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Show iPLAN TO POPULATE FORT DUCHESNE 1 WITH GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR Ten thousand German prisoners of war, who arc being held I In tletentU carnp9 "somewhere in Europe" may -be brought to .Utah 'and SutXk in the cultivation of thousands of acres of land In the UlnUh Basin, if the plan which has been suggested in Utah land carried to Secretary of War Newton , D. Baker by -Gov. Simon iBambenrer is favorab y acted upon by official Washington, uov-"rnr uov-"rnr Bamberger, who rcturncd'lnst Friday from an extended trip Fast declared that Secretary Baker was enthusiastic over the nrowsaf after the "governor Jointed out that this and is among fKost productive in the West, and under intensive cultivation-would cultivation-would produce thousands of tons of foodstuffs. ... While no definite policy was agreed upon, the governor thinks it very probable that thousands of Geman prisoners of war now held in England and France may be brought to the United States on the return trips of transports used to take United States sol-tTers sol-tTers to the European battlefields. At present the Un ted States must transport foodstuffs to Europe not only sufficient to supply the armies in the field and the civilian population, but also the prisoners of war. The economical policy, it Is argued, would be to bring the war prisoners to the United States, where they might be producers instead of remaining consumers in Europe. |
