THE MORXIXG QREGONIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1918.
YANKEES GET LIMIT
III
1 HUN PRISON CAMPS
Americans Are Singled Out for
Harsh Treatment.
GERMAN TRICKS REVEALED
:icn, naif Fed, Forced to Work fn
dcr Allied Tire and Even De
nied Red Cross Belief.
The following article on Americans tn
German prison camps waa written by Misa
laanervtl.e oeiore mo signins of, the armia
November 11
bince that time the names of many mm
.era of United States forces held tn Ger
many have been made public and many. II
not ail. the prisoners have been set at lib
:r;v. The conditions In the camps as they were
.t the time the article aa prepared are
:ll of Interest, however, and are presented
ior the Information of readers.
BT BEATRICE BASKERVILLE.
(Staff correspondent of the ew xora
"World. Published by arrangement.)
ZURICH. Oct. SI. The first thing
vcry able-bodied American prisoner
'hinks of is how to escape into free
dom. "The Americans are always
-.Tying to escape." an interpreter at
tached to Rastatt camp told a neutral
visitor. "We have to be keeping our
. ves open for them all the time, and
.ome of the men are scarcely through
-.vith one term of punishment than
ihey get sentenced to another be
cause they have been caught trying
xo get off." "
In Rastatt and Turchel. Americans
who have tried to get away are made
o strip off all but their shirts and
trousers, their boots taken away and
i.indals given to them instead. They
ih.n taken to an Inclosure with
no other protection from cold and rain
.hon a i.an-to roof. Here they are
kept without blankets day or night
Their food consists of prison bread and
water.
Americana Become Desperate.
To keep from perishing of cold and
hunger they have to tramp around this
t-age-like Inclosure day and night.
The Germans think this treatment will
prevent the Americans from trying to
escape any more. But from what one
escaped American" said the result Is
very different, for a man who has
undergone this brutality for a couple
of days gets desperate and spends his
time planning ways of escape.
Besides punishment, tho Germans
use a preventive, which has nothing
to do with the electrified wires which
surround the cage-like camps and kill
many a man making a dash for free
dom. They shift the men about all
the time. Neither men nor officers are
allowed to stay long enough in one
camp to get familiar with the sur
roundings or with the people living
near the camps.
Guards are changed very frequent
ly, too. lest the bribe of American
t inned beef or pork tempt therm to
connive. Guards caught helping pris
oners to escape are flogged unmerci
fully and kept In the open on bread and
water.
. Escape Made Difficult.
Tn North Germany. In those camps
built in the midst of lonely sand dunes,
the population refuse to help prisoners,
.,nd even If a man does escape outside
the dange- zone of Hanover. Turchel
.r any other northern camp he has so
far to go before he can reach neutral
crrftory that he Is sure to be caught.
One of the most outrageous things
which the Germans are doing now. and
have done for a long time, is to make
prisoners put false addresses on the
card they are allowed to send home or
o the Red Cross after their capture. In
fact, there is no guarantee that the
v.ovs are really writing from the camps
indicated as thetr address. This la ap
parent not only from the testimony of
men who have escaped, but also irom
what a neutral doctor reported.
This gentleman, who is a person of
note and whose name I snail not give,
assured me that when he recently
visited Mannheim camp he asked to see
he Americans. The German officer
who was taking him around, said: "I
would gladly let you see Americans,
tut we have none in this camp."
German Mark Surprised.
The doctor was very much surprised
at this piece of news and said: "But
you must be mistaken, because I know
vn the authority of the American Red
Cress In Berne that you have Amer
icans In this ramp. In fact, the Red
Cross sends them food parcels every
week."
The officer looked still more sur
prised and said, coldly: "I repeat. Herr
Ooktor. that we have no Americans In
this camp." And the doctor was
tliged to desist.
I asked the doctor what Interpreta
tion he put upon this refusal.
"One of two things," he replied.
"Either there are really no Americans
in tbnt camp or else the camp author
ities knew that they would make some
serious and just complaints about the
treatment they are getting.
"When one of the officers in charge
of the camp Is standing near you can
Imagine that 1 cannot ask the prisoner
the sort of questions I want to ask
and that the prisoner cannot answer
my questions frankly. There have
been so many cases of punishment for
it that prisoners dare not risk telling
the truth unless we can get them
alone."
! friends and the Red Cross were ad
I dressing things to Limburg for them?
