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Show . Allied Commission For Repatriation of P ound Death and Disease in German Prison Camps u R': 1 ! 313c try me; .best of them did what was absolutely whit more, and required and oot one could get no sat-- I Rumania and Serbia tsf action out of them. ! We had arrived in Berlin Dec. 1 and began work the IStiu- - By the middle of January practically all of the French, British. American, Bel' gian and Italian prisoners of war, with the exception of sick cases, had Harries bsen repatriated. General be comexpected that our work would but pleted by the first of February, the tltuttlon of the Rueeien prison-erwhich wa becoming more and more ominous, forced the three mato remain. jor nation commissioners k treaty was When the signed there were1 approximatelyGerRussian war prisoners, in many,. Under the terms of tha trtqfy should have been repamen these triated Immediately, and Russia expected them to be. Ames, Jr.) (By Lieut. Russians Treated VIKIy. Russian prisoners were notori(Written EdiMley tor The Deret Ren) But Ocrmanr w.r. bad ously badly treated in Germany.Ger- I conditions for allied prlnera of war in waa tinned. have been told by Russians that SuHna th. war but' worse after the armistice man guards would spit upon a piece in LIVING dgUberatel the delays for the responsibility shifted of meat, throw it into the midst of a wSr onto IW headstSf tfter AliJe of prisoners and aaj;N,Flght.for crowd of men prisoners it. you dogs. And some of theWould under treaty were so famished that they treated a. a scrap of paper th. cTehe should hav. repatriated Bumian primne a. eoon fight for U. United Btates, ho, with their usual cunning, the of ths for the representatives been aas Germans figured that to liberate this Kus-s- it of and naUons smaller of of men would only bo to great number Great Britain and France, fhe war prisoners menace against themselves. theOerman. themselves create a by for to shift left been would have Red Bolshevik armies were even then "'U I- These and other startling fact. learned frommyof the repattiaUon that if they returned this threatening member million and a half of men whom they to General Barrie. the American a of and part are all facta had treated so vilely, their hatred commisSon,and I wilt show you that they would prompt them to Join th hordes , Of Trotsky and Lenina in the hopes jichtn Of tfte of avenging t hems Ives upon their srmistics ths authorities of th. Shortly after the signing of th captors. So the terms of ths Brest-L- it ovek document were Ignored and tba Russians were not repatriated. There pH-.- ..sure argument against this course, on the number of prisoner and. their disorganized state, Jo check up but they were not arguments of hongorern-men- U knew that tha ell jo They at situation or tn observing the treaty. handle th. fact, to The million and a half of men, would demand an accounting for every half Marred though they were, still r war. of consumed vast stores of food which prisoner to itrifl a categoai for at least could have been used for the ctvi So.' to shift the responaibilitir and heedwith From the Front to be Demobilized. o? th. blame, they requested the Alli Faestng Under the famous "Brandewbnrger Uan population had the Russians GenMdtTMiS'RMimiig part eounbeen liberated. There were those tn is SOB In Vogue. missions representing the serious Thor. It is Interesting to Note That the Famous Goose-ste- p quarters at Spa. Belgium,' to send Germany who hold that this would be inclement the and clothe to themselves against with were under obligations sufficient to sustain the morale of American officer ordered on returned to decent surroundings feed them because they were human wreather. the nation to continue the war. George H Harries. N. A , was the and health their nourishment proper Ton can therefore readily see that ' and was Chairman of However, the menace ps the other beings. life. this mission. General DuPont represented France for be broken to would warn a tremendous undertaking side of Dansig and Posen seemed the Moreover, food was aoarca. The It of Prisoners, and General strength the for Repatriation Mission Inter-Allie- d of the list Americana, check the np more Important. This was true even of those who had moment a prisoner of war left the corded the Central Reoerde Office There is a sort of poetic justice Ewart acted for Great Britain. egrop, the authorities no longer had at Tours,by as not been prisoners far very long. war. of Then, prisoners men French In what did happen wben the Gerthat were feed three to them. effort! these through the work They of s the A for to Americans, the duo and was too. there were 11,000 officers chiefly It seemed simpler. But we soon found with him. To put It tn Doughboy lan- men of the American expeditionary mans. without the knowledge of ths of all