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GERMAN OUTRAGES ON BRITISH PRISONERS

TO BREAK THEIR SPIRIT.” It fell to the lot of the writer of theso noter to spend 18 months among the British prisoners who were sont from Germany to Switzerland for internment. During that period he was in constant daily intercourse with them, and so bad peculiar opportunitica of hearing the story that one or another had to tell of his experiences while in German hands. Since the writer returned to England he has been surprised to find how some sections of the general public are still unimpressed by the already published stories of ill-treatment and barbarity. A remark made to him by his bostess in a comfortable suburban vica rage may be taken as typical of too mary: "1 supposs the poor man bad rather a hard line of it, but, of course, those dreadful stories in the newspapers wore much exaggerated."

OUR FIRST ARMY.

LORD FRENCH'S EULOGY.

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OPENING PERFORMANCE OF

Field-Marshal Viscount French, at a To-morrow Night! To-morrow Night !! To-merrow Night ! ! ! luncheon given recently in the City Hall by the Lord Mayor, was presented with the freedom of Belfast in recognition of his great ability As a soldier and of bis distinguished services to the Empire, and was also made the recipient of pieces of plate.

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In the course of his reply Lord French said: The sud) Army which I took nut to France in 1914 became the instrument through which the British Empire bad to learn mother long and painful lesson. seems to be witten in the books of fate that the power and magnitude of the Bri- tish people is invariably destined to be displayed rather in their wonderful de termination toface and overcome difficul ties and danges when they arise than in their statesingalike ability to provide effectually against them. In other words, that Army was too small, and much too wend the mater of guns and ammuni tion for the weh it was called upon to perform. In the hope of bringing home some

Our methods of carrying on thing of the calculated cruelties inflicted war have her plly described as a pro- eess of muddling through, and in a echoe on our wen the following series are chosen for publication, they are alas it is a very god description. But in & unly a few out of hundreds like them, sense only. Beanse in the process of this

muddling throgh we and they are not the worst, for the simple and we have see again in this war, with have seen before. reason that many of the indignities in-

what magnificat courage and tenacity CUTLER PALMER & CO'S flicted on the prisoners are unprintable. Descriptions of the journeys from the

and point of capture to the prison exps, of the filthy cattle trucks, have aiready been published; but an instance of ng

cruelty may be added. Private gravated

who arrived eventually at Château d'Oez had had his leg shattered in the fight, and had done his pitiful best with a field-dressing before he was captured. He spent three days with his comrades in a cattle truck without once!

British soldiers can face enormous udes and pay with beir liven the inevitable penalty of inadequate peace preparation. We have seen als how a great nation can rise to the occdaon. That small nucleus of military strength which took the field. in 1914 has gradually extended in these four years of deperate struggle into the magnificent prial Army which is now gaining victory after victory and, com bined with the other forers of Marshal Foch's great mand on the Western is now dealing the last great

being allowed to leave it, and therefore be 30 what was the inost

had neither food nor any attention to

ility wrganisation the

enveloping fog fts nothing can he spen and understood in its true perspective. J is in failingit remember this fact that For this men's ideas becnie distorted.

his limby some means or other world We sufiers in the study of our had improvised a crutch, and when the profession shoul warn people particular order was given for the wes to leavely to beware of be fog of war. Until that trucks and march aerow the platform to a waiting room, he was able to bobble after them. A woman Red Cross worker, seeing her opportunity, mude 4 quick movement with her fout, and as E

his described it "cricked it under crutch as he was passing ber. He fell heavily on to the broken leg, and in remember the shouts of delight from the onlookers at this elever bit of work.

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reason it is imeible for me to enter inte detail regardingihe work which was done by the British my in the field nuder my command here is one great truth, however, whichhething can coucral, one shining glory with no fog of war enp dim, and that the devotion, self-sacri fice, and conrumunte bravery of the regi mental officers, on-commissioned offers, and soldiers of tat Army which went out to do bath in gust, 1914.