Who gets their food, clothing and
soap? It is not hard to guess. The
i contents of their parcels have gone
the way of American toys" boots, blan
kets and woolen clothing, which are
stolen by their guards, while our men
on "working parties," as these gangs
of prisoners sent to work behind the
lines are called, are starving on the
wretched rations of coffee substitute.
bad bread and thin soup, with an occa
sional ration of horseflesh.
Americans "Singled Ont."
That many of the men who have not
yet been registered by the Germans
arc working behind the lines is more
than probable. Other prisoners are
being forced to work on miserable ra
tions under the allies' fire, to say noth
ing of Russians still kept there, despite
the "peace" of Brest-Litovsk. British.
French and Belgians who have been
exchanged after long imprisonment
and are now interned In Switzerland
agree that the Americans have been
singled out for especially harsh treat
ment. At the International Agency at Ge
neva I asked if they had any proofs
of the Americans being especially
badly treated.
"It Is not fair to generalize," said
M. Kunl de Wattevllle, a Swiss gentle
man who has charge of the registra
tion and correspondence of many
thousands of prisoners and has been
working at the agency since the be
ginning of the war. "The worst of
fenders are the underofflcers and
guards, men who are not held re
sponsible."
The false address trick, coupled with
the long silence of many prisoners, has
given rise to a theory that the Ger
mans have secret camps, where cap
tives are entirely cat off from the
world as a punishment for having de
fended themselves too well before they
were taken prisoners.
EX-
PRINCE
IS
CONSIDERED
MIC
E
Former Emperor's Day Is Con
sidered Ended.
EXTRADITION BEING URGED
Indications Arc That William Will
Not Remain In Holland Long.
Fate -Tet Uncertain.
RULE Oil UNIFORMS IS HIT
SEXATOU CHAMBERLAIN OP.
POSES THREE 5IOXTHS WEAR.
Returning Soldiers Should Be Al
lowed to Keep Army Clothes on
as Long as Tbej Wish, He Says.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Nov. 28. In response to a re
quest for his vlew. of an Army regu
lation which provides that discharged
soldiers may wear their uniforms only
three months after their discharge Sen
ator Chamberlain said today that in
bis opinion they should be allowed to
wear the clothes aa long as they wish.
Many of the soldiers have overcoats
that will be serviceable for a year or
two and perhaps longer.
"The War Department report that it
has several million overcoats, trousers,
coats and shirts which can yet be al
lotted to the soldiers," eaid Senator
Chamberlain. "There are two reasons
why the soldiere should be permitted
to wear as long as they wish the uni
forms they have when they are dia
charged. First, it will be a source of
pride to many of them to wear the uni
form in which they served while tn
France; others will wish to put the uni
forms away as souvenirs, but, whatever
the personal viewpoint they should be
permitted to gratify it. Second, many
of the men will not find It financially
convenient to fit themselves out with
civilian clothes within three months
after their discharge.
If any of the clothes are stored by
the Government they will deteriorate
with time. The Government should
permit the men to make full use of all
the clothing on hand and not needed
for Government purposes. There should
bo no waste.
HE TO BE AVERTED
e
CAMPAIGN FOR FOOD CONSER
VATION TO LAST ALL WEEK.
More Trickery Reported.
Another case of trickery in the mat
ter of addresses has just been brought
out by a British Tommy who escaped
quite recently from captivity after two
months of it. He was captured north
of Alnert during the German offensive
last Spring and taken to Etrecourt and
put into a cage with 150 other pris
oners. Etrecourt is In the zone of op
erations, or was at that time.
He and his fellow captives were put
to work at roid-making and were
treated fairly well, except for the bad
food. Each was allowed to write one
nost card home, but under the condi
tion that they gave Limburg as their
address. Now, Limburg is several hun
dreds of miles away from Etrecourt.
It is a registered prison camp in South
lermany. These men were never there
n their lives. They were taken from
Etrecourt to Quinteci. thence to ilar
cheiepou thence again to Feronne. un
der the fire of the allied troops. They
received no parcels at Peronne or the
other places where they were put to
work. How could they, when theit
20,000,000 Tons of Food, It Is De
clared, Must Bo Sent to Eu
rope During Coming Tear.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25. A campaign
to bring home to the American people
the need for food conservation so that
300.000.000 hungry people In Europe
and the Near East may be fed. will be
conducted next week by the food ad
ministration. Beginning Sunday, when
a message from Food Administrator
Hoover will be read In the churchee all
over the country, every possible me
dium will be used to awaken the Na
tion to its "opportunity for renewed
service and sacrifice for relief of mil
lions released from the German yoke."
