THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, - FEBRUARY 3, 1919.
3
IISTER ASKS
CLOSED SUNDAY
ON AMUSEMENTS
Dr. Calhoun Would Invoke
Law Against Pool Halls,
Movies and Dance Halls
of Omaha.
Sunday closng of Omaha pool
rooms, dance halls and moving pic
ture shows was advocated last night
hy Fev. Faul Calhoun in a discourse
to his congregation at the Central
United l'resbytcrian church, Twenty-fourth
and Dodge streets.
Rev. Mr. Calhoun declared he
prepared the sermon pursuant to a
visit two weeks ago to all of the
principal places of amusement in
the city. lie said the conditions
which confronted h'm on his Sun
day night rounds, unhearlded and
unrecognized, had led lfim to the
opinion trat fegal steps should be
taken as a remedy for a situation
which was demoralizing to the com
munity. "1 have no word of condemnation
for city officials, dance hall or
theater maiagers," he said. "I do
not blame the persons who conduct
the pool halls. My heart was actually
sick when I returned from my visit
to these places where the Sabbath
nas be'ng violated. I felt like Jesus
did when he beheld the wickedness
of the Holy City. The Bible says
Jeans wept."
Must Have a Substitute.
The minister declared that before
the places of amusement were taken
away from the great throngs which
visited them "every Sunday, some
thing should be given them by the
church people to take their place.
"Let us hold up Christ to them,
he said. "Let us make our religion
so attractive that they will become
one of us. W'e should show com
pass:on for these persons whose
eyes have not yet been opened. Let
us use the basement of this church to
make it attractive to the crowds
which fill the theaters, dance halls
and pool rooms. We should sur
round them with a hospitality more
attractive than the things which
allure them now. Do not curse
them; do not condemn them. Let
us weep over them like Jesus did.
God Finds" the Good.
The minister paid a tribute to
Omaha's , rapid strides in. popula
. : ... .n.rffv and moral-
lion, prusiJcmji f r i 1 .
;tv Hff said the eves of God sought
jfevays to find the good that exisJ
"God s eyes are on umin w
night," he asserted. "He sees a
stirring city of energy, gowing pop-
ulation and increasing prosperity.
' He sees a city rising in self-respect
after throwing off the yoke of rum
rule and submitting to the voice of
the majority."
Mr. Calhoun declared he- had not
seen a drunken man on the streets
of Omaha since his arrival here last
June, and asserted the city was as
clean as far as intoxication was con
cerned, as any other city in the
country.
The speaker lauded Gus Miller
for the work he has done in guid
ing and helping the boys of Omaha.
He also said Miss Alia Berger was
deserving credit for her work in
the Women's Detention home.
Monuments lo ine v-iry.
"The Juvenile court and the De
tention home are monuments to the
city's rapid stride in the path of
morality," he said.
"Omaha is failing to measure up
to her privileges," continued Mr.
Calhoun. "Jesus was with us two
weeks ago when we visited the pool
rooms, dance halls and moving pic-
, , 1
Hire snows. we saw every puui
hall filled to overflowing with play
ers, while the walls were lined with
spectators. The sadest feature of
all was that most of these persons
were boys, mere boys, throwing
'away their time and -opportunities.
The roonis were filled with smoke,
heavy and foul, so foul that when we
stepped on the outside again we
ihanked God for his pure, fresh air.
Pictures Not Objectionable,
"The moving picture rooms were
filled also. I cannot say that the
pictures weTe objectionable. They
were not educational, however. I
will not say that they were sugges
tive or wrong. They were just or
dinary. The pictures had nothing
in them to stir the soul to reach
out for higher things, to lift life
to a higher plane. They were sim
ply designed to pass away the time."
The minister declared that he did
not see anything particularly wrong
take place in the dance halls. The
' music was shameful, however, he
said.
"I went home weary and sick at
heart when I thought of the thou
sands of young people who were
throwing away time," declared the
speaker. "If Jesus had appeared'
among these crowds he would have
said: 'Ye are not mine.'"
Utah Land Commissioners
; Furnish Money to Farmers
Salt Lake City. The state board
of land commissioners of Utah has
advanced a total of $1,972,023 to 544
Utah' farmers during the last two
years, according to the biennial re
port of Arthur Kuhn, secretary of
the board. The report's figures
show this to be an average loan of
$3,625 on each farm. Increase in
the interest account income during
the second year of the biennium is
shown to be $43,95p.88 over the sec
ond' year of the previous biennium.