the smaller nat Allied repatriated beBritish, and American prisoners and the prisoners in that chaos reigned. The German lists guage, "They should worry." Ruisian unaccounted for. and It was tween commissioners, force of prisoners hordes and the 00.000 Russians and 200,000 were none too good to begin with and alltles were repatriated satisfactorily As long os they wars In camp the hoped that many of them would be Immediately after the armistice, our checkinwgs made trebly difficult government oared lot Germany-properl- y had to make a pretense found in prison camps In Germany. them via a military railtransporting soon AI- heard as as men. the fact they that. or At J5.1S3 the 4 them for German authorities by least, The officers, cjLrlnf Serbia. which they had. projected three "The taslf which confronted (bam the armistice was signed, the prisoners lies might hold them responsible for ed quite well with the Americans, way hundred miles into Russian territory Italy, 1,181 officers, 77,72 men. war bad made a general exodus so doing, but, wben th prisoners car- British, and French, but, when it The of will be seen at a glance when! say reason tor this was to reserve sole Civilians, It prominent men of the from many of the prison camps and ed to escape, no one could complain if came to the smaller nations among more food tor the use of the civthat, according to German war office Gerthe at off whom the to wandered bad had starved death. Allies If countries allied oftha it promptings they various they simply quit. e ilian population. v- figures, the following numbers of mentionmen wills have I their not of been for the mans bad rated as officers, and 17,342 Russians Seek Revenge: Sought Own Supplies. were seem that their after ed in Berlin ficers and men were in German prison may strange they It remaining - ramps at the t un tbe..amixttes, w.a? civilians whom they did not rate as permitted to do so. Not at all when - On the other hand, those who re- own work was completed and helping Bttt the liberated Russians bore In carets were absolutely Rumania and Serbia property to care their bressta a deadly hatred of officers. ThelotATWSBlS.tSS officers, you understand and- -, remember ths mained- in-'lSigned: Thetr German captors admitted - - neglected. No farther clolhi, g was le- for and transport their soldiers homeworkings of the Teutonic mind. 51,700 men. offlrrrSi Fieuxti. i. Ths German officials lelt no re- aned to Sheet, they received eearoely ward. many would have - been there that 0,000 of -- their comrades had British French. the It of face men On the was no yet or died of dieease and under- died in prison camps, and tt is my I3i officers, 40,008 for theee men now that anything to eat. attempt fight-era- -. aodJtalW hs4va gigantic task ahead sponsibility made to furnish material for " tha nourishment before they had reach-- belief that at least 100,000 actually .. - 'England, Lby were, jjq Iqnger .potential l)4i Sr dfltwtr-iiM- ii the ed home and aces, to had" of been pi mon task Their passed away from lack of nourishsleeping had been, prevent repalf' tit them.- Many of their men," them from getting back to the firing men were obliged simply 10 shift for The German officials simply show- ment. These men had seen thetr comsome of them for montha prisoners lines of Germany's enemies. They themselves to obtain the neceeeities of ed a disposition to do nothing in the rades starving on their feet and suf- Portogal, 24$ officers, 4,104 tor years, and unless they were quickly never for a moment considered they life and the means of protecting cose of theee smaller nation The'ferlng days upon days, dying from America,. 175 officers, 2.045 men. I Treated. Like Animals, Russians Fought For Food and Thou-- , sands Died of Undernourish- ment Plan of Commission to Carry Out Work. k ocr our r ' t oed ' a. Brest-Ldoca- K.L iEV Dene -- -- rrai ke ! Bre.t-LHov.- i Vh lt , ed ti eiTned-Badltn- ill de-ca- Kk ' I i ilc. or Oww' S m B Hot om Chk 1 froi n Ine, Lot - - do nda Can 1 trGenl on lent nac , I upi t . ay o i V M . -- t LoOl kiat Cefae 11 Pn si chu i 11 tint cl -- ? f -- St rw is in hV-- - 1 - Z 1 Th v mo as I I gh Bui j sssr root - u at. is r ;J P no D. irk hop .1 aiI tmm lure arp ru ient , t t Xati . 81 ike; li2i i ak a 1A I, , T"n-Belgiu- -- ' Ret ate lere s v can opponent of Lloyd George and all his altiee in the king's box at Drury Lane, i' works Probably the outcry against I noted with pleasure her splendid fan feathers with diahim has been exaggerated, but he of would have been more popular wRh monds sparkling in the handle. Queen an electorate of a different type. The Marie, bv the way. has developed Into Coalition caucus has not yet realised a very handsome woman, but I am the need for young candidates, pref- told that she Is obsessed with the erably soldiers or sailors, if an impres- Idea that she may sooner or later besion Is to be msde on large indus- come rather too plump. I daresay she OF VOTES trial or suburban areas. Tha women's has grounds for this fear, because a!