Each day of the week will be set
aside for a special feature of the cam
paign. "The conservation week campaign,"
said a food administration statement
today, "will bring out the need for sav
ing food and sharing it with the allies
and the liberated nations. . . .
"The coming year we must send 20.
000,000 tone of food to Europe prac
tically the limit of loading capacity at
our ports. The magnitude of this un
dertaking may better be understood in
comparison with our pre-war exports
of less than 6,000.000 tons per year and
exports last year of only 11,820,000
tons."
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Kathryn and Andrew Lane Have
Difficulty In Escaping Flames.
OREGON CITT. Or., Nov. 28. (pe
claL) A large residence at Meldrum,
owned by C Brltton and occpuled by
Miss Kathryn Lane and her brother,
Andrew Lane, Tuesday night was to
tally destroyed by a fire of unknown
origin.
Miss Lane and her brother were
awakened about 11 o'clock by smoke
and the crackling of the flames, and
they escaped with difficulty. The fur
niture was saved. The Lane family
took possession of the Britton home a
year ago. While moving their house
hold goods to the place their father
fen beneath the large van in which
the furniture was conveyed and was
instantly killed.
LONDON, Nov. 28. A. dispatch to the
Dally Mail from Amerongen, Holland,
says the stories regarding the former
German Emperor's princely surround
ings and big dinner parties and simi
lar functions are not altogether true.
The most striking feature of the
daily life of William Hohenzollern, the
correspondent continues. Is the mass
of correspondence to which he devotes
most of his mornings, and, apparently
unrestricted by the Dutch government,
he is kept accurately informed or every
development In Germany ana else
where, and Is reported to be able to
keeD in pretty close touch with the
other side of the frontier.
Ex-Emperor's Day Ended.
The correspondent sayf. he learns on
good authority that The Netherlands
Kovernment considers the former
Crown Prince the only dangerous In
triguer, , the former Emperor's day
being regarded as ended.
It Is commonly reported at Ameron
gen. the correspondent aeciares, mat
William Hohenzollern will not be there
long, but it Is uncertain whither be
will go.
PARIS. Nov. 26. William Hohen
zollern can be extradited, in the opinion
of Professor Barthelemy, of the Paris
law faculty, who explains that his
guiding principle is that when there is
an apparent conflict between law and
common sense the solution is always
found by following the latter.
Old Theory la Abandoned.
The theory that a political crime is
any crime inspired by purely political
motives, the professor declares, nas
long been abandoned. He notes that
Belgium in 1856 classed regicides
among common-law criminals. Crimes
such as the assassinations of President
Carnot of France and King Humbert of
Italv were Inspired by political motives.
he points out, and yet the authors oi
them were executed.
LONDON, Nov. 28. "It would be a
great mistake to suppose the ex-Kaiser
is done with; he has many adherents
In Germany who are quite resolved not
to take the recent defeat lying down."
is the opinion given the Daily Mail's
correspondent at The Hague by a Dutch
citizen who spent the whole period of
the revolution In Bremerhaven and now
has returned to Holland.
be announced before the President'
departure from Washington.
Vice-President Marshall has canceled
hi3 speaking tour .through the West
and to the Pacific, which would have
kept him away from Washington until
after the holidays. Mr. Marshall's sec
retary said he felt that he should re
main here .while the President was at ,
the peace conference. i
Trade to Be Represented.. I
The Federal Trade Commission prob
ably will be represented among the ad
visers of the American delegates to the 1
coming peace conference, it was
learned fbday. Such a representative is
desirable," officials say. In order that
the conferees may have the Benefit of .
the committee's information on foreign i
trade. j
John Walsh, attorney for the com-;
mission, has been mentioned as tne
probable selection of the commission to
handle this work.
LONDON. Nov. 28. Discussing tha
arrangements for the peace conference,
the Daily Express says the suggestion
that the conference would be at work
fully three months before the terms
were ready for signature was strongly
discounted In British ministerial circles
yesterday. Europe, it was urged, could
not stand three months of suspense
during which measures for demobiliza
tion and reconstruction would neces
sarily be held up.
The conference, says the newspaper,
will hurry forward to a settlement of
the main outlines of the peace treaty,
which will be signed as soon as possi
ble and arrangements will be made for
some sort of international police to en
force it. International commissions
win then, it adds, continue to work ou
the details.
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Many "True to Kaiser."