After detailing the mass of busi
ness transacted by the board a num
ber of recommendations are made
for legislative action, much of which
affects the. sale and lease of state-o-ftned
lands.
Car of Chicago Mm
, Strikes Six-Year-0!d Bov
An automobile driven by L. J.
Fleming. Chicago, stopping at the
Fontenelle hotel, struck six-year-old
Andrew Bandami, 3818 North Six
teenth street, Sunday afternoon.
The lad received scalp wounds and
a fracture of the left leg. The ac
cident occurred at Tenth and Hick
ory streets. Witnesses declared
the boy stepped directly in front of
the car. Fleming took the lad to
St. Joseph's hospital.
Viviani Tells How France
Proved Its Desire for Peace
By Making Great Sacrifice
Retirement from Frontier and Abandonment of Briey
, Mineral, Valley Carried Out, Former Premier Ex
plains, In Accordance With Plan to Leave to Ger
mans Entire Responsibility for Hostilities.
Taris, Feb., 2.-jOn July 30, 114,
the French government ordered its
troops to retire eight 0 10 kilo
meters from the frontier, having
heard that the German troops were
moving toward it, Rene Viviani,
former premier, declared in the
Chamber of Deputies in the course
of disclosures concerning the orig'n
of the war. M. Viviani was premier
when the war broke out.
"It was on July 30," he said, "that
the government decided that the
French troops should retire e'ght or
10 kilometers from the frontier. On
the same day I requested Paul
Cambon, French ambassador, in
London, by wire, to inform Sir
Edward Grey of the measure taken.
"'Erjrland,' I sa d, 'will realize
that if France is firm, it is not she
who is taking measures of aggres
sion. Although Germany has moved
her troops upon her battle lines the
government of the French republic
intends to demonstrate that France
as well as Russia bears no respon
sibility for the attack.'
"Could we risk a murderous fight
upon the chance meeting of patrols?
We desired to proclaim high before
the world that if France were forced
to fight she would do so for right
and justice and not take advantage
of any equivocation."
Deputy Criticises Move. -
X VivianiV sneech was in reply
to questions b,y Deputy Fernand
Engerand. who sharply criticised
the abandoment of the 10-kilometer
zone. . He claimed that it was a
technical mistake because the min
eral valley of Briey was within range
of the French guns and had it been
bombarded intensively for three or
four days the German iron ore de
posits and factories would have
been destroyed and Germany placed
in an inferior position regarding
minerals. This, the deputy thought,
would have brought about an end of
the war in six months.
Deputy Engerand added that the
abandonment of the French sources
of minerals aqd iron without a fight
created a situation which caused the
first battle of the Marne to become
a pyrrhic victory instead of the ab
eolute defeat of the enemy.
Former Premier Viviarii replied
that the abandonment of the Briey
valley in the event of war had
been decided upon by the general
staff in January, 1914. A withdraw
al to a depth of 25 kilometers was
first considered, said M. Viviani,
Natives of Pacific
Islands Do Not Want
German Domination
Sydney. Australia In not a single
island in the Pacific formerly ruled
by Germany do the natives desire
a return of the German doYnination,
says Thomas J. McMahon, an Au
stralian authority on the affairs of
the Pacific islands, w,ho has recently
returned from an extended tour in
the central Pacific. He visited Nau
ru islandand the Marshall gSup,
which were German possessions be
fore the war.
Wherever he traveled among the
former German colonies in the Pa
cific, Mh. McMahon said, he found
that the Germans had made no ef
fort properly to develop commercial
advantages but had, in several cases,
devoted themselves to the strategic
opportunities. 1 ,
VThe natives of Nauru have asked
the government to preserve 'them
from a re-establishment of German
government there," said Mr. Mc
Mahon. "In the Marshall islands," said Mr.
McMahon, "I was much impressed
by Japanese industry. What they
have already done in the Marshall
will bring Nothing but praise frci
everybody. The Germans shame
fully neglected the Mashall island
ers as they did all other natives, but
during the past three or founyears
the Japanese have been systematical
ly building up the people, educating
them and making of them a very
creditable race." Mr. McMahon said
in speaking of the relation of the
central Pacific islands to. Australia
that "they were the half-way house
to San. Francisco and to Japan."