- - jI TURNOVER vote makes the personality of the can- though her figure is very fine and her didate a matter of primary import- head is well set on her handsome ance. shoulders, she lobks Just a little heavy j e wben standing. Her beautiful hair (Continued from page one.) Lloyd George has received a shock and her clear wide hhie eyee ace tm- mennely attractive, however, and with been such aa to cause the prime mln- - in West Leyton bnt be is a man who the exception of the queen of Spain, later serious perturbation. In a Liver-- i learns from shocks and the mistake th made there is not likely To be re- ehe Is certainlv the best dressed rova ( pool constituency, vacant owing to now The queen of the peated. A vacancy ban arisen in Ab- lady In Europe promotion of Sir F. E. Smith, Belgians used to share in this rather erdeenshire, where a Coalition Union- rare Lord Birkenhead, to the lord chanoel- - ist but manarrow a defeated Liberal by a naturally of recent quality, lorshtp. the Coalition had an excellent - jority at the general eleetton. The Lib- years ahe has quite dropped out of the dorwho Hall, Admiral in candidate running. I daresay, however, now that eral Is almost certain to win the lning the war waa director of naval to-, and if he Is opposed at all, his better times are dawning for Belknown well was and telllgence opponent will not hght under Coalition gium. that she may emerge Uks a American newspaper mep. Neverthe-- - colors Or receive government support bright chrysalis from the rather dull lem he received Rule more than half The result of this election will, there- series of ''sports dresses and hats of and grey wool, that she has the number of votes accorded to hie fore, prove little that In Centra Hull white worn on all and every occasion for predecessor, and but for the fact that where a Coalition Unionist la opposed the flve years. past who in to Liberal, addition other algo rthowd by hie labor oppo eon l lm enifnene Is liivf I am told of a very georgeous bat boxing champion of ths British have bad difficulty In retaining the weight navy, may provide another shock sim- that is to take place at the Albert T scat. Hall on the 14th of May. tt is being ilar to West Leyton. by a society known, as the In any ease, Lloyd George-- who is arranged This rewult- - eevmed IJovd Georg and I hear that the Friends of to of a sanguine temperament, is prob- wife of theItaly, some alarm but a worse shock iltalian the gravely perturbed. He still Marches Imperial 1, ambassador, follow. In December, a Coalition ably not The is taking special field without a serious interest in the what Union ist had been returned for West- occupies of arrangement vot- - is to be called at V the leneti&n A Levtonalndonrburbann.tHu- rival, and though wining to remind him wonderful pageant is beingartni(ed is that too, be, unless an to represent the ceremony of the mortal, 7 yet thousand receiving snormous revulsion In feeling takes Doge f "Wedding the Sea." The char- against S.IS2 given to his opponent, pUce h( eonfldently expect that In the great procession that the Before Liberal. and Asqulthjan tha next general election will confirm actera will make the pageant specially brilhim In power, eyen though H be with a liant will all meeting of Parliament he died, and wear sbrteenth century became necessary. At reduced majority. Venetian costumes, and there will be MAJOR BRYAN COOPER. the Liberal A. E. New this scenes from all the plays that Shakea-peak- e (Copyright, bould, (a well known figure in the wrote where the stories are laid efIn Italy, such as "The Merchant of cinematograph world) a as able to DeVenice. fect a striking alteration In the "Othello," "Romeo and cern bey figure. Instead of a majority Juliet." etc. I hear, but will ' not he thousand vouch for the truth of the statement, of over five against him, ' materially increased hit poll and dethat no leas a person than Colonel Gabriel d'Annunzlo will grace the profeated his new opponent bv more than Madame ceedings. while STIRRED BT JAZZ Marconi two thousand votes. If this result, one has already consented to take charge of ths most sensational ever recorded one of of the Shakespearean groups, in British politic, were to be taken and will herself appear In the pageant. on fts face value as a. verdict of disLADY MARY. satisfaction with the general police of (Copyright, 11 ) the government. Lloyd George might woH be Terrified, but there are as acme local fnc-- i tn 'most (Continued from page one.) Dr. James E. Talmages New Book account, R- T West Layton is one of London's dor the Jazz as it Is danced at tha prea- - "TH TIT lJTY"OT MCTRVnTXYVVr mltories and nearly SO per cent of It,!! time In