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TREATMENT OF PRISONERS GERMAN LI''S REFITED.

CRUELTY TO BRITISH.-

The ill-treatment of British prisoners

Herr Albert Ballin, former friend, af[i, the Kaiser, and head of the Hamburgptured by the Germans has been American Line, is convinced "that" Ger many faces disaster, according to an "intercepted letter," which the London Daily Chronicle quotes as having been written by Ballin te Privy Councillor Dee Ratheman, of Berlin. Ballin is quoted, in part, as saying:

I motorinas ever since the outbreak of war. On April 11th last, the report of Sir Robert Younger's Committee revealed a most recent examples of few of the German inhumanity and broken" faith. Reference

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made to the systematic breaches of the agreement con cluded in April, 1917. between the British and tiermans, ander which prisoners of on either side should not be cu-

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BARON SCHROEDEN'S 625 TONS OF CUAL

Mr. Turton, in the House of Commons. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he was aware that--

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A German Baron called Schroeder.

GERMAN LOSSES IN SHIPPING HALF OF HER MERCANTILE MARINE.

The Paris Chamber of Commerce Halle- tis has lately published some interesting facts about the losses incurred by the tier- naturalised since the cùmanencement o

man merchant service, and the incrruse of the war, has for the past three years bee

the Allies njercantile teets.

The co- in the habit of receiving immense con mand of the seas being in the hands of signants of coal for his house, and the Allies, since the outset of the war, gardens at Englefeld Green, a large

ie points out, the German merebant- portion being consigned in the name of his gardener, Shill, prior to the war service have been stopped except in the called Schiller; whether, in April of this

ease of Norway and Sweden, with which year, Baron Schroeder received at Egham Station 120 tons of anthracite coal from countries trade has been carried Swansea and seven tons of household coal Vessels still out at sea have been wither from the Brodsworth Collieries, near seized for destroyed by the Allies, or else Germany's mercantile Doncaster; whether the total consign sunk by mines. ments so received from April, 1917. 10 Heet thus suffered from the very bigin- April, 1815, amounted so not less than ning of the war a loss of 500,000 tims. 30 tons of anthracite coal und 100 tona To this gure we trust add the tonnage of household goal; and, if so, whether, held up by the Allies in their own har. having regard to the coal shortage and bours and which amounts to $30,000 tons the difficulty of railway transport. he will "since the entrance of the United

"States, direct the Coal Controller that this Brazil, and China into the way,

Then, German Baron shall not be given undue too, the large number of vessels, sold by preference

to neutral ship loyal and patriotic their German owners. OVAN Englishmen.

builders must not be overlooked. Up to March 31st, 1917, Germany's losses in ther Mr. Wardle, who replied, said it was true the quantities of coal had been millions and a half, gross tonnage, ne chant vessels might be estimated at two

That' Germany has done a disastrous thing by antagonizing the United States.

That unrestricted submariné WAT. fare is a fatal policy.

ployed within thirty kilometres (about That Germany is building no new mer-nineteen miles) of the firing ling, Since the issue of the Younger report there has chant ships.

accumulated another long and appalling list of atrocious breaches of this agret ment, attested, and in most cases abund- antly corroborated, by the sworn state That Great Britain will not only be ments of escaped prisoners. In the inte able to cripple effectually Germany of this notorious ill-treatment by the trade after the war, but will be intermans of the British prisoners that fall position to cut of the Teuton's supply of

into their hands, the Germans themselves raw materials. the insensate folly of our Pan-jerinans, British of inhumanity in their treatment | plied, and steps were being taken 10 about 43 per cent. of her mercantile fleet

have had the effronters, to accuse the

That the Government subsidy system to extend the merchant, murine will show ne results for at least five years.

That by our conduct of this war, hy

of German prisoners. In February last and our unspeakable Press, we have turn- ed her (Great Britain's) inborn dislike the following semi-oficial statement ap- to us into a loathing so cold, and fierce,peared in the German Press. and lasting, as sometimes to make me "From statements made by German tremble for the whole future of our prisoners brought from England to economic existence.

France in November, 1917, to be interned He ends his almost pathetic tetter as in Switzerland, we enn ses how shame- follows:

fally the English abuse international law

were necessary.

prevent any further supplies until they

Mr. Turton inquired whether it was not a fart that 30 tons of anthracit

were still harboured by Baron Schroeder 1

Mr. Wardle had no knowledge of the

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General Sir Ivor Philipps asked whe

the steps had been taken to remove the "xcess of coal and prosecute in the case?

