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Show Prisoners Told by 1 American Soldiers End Not in Sight. I .HEAR OF PEACE NOTE I Never Expected to Be 1 ! Ousted From St. I! ! Mihiel. I. (By Associated Press.) H i WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON V THE LORRAINE FRONT. Tuesday. j M 'Sept. 17. German and Austrian pris- fl loners taken in the recent ad.vance by B the Americans in this section dis- tV ; played great interest when they jfl learned of the Austrian peace sugges- :fl , tion when the news reached the camps ; where they were taken after their cap- h j lure. They mado no effort to conceal Hij their discouragement when assured jB j jby the American soldiers that peace jffl J is a long way off. unless Germany is N ; billing to admit she is beaten. j 9 j Stories told by the prisoners nearly S all indicate a lack of harmony between iH the Austrians and Germans and rc- jfl fleet the lowered morale of the aen- HH tion shows that they realize the hope- l lessness of success and their belief Mi that they are fighting for uomo ob- Hij ject which to them is apparent': not Hre Individually the captured men are In Vi gcod condition. They are -we-l clothed. Win well leu and healthy. jflt Never Expected to Be Ousted. till The Germans apparently never ex- K peeled to be ousted from the St. Mi- i lp liiel salient. Th?y had done much jjjljl work in digging shelters and beer gar- i MP dens and about the Soulveio farm the m country had been made to look like n jjm j prosperous German neighborhood v.ixh jig rerorts where townspeople might j m spend their holidays. m Little clubhouses were built and (mi equipped not wholly in keeping with Wtti front lino operations. The dugouts and ii shelters of the officers were fitted al- jw most luxuriously, some of the larger V J ones being fitted with bath tubs and wl running water and lighted by electric- M iiy. Outside, of many of them were M little summer houses where the occti- jj A pants were accustomed to sit and va ! drink beer. : M j Y. M. C. A. Wins Warm Place. The Y. M. C. A. has -Avono4ts place mm in the hearts of the American soldiers ftn and an instance of tho service ren- WSlm dered by these workers is given in a mWm story told of the recent fighting. On jml the morning of the American advance (HPf against tho St. Mihiel salient a Y. M. 4Hi C. A. man appeared among the sol- Waa. diers carrying a huge pack 'on his lUlf back. Ho did not explain his presence !'flj except by a whispered word to a com- , fll pany commander who nodded ap- ffii! proval. When tho order to advance fljalf) camo he moved with the men. At the' l gj first pause while the soldiers were 1?F sheltered behind the little rise of S5 ground the Y. M. C. A. man made his 183 way from soldier to soldier, giving a X ifi each a cake of chocolate and a bunch iff g of cigarettes. When his pack was ex- Jy hausted he returned to the rear but jl J re-appeared in a few hours with auoth- 3 j cr bundle. He repeated his trips until J his organization was able to bring up J Jfi a supplies in larger quantities. j : ffl |