society in London. Published. by The Gorham Pres of re commuicri ThiaUe ha votoe PTurve-bee- n to 8tr'Thoma Beech-a- Boston, Miaa - , suffered much owing to war exigen348 page, comprising ,184 "Brief of at opera grand performance cies, the dvily journey to (he city has Drury Lane on several occasions re- Eaesye on Distinctive Doctrine of the een increoiblv crowded and uncom- cently. and found really brilliant au- Church of Jeeus Christ of Latter-da- y fortable, while the fare have been dience that recall pre-wtimes at raised by 50 per cent Luring the war Covent Garden very pleasantly to, jny j8aint. Recommended bv th PI rat Precl-mln- d enwere discomfort the and expense For the first time since theidency of the Church In their Official dured cheerfully, but after the armi- very earlv day of 1 14. elaborate eve- - Announcement. stice the commuter .hoped for some ning drea prevail . throughout thej Contain the eerie of article relief Partly owing to the necessities I notice , li.hed through the great rail and of demobilization thta has" not been that our English parterre. opera goer O hare. of the country during two newspaper, years. forthcoming and as a result the Ley- adopted .American., cua-GotlvJJ-fre, To reeu-S- T R is" ' TtVHrofrr tom of carrying huge ostrich feather) pleixure Wtfh the government for fail fan, and wearing or carrvlng large) DE8ERET NEWS BOOK 8TOR.E. ing torteal with this problem News Building, bouquet of natural flower. Fan Main street. In lome .quarter, too. fault was have not been neen in fashionable asfound nilh the of ths semblies for mnv a long day, and I t'oaiMon candidate James Mason. He remember how delightful to me wa Salt Lake City Is known a the most ld rlr. wealthy and. popular, the appearance of . the beautiful 'city In America. There will! Metropolitan X a director of big railway and Opera House two season man, when be' thousands of' Visitor here this of several industrial concern, but he very smart woman In theago. summer. Let u plant bulbs and had had no previous connection with ium waved a wonderful fan ofauditorflower and thoroughly, eohvlnce feaththe constituency and before the nar. er or lace a or listened them that we welt deserve that honor i .. bad in parliament (he ert for Wind- to the music she talked . You can get a complete atock of , sor. a parliamentary borough which Last week when the queen of Ru- both from Vogeier Seed Store. -ha now ceased to exist) been a strong mania was on among i a bevy of roy- LLOlfD GEORGE GETS rose-shad- 'nilK; on ll.) th in Today there are in Germany some" forty or fifty Russian prison Camps, each bolding 20,000 to 20,000 prison-er- a Fifty percent of theee camps are under the control of the British personnel and fifty percent are under the control of the American personnel. There M a major in charge of each camp who takes his orders from his general. He has bis staff of officers and a sufficient number of enlisted men to carry out the duties in connection with the camp. Who I - left RcnHe it svas- - plasoed-t- o have German guards, bat it is my conviction that this plan has been laid aside and that allied soldiers Ore acting in this capacity to prevent the spread of German propaganda among the prisoners The British Red Cross is with th British military authority in their camps, and the American Red Cross is with General Harries in the camps where he is in charge. Tha men are being fed and clothed. . Apparently many of the Russians had never fared so sumptuously, or they had become, so accustomed it? Hght eating during their stay in ths German camps that they found the ration too much for them and many were caught selling a large share to civilians. The allies consequently placed the Russians on half rations, and the men thrive. . They are given work to do, and the camps are being put npon a sanitary basis, a condition which never existed previous to the armistice. This solution of the Russian prisoner problem seems the best that could be arrived ah It would bo greatly detrimental to the interests of the Allies to turn more than half a million men back into Russia at this time. Even though, the majority were made prisoners before the treaty and probably moot were members of the old regimB opposed to Bolshevik policies, they have had enough of suffering and starvation, am tha only course open to them would be to Join the Bolshevkl forces. Held in Germany it may be possible for the Alliea who are feeding and clothing them, to instill prinoi-piand Ideals in them which will prompt them to crush Bolshevism which is menacing not only the safety of Russia but the world. To deal with Prussian nun is childs,. play compared to the task of hand-- ling Bolshevism should it ever be toy practical, cap-- property organized able men. (Copyright 11. by the Bell Syndi- cate, Inc.) 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