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their homes across the distat sens in the cause of freedom line for all time cemented the Anglo-Saxon ras, and those immortal beroes that now leep side by side on the battlefields of Froe have joined for ever in indissoluble inds the future of one great raes that ill bring a lasting peace SuPPERSSES FLIES, MOSQUITOS AND (THER to a troubled wld.

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of men had recently arrived from Ger- The Almighty oves in mysterious ways, any for internment, and the writer lost and the world has been sicketed to death no time in visiting the men in their by the horrors and sufferings of this comfortable hospital at Fribourg. Pdreadful war. ut already through the was obviously one of the worst cases his darkness shinese great blessing that deathly pallor and shaking limbs indicat centuries of peadcould not have achieved. LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.. ed that he bad been through it." On The blood sacrifs of the glorions Ame reply to an inquiry as to what bad baprican army coming from pened, be replied:

Well, sir, I'm a reprisal; I don't know what for, but that's what they told winter morning WEA fetched out into the compound and tied Le a post. They used enough rope to moor a ship: when they'd finished tying I was all rope. My feet were me up, about Gin, from the ground. I stayed like that for eight hours it was bitter cold-and when to untied uc 1 fell

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out into the compound for a bit of fresh floor. Twice a day a corporal visited FRENCH LESSONS air. But 1 never went out again after him with breadand water, and asked that once. I was told that if I could him if he would to work. On his e- not give the proper salute to the German fusal to do so bucket of water was N.C.Oe I was to keep inside. So I did.

By the end offro or three days I was

until I was brought here on a stretcher." poured over himntil, as he said:

Apparently no opportunity was lost which could be utilized for breaking the pretty well soyed through. And 1 didn't get muchrest for one thing the spirit of the captives and deadening their floor was swiming in water, and for self-respect. This partly explains why they were so often deprived of facilities another I'm we over ft. tall, sa 1. could only hunchyself against the wall. for washing, and were allowed to get But they saw itlus no good, and so on into a verminous condition. The Witten-

berg victims had no change of clothing the fifth day by put me back into from October, 1934, to May, 1915, and hospital. But em to have had a cold

on my chest ove since. during that time had no bath, shave, or hair cut. But at other camps personal Corporal Phad his arm broken by cleanliness was made equally impossible, a bullet in the ghting. He was taken though not for so long a period. One prisoner shortly for, and sent in winter man told how he spent three months to a camp when with other comrades, without a bath or change of clothing, and he spent three was in the open, without had got into a shocking condition. As a change of clues, never going under he described it:--

cover, but staning about in driving I was a mass of sores aud boila ali rain or know, an sleeping at night with over, and ao weak that I lay down most 40 other prisons between two large of the day. One day I was told to come tarpasins. The posure brought on a and be tubbed. An orderly

ho was rdered ủng ho wne to toltory to go by my took me severe chill, and was went to hospital. น get up and 1 was 50 made me untress and get straight inte move into anut ward. a bath of boiling water. When he'd got weak that 1 didt crawl quick enough me in, he sorubbed me from head to foot to plent the orly, so he hurried me with an ordinary floor scrubbing brush, along kickingne through two pairs violent I fainted three times, and they carried of folding tours. The kick was su

Tuber- that it set up final troubles. buck to hod.

TIM

At another camp the commandant hit culosis pervendt and he remained in upon a brilliant method of adding to the bed until he wadrought to Switzerland There mained in humiliation of the prisoners. He ordered on a setcher.

he remained them to dig the trenches for the latriness attends the spinal discass for twofears, and in spite of in the most exposed part of the com. assi pound, glose to the barbed wire which could it be arsted. He pleaded no Reparated the prison ground frond the hard to be sent one that the doctors public highway. The trenches were duly alree bim to fish the journey. By dug, and the men naked for some sort of dint of remittle care on the part of It was peremptorily refused the Re Cross, renchell Southampton They protested that the position was alive, his pants were with him ornelly public. The commandant replied. the on came of the fourth day after

Thai fa why 1 chose it,"

Janslinge bagbeen one of the gym. nastiestructor his regiment before the wand put it, I had never known that I w 'to be'ailing."

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