Show I 1 TIM RULE OF IRON ELDER ELDEB JOHN P NgON of this city writing from the island of bulf bul near the coast of schleswig Sch leswig describes scrib the condition of the people under german rule the island was formerly a danish possession and the great majority of its inhabitants are danish Bis marcks policy in dealing with them is one of great rigor and seems so elder sorensen Soren sea states to have for its object the tae driving from the island of ull all who are danish in sympathy many of ef the latter are arrested and imprisoned apparently for political reasons all al authority is v vested ested in n german officials mostly what wha t we kap bere would call carpetbag carpet bag importations and their course cour e towards the masses of the banish ish inhabitants is one of tyranny and aad ap oppression the school children are re compelled to study the german lange age seal real estate has fallen in value from two fifths to one halt half during the german occupancy though equally as productive as an before thy the people are very poor and liva only fr from in hand to mouth the country Is i one oae vast military camp campana cam dad soldiers police and gendarmes gen darmes throng it in ireal great numbers nuu ibers the burdens 0 of taxation u under uder which the cne people groan ero anthe the curtailment of their personal liberties their poverty and their bloomy pron acts for the future as portrayed pori rayed by tr ider elder Soren sorensen seD go to 10 makeup wake up a cheerless picture |