Mr Wardle: Steps have been taken to prevent, further supplies.

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in time of peace. The Berliner Tageblate of May 13th, 1917, acknowledged the joss of 630 vessels, or 211,000 tons of ship- ping. in July, 1917, the German Under Secretary of State, Hellferich, anuotaved in the Reichstag that two million tons. of shipping had either fallen directly into the hands of the enemy, or been seriously imperilled.'

And just one point more, and it is perhaps quite as serious. With a hostile in this work of merey. The prison-fact, but would make inquiries.

Empire, galled and fretted with, who were very ill, some of whom could our military success, raging at its losses, only walk with crutches. were transported But not, as might hopelessly alienated, how are we to pro- cattle steamer. cure the raw material which this Empire have been thought, in the stalls, for which alone can supply! You have studied this any of the unfortunates would have been question, and I am sure of your agres grateful, hut in a filthy space below the You do not believe in the silly stalls in the lowest deck of "the ship, assertion that after the war theasBritish There the cripples had to spend the night intended for mere British critizens do nat The lusses it sustained, has been unproduc markets for raw material will be open in a pestilential atmosphere herded to DO AN Where are

La procure our sup gether like eattle on the benches which did not even have bucks. In the morning they plies of jute if not from IndiaI w are driven from Africa, where are we to received coffee, and had to starve for the seek our full supplies of rubber, palm net of the day. The English, who are kernels and copra?..

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The German 6nancier has so wormed his way into our bedy politi: that it is antural for him to conclude that orders apply to him," says the Daily Graphic. It is all of a piece with official policy; The existence of this coal hoarder migh have been inferred from the preferential treatment of German prisoners, and

These materia) losses are of all ́ijos grunter consequence frunk Anuncial point of view, since the cost of tun, which was 200 marks in time of peace had risen to 700 marks in July, 1917. O the other hand, the capital reg by the German mercantile feet, which has already decreased 50 per cent. owing to

tive since 1914; this, for the first threw years and a half of war, constitutes a loss of 400 million franes (£16,000,000). exclusive of costs for the maintenance of crews and vessels blocked in various

What a prospect Within the Rritiusually so concerned about the external countless other evidences of our tender-ports.

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500,000 SERVING UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN.

which we have hitherto, relied, and which Plates, knives, or forks. The unfortunate Empire are produced countless articles will be indispensable in the inture, if prisoners had to make tea in tinned met Wool tins among the stalls. Even those who we are to swim and not to sink. From South Africa and Austrália, spelter, were sea-sick were not allowed to leave the wolfram, nickel, cobalt and endless more pens below the water-line. The voyage MERCHANTMEŃ WHO FIGHT That great empire is self-contained, and lasted thirty-two hours. For over thirty- we are not.. And all the military vis two hours the English exposed poar tories, and all the wild will-the-wisps invalid. prisoners, to nhout Hamburg to Bagdad will not transport "under these shameful condi

tions. The inhuman enemy did not worry in the slightest degree about the fact that if the ship had been wrecked not one of these unfortunate men could have p caped. As such measures reveal a coarse and brutality which we cannot alin to be shown to our soldiers, the German Government at once lodged "a vigorous protest with the English Govern.

help us.

Here is at least one. German who ha seen the light --Haporters" "Revici.

SEA-PLACES FOR BISHOPS? TIME-SAVING JOURNEYS OF THE FUTURE

At a recent committee meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel latter was rend offering in contribut

mebt."

There are

some 200,000 merchant service sailors and about 80,000 fishermen who are at this moment serving under the White Ensign, and who have been assimilated into the fighting feet," said Sir Rosalyn E. Wemyss, First Sen Lord, speaking at the centenary meeting of the British and Foreign Saflors' Society, in the Mansion House. London. The mer. cantile marine has gone on with its busi- mess ns undauntedly as have the men of the Royal Navy, with the result that through the co-operation of the two services it has her possible to form that marvel-

of tronps and munitions to France, and that service which keeps up the supply of food to these islands, the lack of which would have made it absolutely impossible for this nation to carry on the war, (Applause.)

Moreover, in the same lapse of time, the Allies' rival companies, pr

Biting by the considerable rise in freight, bonfited by diverting into their own chan- nels the custom formarly given to Germmun companies.

