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In recent debate in the Beichstug a very striking speech was made by the So cialist deputy Molkenbuhr, which throws a strong light on the distress which Ger many is sufering from. He declared that the war was demanding enormous sacrifices in the homes of the people and he spoke with grave anxiety of the falling off of the birth-rate, which had declined to a far lower bguro than in the France Prussian war. Next to the fall in the birth-rate the rate of mortality among the children born was most alarming, and Herr Molkenbahr pointed out that this was largely due to the distress cansed by the war and the failure of the municipalities to supply relief. The pensions," he remarked, are very low and distress and misery have entered the families where there are many children, and many of these will not survive their Iack of necessary food."
ILL TREATMENT OF BRITISH PRISONERS IN GERMANY. PUNISHED FOR REFUSAL TO BUILD ZEPPELIN SHEDS.
mostly wounded, and some sullering from One hundred and four British soldiers, disease, arrived last month at Roozendaal from Germany for exchange.
dent at Flushing than a working party was One of the men told The Times o respen sent to North Germany, and on arriva found that they were expected to construct Zeppelin sheds. They refused, and eight man were consequently sentenced to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour, They appealed and the case is to bo hesed in Berlin. Meanwhile the sentence hads good,
MISSING NORFOLK HEROES.
MESSAGE FROM PRISONERS OF
WAR AT ANGORA
of the 1/6th Norfolk Regiment, who was a A postcard from Corporal William Blott, member of the Sandringham Company which to mysteriously disappeared in the prisoner of war with the Turks at Angora fighting around Anafarth shows that he is a and on his postcard says he is well and happy. He adds: Twenty more prisoners arrived here yesterday, paluding six of E20. I am longing to see you, and hope it won't be long now." The card is dated Devettber 17th, 1915. card to dele
Captain Book's pocket-book and also him cheque book, found on the plain across the Germans' faces were a yard long. He farts have been found and have been for- After Loos, said another of our soldiers, which he passed on the advance on Ana heard the confession that the enemy's losies warded to Sandringham The inder hand- then appalled Germany. Several Irished them over to the military authorities, men told how attempts were made to induce who forwarded them to relativia them to join a German-Irish Brigade, Meanwhile, interviews with members of Herr Molkenbuhr, therefore calls on the and how the invitation was repelled with workers insurance societies to contribute indignation
the 5th Norfolks who have come home ro- more generously, and points out as an A man who had been at Gastrow, Mecking the fate of the colonal, other officers, veal no further definite information regard example of the growing distress that, lesburg, aid that prisoners ware occasion and the many men missing Private whereas there were 6,042 widows of seamen ally struck with hayonets. One man was
John who obtained relief from insurance pen- pierced in the stomach and one in the Bridges narrates: sions in 1913 there are now more than lung. Both belonged to the King's Royal 89,000 widows in this class alone. It is die Billes. The one who was struck in the to such facts that the grants to the widows stomach was smoking, contrary to orders, and the orphans have fallen so low. For he was struck at 10 p.m. and died next the orphans in Germany now number morting The other was still in hospital 600,000 But at the present death rate when my informant left. Others spoke oon boys! Give 'em the point! Bir among these children and with the fall in our men being forced to work in coadminis the birth rate their numbers are likely to and quarcies, from which they returned be very much lens in a few years time, exhausted after months of labour.S This is naturally no consolation to a pat riot. And Herr Molkenbuhr points out that the effects of the war st home do not end with the young people.
ment, If precautions are taken to main tain the productive capacity of the work ing clases, Germany will be able to over- come her difficulties after the war, other wise not
The Turkish trenches were in kind of horseshoe, with the village and forest in e centre It was when the gallant Terriers were in the village near the feet that he saw these officers and heard the colonel ehout as he was leading his men Coma
Horace having just previously urged them on with the words Now, boys we've got the village " (Ansiarts Ova). Bridges w no more of the officers, whose disappear ance into the wood ended so mysteriously. treachery and Bridges says that we One or two of the returned men speak of WORKERS DECLINING STRENGTH.
might have taken the ridge if we had not The war will create a great disturbance,
had the order to retire. Who gave the in the productive capacity of the nation,
order he did not know, and neither do for many have lost their health through ELFLESS TO COPE WITH DISTERS. others interviewed locally, I might pos deprivation or illness Arrangements must In the meantime, however, neither Biato sibly, so man think have come from a be taken in time to deal with their cases, nor municipality is able to meet the grow German officer in the Turkian tranche clown Many of them can be restored to their pro ing-distress caused by the war The Get by At any rate many of the mechLOR ductive capacity by medical means, but man working man, as another Socialisted about, some separated from offoers and not all those who have lost their work can speaker said recently, is losing, weight all under terrific fire scted upon it, and be restored to their own rocation. In many The miners have not enough bread to sup the others went on to what 7 cases arrangements for other work for them port their heavy work on, and, reading be riust be made. The State must provide twee the lines of speeches like the one means for doing this and other organisa-quoted above it in easy to see that the tions muit help frsary of distress is rising from one end of FORTHCOMING EVENTS-
The war brought many surprises and Germany to the other And in the mean we must look ahead and so that pesco does time the Government, faced with bank not take us by surprise, When millions ruptcy, is unable to make any provision return from the field, the whole of industry for unemployment after the war The will have to be rearranged and that will German scheme of State insurance against not be done at one stroke: We must see to sickness and unmployment is breaking it that the men who cannot at once take down, and the widows and orphans, a up an employment do ust to their sorrow Herr Molkenbuhr saysq, are faced with ap exchange the trenches for the gutter and palling distress. Every day adds to their sink ante misery. And for this reson after total The question is how long can Ger- the war the Workman's Insurance Act many endure this strangle grip on her must be placed on a new footing. For in people, and how long will they submit to the great States as well as in Prussia no the cruel ravages which her wanton war provision has been made to a unemploy has inflicted on them...
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