Washington-San Diego
Flight'to Start Today
Washington, Feb. 2. The squad
ron of four airplanes under Maj. Al
bert D. Smith, which completed the
first transcontinental flight to New
York January 7 will leave Washing
ton tomorrow on the return trip to
San Diego, Cal. Major Smith hopes
to reduce considerably the actual
flying time' of 55 hours for the first
journey.
Feeling Tribute Paid Dead-
Actor by Comrade of Stage
Facing Casket and With Arms
Outstretched De Wolf Hop-
"per Delivers Eulogy to
Nat Goodwin.
, New York, Feb. 1. Funeral ser
vices for Nat C. Goodwin, who disd
here yesterday, were held today un
der the auspices of the Lambs club,
a theatrical organization, and in the
presence of hundreds of men and
women who were associated with
the actor during his stage career
The Lambs club quartet sang hymns.
The Rev. Dr. Nathan Seagle, pastor
of St. Stephens Protestant Episcopal
church, conducted the services and
the eulogy was delivered by De
Wolf Hopper.
Present also were the actor's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel C
Goodwin, of Rxhury, Mass., where
the body will be buried, and Miss
who then read a telegram from
General Joffre, dated July 30, read
ing as follows:
"For diplomatic reasons it is in
dispensable that no incident occur
at the frontier. No unit and no
patrol shall advance east of the
line fixed."
JofTre Took Defensive Stand.
M. Viviani then read a message
from Ado'phe Messimy, minister
of war at that time, as follows:
"In order to assure English colla
boration, it is indispensable that
French troops do not cross the gen
eral line decided upon unless a reg
ular attack is made upon them." "
On August 2, General Jifftre,
learriing that. 17 violations pf the
French frontier had been committed,
telegraphed to Premier Viviani as
follows:
"The interdiction against crossing
the line indicated is lifted, but for
national reasons of diplomatic and
moral order, it is indispensable to
leave to the Germans the entire
responsibility for hostilities. Con
sequently, our troops will merely
hold the enemy back and throw him
upon the frontier without pursuing
him beyond."
Approved by British King.
M. Viviani, amid tense silence,
continued:
"Then war was declared. The
president of the republic wrote a
letter to King George; which was
published in the press at that time,
but the reply of the king is still un
published. It reads:
" 'I admire the limitation which
France willingly imposed upon her
self and which so vitally concerns
her military defense."'
The former premier was laboring
under great emotion and his voice
was at high pitch, carrying to every
corner of the spacious chamber, as
he concluded:
"It is essential that the world
know that in order to assure the
peace of the world, we were making
such a sublime sacrifice in uncover
ing our frontier in order to affirm
our right. Do you think that great
and noble .America would have re
mained indifferent tp such a strik
ing demonstration of our good faith
and that it had no influence upon
her final decision?
"Upon the responsibilities for the
war historians may discuss, -but
France, by her withdrawal 10 kilo
meters away from her frontier, has
given the world proof of her earnest
desire for peace." '
Belgium Adopts Old
Form of Punishment
for Pro-Hun Women
Bruges. (Correspondence of the
Associated Press.) An ancient form
of punishment in favor in the' mid
dle ages has been adopted in Bel
gium for Belgian women whe were
too friendly toward the German in
vaders or who listened to their love
making. They have been shorn of
tlrfcir iia.it . In Bruges several women
have suffered this form of retribu
tion and either must remain indoors
or pairr.nize the wig makers. It is
known that this method has been
applied in at least one other place.
The scenes attending the applica
tion of this punishment has been
rather boisterous.
Co'poral punishment is visited up
onAhe pro-Germans among the Bcl
fiiav" men, hut few of these waited
the wrath f the Belgian avengers.
They decamped before the Belgian
troops reoccupied the cities ai
towns which had been held under
German domination.
Such casesj?s these have been re
markably few. The wonder is that
there have not been more. The
proportion of renegades is so small
as to reflect greater glory ort poor
littfe Belgium.
As a whole the civil population of
Belgium has remained wonderfully
loyal. By their system of communal
administration, they were enabled to
govern themselves while the Ger
man was deluding himself that he
was ruling. It enabled them to en
dure physical privations, suffer death
and resist the insidious propaganda
of the German governors. Von Bis
sing and his successor, Von Falken
hausen, who attempted to separate
the Walloons from the Flemish and
to poison the wells of Belgium's
patriotism.
A Joyful Find. .
flavins made his payments for Liberty
bondx, warchest. rent, foal, gas, and
prrocerien. the poor man was broke. But
he needed winter clothes, so he com
promised by digging through a closet and
unearthing a heavy vest that belonged
to a winter suit he had worn some years
ago. He brushed the vest off and felt in
the pockets.