The returned Dutchman estimates the
proportion of loyalists to revolution
ists as one to two, and he says a large
number of soldiers are what might be
called "true to the Kaiser.
It must not be imagined, he insists,
that the German army, although small
er than before, has ceased to exist. On
the contrary, he represents it as very
much in existence and, moreover, com
mandedjjy Generals devoted to the for
mer Emperor's cause.
LIBERATION OF GREEKS ASKED
Ex-Governor of Saloniki Gives One
Condition of World Peace.
NEW TORK, Nov. 28. "Liberation of
3.000.000 Greeks, held under despotic
rule by Turkey and Bulgaria, should be
made one of the conditions of world
peace." John N. Metaxa, former Gover
nor of Saloniki, and a personal friend
of Premier Venizelos, declared tonight
In a statement Issued through the
Greek Bureau of Information.
"The history of these expatriated
Hellenes," said Dr. Metaxa, "Is just one
long reign of terror."
He asserted they were entitled to the
aid of America and the allied world in
obtaining freedom. In recognition of the
"iieroes' part played by the Greek
army" in the Balkan operations, which
led to the collapse of Bulgaria.
ENORMOUS . CROWDS THRONG
STREETS IN WELCOME.
Parisians Frantically Shout Vivas
for France, for England and
for Its King. -
FOREIGN BUYERS SOUGHT
Hurley Would Turn Over Wood Ship
Programme to Europeans.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Nov. 28. In a letter to Repre
sentative Albert Johnson, General Man
ager Piez of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration, saya tnat one purpose or tne
trip of Chairman Hurley to Europe Is
to "endeavor to dispose of a part of our
present programme of wooden ship
building" to foreign buyers.
"If we succeed in disposing or any
considerable number, it will enable us
to complete our present programme
without further cancellations," wrote
Mr. Piez. "If not, the suspension which
the board of trustees has ordered In the
case of all those vessels for which the
keels have not already been laid, num
bering in the neighborhood of 150, will
undoubtedly be converted into cancella
tions." ,
Mr. Piez also says that the operating
division of the corporation has pro
nounced wooden ships as good emer
gency vessels, but as rather unprofit
able Investments under competitive
conditions.
DELEGATES TO NUMBER 3
'Continued From First Paffe.)
sion of congress, Deginning Aionaay,
and the address usually Is delivered
the second day of the session.
With all arrangements completed for
bis trip to Europe next week. President
Wilson worked for several hours today
on bis message to congress, wblcn
many officials believe will contain the
first announcement of the delegation
selected to attend the peace conference.
Appointments Due Soon.
The President Is expected to discuss
with Secretary McAdoo tomorrow the
appointment of the tatter's successor
as head of the Treasury, to take office
at once. As Mr. McAdoo will continue
in charge of the railroads until the end
of the year. It is understood there has
been less haste In naming a director-
general, although the appointment will
"Tribute Where
Tribute Is Due"
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deserving of it. We want you to
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Even though we ourselves are
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PARIS, Nov. 28. King George, ac
companied by the Prince of Wales and
Prince Albert, arrived in Paris at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon. His Majesty
was received at the Boise de Boulogne
station by President Poincare, Premier
Clemenceau, Foreign Minister Pichon
and other Cabinet Ministers and the
President of the Chamber of Deputies
and the Senate.
.Enormous crowds thronged the
etreets. In spite of the bad weather, all
the way from the railroad station to
the Qual d'Orsay, where the royal j ZZZ
party arrived at 3:30 o'clock. TroopB SSZ
lined the entire route and had diffi
culty in handling the throngs.
.The crowds were so great in front of
the Quai d'Orsay that they broke
through the . liae of policemen, the
Parisians frantically shouting: "Long
live the King," "Long live France,"
"Long live England," and "Long live
the republic;'.
King George after a brief rest went
to the palace of the Elysee to visit
President Poincare and Madame Poincare.
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A Timely Sale of
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ZIONISTS GO TO LONDON
Problems of .International Impor
tance Up for Consideration.
SEW TORK, Nov. 28. Representa
tives of the Zionist organization of
America are to be sent soon to London
to advise with the Zionist political
committee and other branches of the
organization concerning various ques-
tions now arising in connection with
i the Zionist movement, it was an
nounced here today.
The first group of representatives to
! go, as selected by the National Execu
tive Committee, are Dr. Stephen S. Wise,
I chairman; Mrs. Joseph Fels, Louis i
Roblson, Dr. Shmarya. Levin, all of
' New York, and Bernard Flexner, of
Chicago.
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