Owing to the prolongation of the war, the situation of German ship-owners has became more and more critical. In 1916 the usual reports of shareholders' meet- ings of large shipping companies no longer appeared, in special papers, and the smaller companies were bought up by metallurgic trade, committees. Gnancial or In April, 117, the Scandinavian Com panies offered, in the market, at 750

the Ham marks, the 1,000 mark shares of burg-America Line, which before the war Were quoted at 1,300 marks. This gives us an idea of the losses, occasioned by the war to Germany's mercantile fleet, which is now excluded from the chief markets

the world; however.

ALLIES NEW SHIPPING,

a sum of money in order to supply, one through the same channel. The real facts lous transport service for the transport for in England, during the year 1917.

diocese overseas.

ing to make goud her loss many is work

The Alliesy, too, have not been inactive, 1,163,474 tons of fresh units were built, Moreover, against only 430,000 in 1916. 170,000 tons, purchased abroad, have been

In France added to the British fleet several powerful metallurgic societies, such as the Etablissements Schneider of reuson, the Trefferies et Launoirs du of the mutual respect and admirationave, the Suciété Normande de Metal

shipbuilding societies, for repairing and which have grown up between the twngs have rostrated with the principal it be of the greatest use in the future of the Comité Central des Armateurs do He mentioned that some 32.000 men from France, the Government has organized the torpedord ships had been succoured by the control of the naval dockyards, and the general commandeering of all French smacks. It has obtained From Parliament society,

Vessels, with the exception of fishing-

Admiral Wemyss spoke with enthusiasm

The statement repeats charges which had already been oficially made through a neutral channel to the British Govern. meat, and to which a reply has been sent of the case are that these (ierman prison of the bishops with an aeroplane to enable ers had precisely the same accommoda. bin to visit the outlying parts of histion as that which is provided for British officers and men, who have frequently travelled in the ship in question. "A por Although it has not been possible to

tion of the ship is fitted for the transport accept the offer, there is little doubt. of horses, but no prisoners of war' were states the society, that in a few yearS

put on this deck. Owing to an error similar offers will be accepted, and that of large and widely-scattered dincests it for boiling water, The ship was delayed branches of the sen service, and could not rebuilding the fleet. With the assistance sume of the bishops, who are in charge there were, not sufficient kettles on board heure departure from Southampton, and thus be enabled to multiply their nativi.

also before entering Le Havre, on account Mr. G. Grey, editor of the Aero of the tide. During the latter delay the wering of time which would be effected where on the ship, and one of them lider plane, illustrates ja "Overseas the prisoners were allowed to walk about any by a nail and passenger air service ad overboard, being rescued at consider

He sets out the following table of airable risk by a British boat's crew. journeys of the future-

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DAYS.

BARBARITY TO CAPTIVES.

Cabinet, said that a Government depart 3. G. N. Barnes, member of the War

mentis as slow to move and as devoid of sympathy as a sheriff's ofBeer (Laughter.)

A third man reports that after being captured with ten others after dusk on March 24th, 1918, be was marched for thirteen or fourteen hours, without food,

to Epres:

The German statements are thus shown to have been completely false. On the A letter was read from. Mr. Lloyd other hand; there is an overwhelming George expressing his personal appre mass of properly authenticated. evidence ciation of the great national work which of the barbarous treatment of British is being done by the speiety for our sca- prisoners by the Germans. The following men." cases, which have taken place in the period subsequent to that of the Younger- report, have been extracted at random from this mass of evidence, which is in possession of the British Government,

One man, who was captured on the morning of March 28th, 1918, was made to work for two hours, immediately after he was taken prisoner, serving a German held-gun with ammunition and digging out a position for it under British fire. This gun was in charge of two gunners to whom the party, of which the witness He feels confident that the journey was one, was handed over by the escort, between Newfoundland and the west of These two gunners forced them to carry Ireland will be made this year. The dithe ammunition from the wagons to the tance is a little over 1.000 miles or about gun after they had dug out the emplacemation. ten hours' flying.

ment. Although this party were luckyWe were under artillery fire when enough to incur no casualties, the wit- neas saw six or seven German killed among the detachment of the gun on their iramediate left.

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There is nothing," he adds, "to pre vent a fight to Australia ling made 10 morrow if the Government, thought worth while. No stretch of sea on the route is greater than the distances covered daily by British seaplanes."

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MARVELS OF THE NEW SURGERY. ARTIFICIAL LIMBS MOVED AT WILL.