Kureka! A discovery!
In the Inside pocket of the vest was a
roll of Mils amounting to 1123.
And ot one of them was receipted.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Georgia Gardner, who' was to have
beemGooawin's sixth wife.
Mr. Hooper stood facing the cas
ket, with his arms outstretched when
he spoke. This was his eulogy:
"Nat, I come here to voice my
love and sorrow. What a wealth of
significance is conjured up by that
nam?. What talents you possessed.
Nat You would go so far out of
your way to do something for me or
any friend. And what talents. Oft
you "were swayed by evil influences,
but so many times more by good and
pure. You occupied a pinnacle of
success. For a time ydu weakened
from the series of blows rained upon
you, but you rallied and came back.
Your whole life was such a wealth
of nobility.
"Nat, your flesh is gone to the
Lambs, but the remembrance of
your comedy, your pathos, your al
truism will live with us forever. We
are grateful to you for the lesson
you have taught
RUSSIAN GROUPS
SHOW NO DESIRE
FOR CONFERENCE
Only One Official, Reply to
Council's Invitation Re-
ceived, Says French
1 Foreign Minister.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Feb. 2. Following up the
practice he instituted last Sunday of
meeetng personally the newspaper
correspondents, M. Pichon, the
French foreign minister, today
franklv discussed some subjects
which are absorbing the attention of
the conference itself and the public.
With refe-ence to the suspended
effort to br'ng together the repre
sentatives of the various Russian
pilitical sections and the peace com
missioners at a meeting at Princes'
island, he said that so far there
had been only one official reply to
the invitation which the council hed
sent out by wireless, and that had
come in the form of a document
sent by a Russian gentleman, who
had been a member of the duma and
is now head of the government of
Crimea.
No Formal Replies.
He expressed a willingness to go
to Princes islands, but tearcd that
he would be alone so far as the
other Russian factions were concern
ed. The Russian groups in Paris
had written a letter to Premier
Clemenccau, saying they would not
go to Princes' island but, their own
government had, not responded to
the invitation formally.
M. Pichon said he had noticed the
reply of the bolshevik government
as published in the newspaper, but
it had never been received officially.
M. Longuet, proprietor of a Paris
newspaper, who received the com
munication, had been denied use of
the French wireless to make reply
to . the bolshevik government, be
cause M. Pichon said he had been
informed in a note that there was
no authorization for the use of the
wireless for other than official com
munications. As to the Omsk government, Ad
miral Koh'.hak, its head, had not
said that he would refuse to attend
Princes' islands conference, but it
appeared that he was rather in
clined to do so.
Discusses Siberian Situation. '
Touching the situation in east
ern Siberia M. Pichon, in answer
to an inquiry, said that undoubtedly
the entente military forces there
were subject to the control of the
supreme war council in Paris. Gen
eral Janin of the Czecho-Slovak
forces was commander-in chief, so
far as the actual disposition and
movement of the troops were con
cerned, but General Knox of the
British army was charged with the
control and transportation of all
supplies.
In reply to the suggestion that the
American troops might be with
drawn from northern Russia, in the"
Archangel sector, if the Princes, is
land conference were not held, M.
Pichon said that the conference had
not yet considered what steps would
be taken in event of failure and that
there had been no consultations up
on the subject since the invitations
had been sent.
Dispatches from Archangel sector
were not sufficiently definite yet to
justify any conclusion. Undoubted
ly, he addqd, the bolshevik had
stronger forces there now than they
had before; so it had been con
sidered safer to bring the allied
troops closer together. That was
all that could be said now, except
that he did not regard the situation
as dangerous and it might be said
that if the bolshevik Were stronger
in the, north they had become I
1 I I J - T
weaKer eiscwnere.
Automobile Thieves Take
Car From in Front of Cafe
An .automobile belonging to W.
E. Morris, Twenty-fifth and Man
dersoh streets, was stolen Sunday
nieht from i front of the Calumet
restaurant. Morris had left the caA
standing but a few minutes, and
caught a glimpse of the thieves
driving the car away. He reported
the theft to the police.
South Side
Finds Car at Station When
Calling to Report Theft
The telephone at the South Side
police station rang furiously. Desk
Sereeant McCarthy answered.
"This is . A. E. Noe, 3921
South Twenty-fifth street," declared
an excited voice. "My car has been
stolen!"
