less stirred etli red by optimistic government an is was smuggled across border tannenbaum a Ilus Itus JL jew w wit wis allowed no freedom in acri germany nany lie la bribed it woman to smuggle him across the dutch border bonier in 11 holland olland lio lie could obtain no authority to leave that flint country although lie he had find left his wife destitute lu in russia ile he met tit nt tho the Ilus Itus consulate tin and offer unsuccessfully trying to secure steamship passage the pair boldly walked aboard a liner they were unchallenged and reached tills this city by way of their entrance into this lila country was unknown to immigration but they announced their presence and after tin an investigation they were allowed to remain to own a cut cat or dog in germany brings a fine of gold hns ams disappeared and very little nickel Is in evidence paper money Is use used entirely und and it Is put into circulation by tho the various sections of ilia country tile the krupas issue their own money which Is redeemed for food tannenbaum wits was thrown into prison for standing outside n railroad station waiting for a train ue ile was ordered to scrub hla his cell every morning with a cup of salt and a pull pall of water for food lie ho received tin an ounce of brend bread cereal conee coffee X r t I 1 crumbs and soup nindo made of peelings pe elings prisoners beaten frequently to in a camp where spent three months with french and belgian pilson ers wooden benches were tho the bells beds and rotten bread with potato peel soup was the food the men were frequently examined by doctors and often were marched naked on snow covered ground for lee ice water baths they were beaten on tho ilia slightest provocation an epidemic of cholera and typhoid broke out and when it was over tho ilia survivors were vacel vacal gilted the Gerin german tin soldiers and doctors deserted the camp during the epidemic all and prisoners were left to caro care for tile sick finally the camp was investigated by a government commission which ordered better food tile tho food allowance for the german wits was as follows for one person oue week three pounds of bread SO 80 grains crams of butter ono one egg grams grains of meat 50 60 grams grains of sugar 20 grains of soup one lake flake of fat the people are hungry all tho the time they can enve potatoes and vegetables only when there la Is plenty A special permit Is required for securing clothes and articles of tip apparel parel con only bo be obtained after authorities have determined they are really need a tito the sol alers faro fare little better re calving poor clothes and food enough only when there Is an abundance tile the Vold lers receive three pounds of broad brend every four days when there Is enough HOW SHE DOES HER BIT A A 4 I 1 anxious I 1 to ilo a her bit and make it 11 ilia ho most valuable deed she is capable of if rendering the nation miss bliss lucille patterson atterson a twenty three old nr let aist of 0 prominence Is devoting lier her nr ar talent to war work she li Is now it t work on a service poster for tile national league for service and to paint it site tins to work on oil a high above the busy throngs in the street below tho the poster Is 20 feet high and will take the lotic young artist at least three days to finish her task it depicts a modern jonn joan of are arc holding aloft a hanner banner and lending leading nn an army of american women in various necessary brandies branches of oc the service in aid of their country the poster will appear on the busiest corner in new york the its use of lof the billboard at forty second street and fifth was donated to tho the league to go around there Is practically no milk and very little real coffee it Is drunk block black tho the people discount the effectiveness of the united states lu in the war these men who afave just germany believe they admit hint this country tins lins food and munitions but they tire taught that the american soldiers do not amount to much |