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·ENGLISH LEGIONĀRIES BACK FROM SPAIN.
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Fifty-two ragged and dikilla- sioned Englishman, whose hag gard appearance told a talo, of misery and privation, arrived in London a few weeks ago.
They were soldiers of misfor tuna, back from à terrible cam- paign with the Spanish army in Morocco.
Workless and destitute, the men enlisted three months before in the English contingent raised |by the Foreign Legion of Spain
for the war against the Moors.
Now they are all bitterly repenting of their decision. WORSE THAN GERMAN PRISONS,
They have awful stories to tell of treatment that exceeded in brutality the worst horrors of the German prison camps, and of terrible atrocities committed by the Spaniards.
Man after man told bow hà had been beaten, bullied and) Itarmaniad. It was alleged that Spanish officers had imprisoned legionaries without a trial, and caused them to be tortured, and that some men had even been tied to posta in the firing-line.
Hall-starved, ill-equipped, and without proper medical attention, they were made to bear the brunt of the fighting. As "storm troops they took part in elevan battles, and suffered in casualties, four killed and 22 wounded.
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"We saved the Spaniards from Blackfriars-road, who served 436 disaster," said one man, and in years with the Loadoo Regiment return we got nothing but brat-during the war. ality."
BULLIED AND TORTURED. The men, who were brought "I went through something in home from Madrid by the British France," said White, but the authorities, were taken charge of bardships there were as nothing by officials of the Y.M.C.A. upon compared with those I and my had 50 endure in their arrival at Victoria, and con- comradea ducted to the association's but in Morocco. Grosvenor-gardens.
"We were bullied and tortured, Clad in all sorts of odd gar-clad in rags and balf-starved.
We were with the Foreigu ments, amongst which overcoats were conspicuous by their Legion a force about 2,000strong. absence, the scene was suggestive composed of Germans, Italians of a bandits bisousc. Many of Greeke Frenchmen, and recruits Many of the party were batless and with of all nationalities. Bonderclaibes, whilst others them were ex-convicts. wore, beneath riding breeches and) All our officers and most of the puttees, canvas shoes with ropeo.c.o.'s were Spaniards, and for no orber reason that because we One youth was bare-legged, and could not understand their words several who were woonded had as of command they would hit us arm or a leg in bandages."
with rifles, sticks, and whips.
"One man accidentally collided For this with a Spanish officer. he was put into prison, and a bag of stones, weighing about 1501b was tied round his neck. He had to endure this until he collapsed.
bottoms.
WHIPPED EVERY DAY.
Probably thengest "soldat", of the party is C... Saunders, of York, who stated at he was 17, though he looks a merè lad..
From the story he told, it would appear that he endured as much as any of his companions.
"This same ponishmant was meted out to me for being absent from damp for five hours. I was Once when I had gone for a pot into prison for six weeks walk in Melilla I was put in without having been tried, and prison on my return because every day for eight days I had to had been away for tour hours, carry a huge bag of stones on my and beaten daily, for eight or pine back-for four hours in the mora weeks, with whips. I was, too. ing and four in the afterapon. frequently struck with rifle-butts, "Our uniform was of a thin and often punched with the fist," khaki drill. We had to overcoats be said.
representative. "and from the conversation I have had with them I think the accounts which they give at their truly terrible experiences may be taken as true and wovarnished facts. to the Foreign Office stating the
"I am sending an urgent letter
facts and urging that the Govern- ment should immediately apply to the Spanish Government for an advance of the money due. the men bave not deserted. The Spanish Government let them go. to avoid possible presumably difficolties."
Representatives of the British Legion who came to the assi tance of the stranded men asked that they should appoint, three of their number to put forward their case, which the Legion would then take up.
It should be understood that.
LORD R. CECIL'S INTER- NATIONALISM.
--A-debate of the World's
Prime Ministers.
He
Lord Robert Cscil, addressing meeting on behalf of the League of Nations Union, described the constitution of the Assembly of the League, referring to some of its distinguished members. He remarked that he would not say or blankets, although the nights he was satisfied he hoped he
never should be satisfied. "For eight days I had to carry were bitterly cold. We had no about a hundred weight of stones, stockings, and the only protection should like to see all the Prime until at length my strength gave for our feet was a pair of thin Ministers, of the various nations oct and I was unable to do so any canvas shoes.
present in the assembly, and he longer.