"What kind of a car is it?" in
quired the officer.
"It's a Buick," the excited owner
replied.
"Well, we have a stolen Buick
here that was just brought in. Come
down and see if it's yours."
' Mr. Noe rushed to the police -station
and identified his car. It had
been recovered by Officer Quinn at
Forty-sixth and Q streets, and
brought to the station before the
owner knew it was stolen. The in
cident occurred Saturday night.
South Side Brevities
For Sale 5 or 10 acres, nlne'roora house,
barn, outbuildings. Phone So. 2769.
T. J. McGuIre has reopened his law of
fice at SOS Omaha National Bank Blrtg.
Residence phone South 3218.
Seven-inch Emerson records. Regular
price 35c, special this week, 15c. Will play
on any machine. Koutsky Favlik com
pany. ,
Seven-mch Emerson records Regular
pries 35c, special this week, 15c. Will
play on any machine. Koutsky Favllk
company.
St. Marv Court No. R77 of the Wo
men's Cabinet, order of Forresters will
hold a meeting Sunday afternoon at I
o'clock in the St. Marys school hall.
Wanted. Homes! Homes! Homes! List
your property with KRATKY BROTHERS,
4S23 So. 24th. We have a imatl for
homes located between A and 1 streets.
To our friends and kind neighbors.
First Congregational church. Homestead
Sunday school. Carpenters Local 279, I.
O. O. F., and Ashland Park school, we
wish to express our thanks for kindness, )
sympathy and assistance, also for the
many flowers during the sickness and
death of our son, Woodrow.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 8 Stern
, 1 and family,
Brie) City News
Royal Sweepers, Burgcss-Granden Ce.
Have Root Print It Beacon Tress.
T. J. McGulre has reopened his
law offices at 508 OmRha National
Bank liltlg. Res. phone, So. 3218.
To Talk Poultry A public meet
hig will be held Tuesday evening at
8 o'clock, at the City hall in Uenson,
for all who are interested in poultry
raising. Lectures and talks will be
given by government agents.
To Speak at High School Dr.
Guernsey Jones of the State uni
versity will deliver the second of a
series of lectures at the Central
High school Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock. His subject will be "The
Social Revolution In Germany."
Twenty-Five Million Dollars '
Needed for Church's Work
London, Feb. 1. The Church of
England is in the first stage of
building up a new scheme of finance.
Experience has shown that parishes,
dioceses and great church societies
that have helped to carry on the
work cannot meet the need of a re
organized and reconstructed church
Ancient endowments were not
given to the church as a church, but
to this or that particular parish or
corporate body, and there are no
funds available for reconstructive
work. Until now a central machin
ery to carry on. the Church of Eng
land as a progressive church has
never been installed.
The want of funds will explain the
difficulties that fae the organizers
of the central church fund in carry
ing out their new work.
Twenty-five million dollars is re
quired, and church people through
out the kingdom are being asked to
subscribe.
Prices 'on Luxuries Fall; ,
Not Here, But in London
Although the housewife who ex
pected an immediate fall in food
prices and increased -quantities is
disappointed there is ample evidence
th.'t the prices of certain luxury
articles are falling, says the Lon
don Chronicle. Furs, hats, and the
more decorative articles of apparej
arc being marked down. A pink hat
from Paris displayed in Regent
street has depreciitcd from IS guin
eas to 9Yi in four days. (
Second-hand furniture shops,
where a week or two ago a kitchen
table worth when new 2 would
fetch 3 10s., have had to climb
down. Dealer in second-hand books
ate more ready to bargain.
Twelve Sinn Fein Leaders
Receive Prison Sentences
Dublin, Feb. 2. Twelve Sinn
Feiners were found guilty yester
day of illegal drilling in a private
hall here and were sentenced to
six months imprisonment. When ar
raigned they denied the authority
of British laws and one of them,
while in the dock, waved a republi
can flag.
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fire pots will hold fuel charges to last all day, and the draft control gives a
regulation of the heat that keeps exact tep with the demands of the
weather stops all fuel waste.
Easily put in all kinds of buildings
Cottages, residences, stores, hotels, theatres, churches, schools, clubs, hos
pitals, greenhouses, etc., are readily equipped and served with heat at the
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American Radiator Cojipany
Mv..Mf
Transvaal colony and presented to
Edward VII. It was cut by Amster
dam experts and the largest gem
fashoned from it weighs 516 car
ats and the next largest 309 3-16
carats. These two gems- remain the
largest cut jewels in existence. Two
other pieces of the CulHnan made
gems of 92 and 62 carats. From the
remainder of the great stone, 101
brilliants were cut which ran from
18 to 4 carats.
