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Show oo AMERICA SEK 111 Treatment of American Prisoners in Germany Must Cease or U. S. Will Bring Country to Account. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, The United Unit-ed States has made a vigorous protest I to the German government regarding the treatment of American prisoners of war. Tho state department through the vnieneau amoassauur ai jljciuu, nas asked the Spanish embassy in Berlin I to submit vigorous protest on the following fol-lowing points, information concerning which hns been officially furnished to the department: First, forcing any American prisoners prison-ers of war to work while ill or physically physi-cally unable to do so. Second, compelling any American prisoners of war to labor in mines. Third, compelling any American civilian ci-vilian prisoners to perform any work of any kind save such as may be nec-csasry nec-csasry in connection with their own care and upkeep or in connection Tvith the care and upkeep of their own quarters. quar-ters. The German government Is informed that the United States Insists that there must be a cessation of the robbing rob-bing and loss of parcels and that it is not disposed to givo credence to efforts ef-forts of the German govornmont to expose ex-pose the non-receipt of parcels post ,cels before they reach Germany. The Spanish ombassy Is further asked insistently to demand tho removal re-moval to an officers' camp of all American Amer-ican merchant mnrine officers at present pres-ent in Brandenburg. The department requests that the attention of the Ger-' Ger-' man government is called to the fact that according to the Information a prisoner named David Johnsou is still at Brandenburg, notwithstanding tho statement of the German government, through tho Prussian war ministry that he would be transferred. Furthermore, Further-more, the department asks that the 'Gorman government be Informed that the personnel of the German merchant marine which are interned in the Unit-I Unit-I ed States are only required to do work I having to do with their own care and j upkeep or the care and upkeep of their own cmarters. |