"Men with sores all over their should like to see other repres- "There is no such thing as a bodies were left unattended by the entatives chosen, not only from trial of any sort. You are simply doctors, and even cases of dysentry the official classes but from all classes of the commanity. He put into the 'caliabons (prison) were neglected. and kept there until they think St All the fighting was left to the should like to see representatives to let you out. If you speak to Foreign Legion. The Spanish of the working classes and of
women, and so on.
anybody they 'dab you one (indicating a punch),
"I thought all this was bad enough, but it was nothing to what we had to go through when we got to the front.
ALL TIED TO POSTS.
regulare were kept in the rear in reserve,' while we were used as
storm troops."
•
Still, the assembly was a body of very distinguished repressants- tives of the different countries. The most striking fact about the assembly was that these delegates from so many countries of the world, meeting together for the common object of preserving the peace of the world. had developed both in the first and second Assembly a unity instances the and corporate life as great at that our hands behind us and left Spanish were guilty of awful of the Middlesex County Council there, under fire, with bullets atrocities. After one battle, fuor any similar body. That was a whistling around us, until there which, as usual, we had done the was some dead to be buried. Then fighting. I saw a party of regulare we were taken down, and when decapitate two dead Moors, put we had finished our job trussed the ears in their pockets, and up again. None of us had any- later throw the skulls about the thing bat a shovel to defend our camp. selves with.
SPANISH ATROCITIES. "It was terrible work. Day after day we had to march miles to the attack over mountainous "As punishment for some country. We could not rely on offonce or other-what it was 1 the Spanish troops for any help. never knew-I was made one of As soon as they saw the Moors
a working party in the firing line. they ran.
We were all tied to posts with "Io some
very remarkable thing if they considered the immense variety
of the nations, represented in the assembly,
- means
They must allow that if the League had done nothing élna but "When the Moors haard, ofbring into existence A chum of mine he was once this practice, they retaliated in whereby then of different nation- slities civilisations could work together harmoniously it would bave exhibited to the world
a head waiter in London--was an abominably cruel manner shot and died while tied to a post, whenever He was next to me in the line.
"One day, when I was tied up
like this, the Moors swooped
گے
they captured
Spaniard.
LETTER FROM MR. LLOYD
GEORGE.
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down upon us, and the Spaniards We believe that our repatris, ran away without even releasing tion was due to the efforts of one US. They were the 4th of our comrades, named Jackof a super State, It was a collec (Princessa) Regiment crack Harris, who wrote to Mr. Lloyd tion of free and independent corps and the 15th, and 34th George estly in the campaign. States meeting together with the conceive the enormous value such Regiments. They threw down He received a reply from the common object of promoting in- debate would have in drawing their rides and left their machine- Prime Minister, saying that the ternational co-operation and pre-together the peoples of the world and removing those misunder- gona benind.
matter would be investigated by serving the peace of the world
Lord Robert foreshadowed the standings and suspicions which DROVE THE MOORS BACK. “ Foreign Office officials
Were the base of half the "Fortunately for us, our men of
Mr. Frank Briant, M.P., who possibility of holding under the troubles that existed, the Lagion drove them back has interested himself in balsif ægis of the League's great debate again at the point of the of the unfortunate men, closely in which all the Prime Ministers
GENERAL NEWB. bayonet, otherwise I don't interrogated them upon their of the world should take part and suppose you would bave heard arrival at the hut
should tall the nations what was HEBERGOT WEIGHING 184 lbs. this story
****I have warned them that if they necessary for international peace A cottage gardener at Willes- A terrible story was told by exaggerate they may defeat their and for the prosperity and ad- borough (Kent) has grown beet Edward White, of Norfolk street own ende,” said Mr. Briant to avancement of mankind. He could root weighing 184 lbs.
TOO COSTLY GOVERNMENT. -
In the House of Commons, Sir Robert Horse, Chancellor of te Exchequer, in explaining the pro- visions of the Esporte Credits Bill, declared that prices were too high. One cause of this, be Kgrood, was the Government Wan costing too much. He was doing. bis utmost to reduce Government expenditure, and hoped to be able to show considerable reductions If the next Estimator.”