Blue-Whites Most Valuable.
The cablegrams speak of the new
diamond' as a. "blue-white." It
must not, however, be thought
b!ue. '"Blue-white" is a trade term
that means a white diamond with
bluish glints. Blue-wh'te diamonds
are rated the most valuable of dia
monds, though some connoisseurs
prefer the pure white or snow-white
stones. , The Jagersfontein mine is
famous for its blue-white gems and
its average qjality of stones' is
higher than that of any other mine
in South Africa.
The Hope diamond is 'the largest
blue diamond ever found. When
Louis XIV bought it in the 17th
century, it weighed 67Vi carats. It
was stolen during the French revo
lution from the Garde Meuble in
Paris and the thieves cut it down
to 44J4 carats. It was recovered in
1830 in London and is now owned
by Mrs. Edward B. McLean, widow
of the late owner of the Cincinnat:
Enquirer, who is said to have paid
$300,000 for it. It has been con
sidered a gem of ill omen and has
been associated through several
centuries with many tragedies. It is
supposed to bring disaster to all
who own or wear it. Lady Francis
Hope who was May Yohe of the
stage wore it when she eloped w'th
Putnam Bradlee Strong of New
York. The latest report from May
Yohe is that she is" scrubbing floors
in Tacema.
Noted Indian Fighter
Dies in New York Hospital
New York, Feb. 2. The death of
Brig. Gen. Charles Patrick Eagan,
who won fame as an Indian fighter
in the seventies, was announced here
tonight. General Eagan, who was
79. rlied in a hosnital last nieht. He
was born in Ireland and came to
America when a boy and had served
in the armv for 30 vears when he
was retired at his own request in
iyuu.
Battleship Brings. Troops.
Newport News, Feb. 2. The bat
tleship New Jersey arrived here to
day from Brest with more than
1,000 troops, comprising the One
Hundred and Sixth sanitary train,
Four Hundred and Eightieth and
Four Hundred and Eighty-first aero
squadrons, First and Second railway
ordnance repair companies and
Eleventh battalion of the Twentieth
engineers. Most of the men will be
sent to Camp Meade, Maryland, for
demobilization.
These outfits guarantee
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TELLS HORRORS
OF LIFE If III
PRISOII CAMP
Prisoners "Strafed" When
They Made Reports to Red
Cross of Non-Arrival of
Packages.'
Washington, Feb. 2. Interesting
details of life in a German prison,
camp were given in a report to the
Navy department by Chief Gunner'
Mate James Delaney of Maiden,
Mass., one of the first men of the
Un'ted States navy to be captured
by the enemy. He and four other
members of the armed guard of the
steamship Campana were taken pris
oner August 6, 1917, after their shij
had been sunk by the U-61. Delaney
declared, in his report made public
today, that packages from the.
American Red Cross savid him and
his companions from starvation
the fate that befell hundreds of Rus
sian prisoners.
Punished For Complaining.
"When we received parcels from
the Red Cross or from home the
had to be censored by the command
der of the camp." said the report.
"If it appeared iliat Germany; was
winning, all our cigarettes were,
broken in two, syrup, coffee and tea,
and all articles would be opened
and poured into one basin and
mixed together. We made reports
to the Red Cross of parcels lost
whifh had been sent to Branden
burg. If any made complaints about
parcels they "strafed", them and
would hold them for a couple o
weeks. This I took up with the
Spanish ambassador, but they never
ceased spoiling parcels for all na
tionalities. The French were pun
ished more "than any other ally.
Many Died In Hospital.
"All the medical treatment that
was given to us was by the British
Red Cross. If a man was sick and
saw the doctor, he was looked at
nA tr.1A U iuqi m'aII Cnf tft
work again, but the Italian doctor
and six, Russian doctors, also an
American merchant doctor,-.would
arrange so that those sick patients
would be put into a shed called a
hospital. Many of them died. The
German doctor never saw anything
of these men, but all the allied doc
tors did their best.
"The sleeping barracks were liter
ally covered with bed bugs, fleas
and lice.' We were allowed to take
a bath every two weeks. No soap
or toilet gear were issued. '
"We all had the Red Cross to
thank for our lives."
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