Another witness was captured on March 21st, 1918, and with about twenty others was taken to a German battery in nation and made to carry shells and make a dump of them beside the road near Remarkable results obtained by Italian Quent. At Villiers (near Cagnicourt) he surgeons in their treatment of soldiers who have lost their limbs were told by officers, N.C.C., and R.A.M.C., who was with a party, including warrant Profesor V. Putti, of Bologna, in lecture at the Central Hall, Westminster. If they did not work hard for eight were to work on roads and light railways, It was Dr, Giuliano Vanghetti who fist conceived the idea and the means of draw. hours a day they were knocked about with ing living energies from the stupay of an rifle-butts or sticks. After a week at Villiers they were marched to Eccust (five

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Here a German interpreter threaten. ed me with a revolver, saying : I want you to tell me the truth. If you tell me any lies, you won't leave the tent aive. He pointed the revolver at my temple. He asked me the strength of my division, how many guns there were left, where they would probably be, etc.”

The witness said that he had only just came to France, and gave him no infor

the voting of a first credit of 500 millions for building new ships. It has also had sen barges over from the United States; these vessels are rapidly construct ed and intended for plying between the countries: Engiand, neighbouring Spain, Algeria, and Italy, Lastly, the conclusion of in agreement with Brazil has placed at the disposal of France the German vessels interned in Brazilian ports, or about 200,000 tons of shipping. These facts show that the Entente Powers will be able to keep the economic advant ages obtained during the course of the war, and thoroughly to outdo German competition.

STATE CUNTHOL OF INDUSTRY EX-DOMINION MINISTER ON THE

· INEFFICIENCY OF GOVERN.

MENT DEPARTIMENTS.'

MACARONI, PASTE STARS, EGG NOODLES, VERMICELLI,ary movements to the artificial Bimkemiks, from the front line and put in a machine guns, and the witacos stayed with they had reached the highest state of effi-

Mr F. M. B. Fisher, Lato Minister for Marine and Trade, New Zealand, pre- sided at meeting of business men to we rested (witness proceeded). This was protest against the perpetuation of Gov-" about one p.m, on the 26th, and we had ernment control of industry, held by the.

newly-forted Imperial Association Î 30 food since we were capture shell Commern, at the Baltic Exchange, Lon-

th, and nothing to drink except hole water. After about another 800 don. yards we were told to keep low, and 80 association, said that the business of the Mr. Fisher, who is the director of the as fast as we could to a shell-hole marked Government was to create, not to con- by a white post. When we got there the fiscate wealth and to encourage trade guide told us it was No. 3 M.G. post, rather than to harass it.

It was going and showed us where No, 4 was. He told to become intolerable and impossible if from No. 3 to No, 4. He came with us as we should be covered by a machine-guo business men were to be controlled by

Government Departments which reache had to go on." about fifty yards, and then stopped. We the high-water mark of inefficiency. The Association did not represent a revolt They remained at No. 4 till after dusk, against the Government, but against in-

efficient and on their way back decided to attempt

departments of the Government. an escape. Joe was shot by one of our Some of those departments thought that In order to obtain this voluntary move eage, which was within range of the him in a shell hole for about five hours ciency when they had commandeered an ment the muscles were allowed to overlap British guns. Here they worked under until he died At length the witness hotel and had installed a teapot, & type- the bone of the stump, and these muscles shell-fire, and the treatment was worse than tenched our lines at about one a.m. on writer, and a telephone in every room.

Mr. Howard Houlder mid that bani- were so arranged as to give two protus they had previously experienced. The the 27th. Since dusk on the 24th he had berances, similar in shape and size to two witness saw four men set to carry been given no food at all, and had badness men bad done out of patriotism much that was against their good reason and small fingers.

marqueen six-man job. Owing to the only three hours' sleep.

·༔ The artificial limbs at present in vogue weight and the state of the ground they Another witness said: "Four of our gainst their business interests a great deal had been given up by them, and in in this country, were simply support for fell, whereupon a German corporal and prisoners were brought to Meschede while certain circles it was thought that their the stumps, whereas the artificial limbe man hit them with sticks. One man was was there who had been working behind quiescent attitude could be counted uponh advocated by the lecturer can be used by thrashed till he lay on the ground groan the German lines, "It was pitiful to see after the war. There was, however, a the stumps. In the case of a man losing

different opinion current among using One work party had a corporal them; they were nothing but skin dod both his hands he would be able to me killed and thres men wounded by shell bone. We could hardly recognise them as trading community, a feeling who the They were in a ter-find expression when the present crisis Englishmen. self, and even shave himself with a salety.

rible state,”

was passed (Oontinued at foot of next Column.}

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