The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-11-28

would cheerfully pay-have offered to
pay-f10 for any newspaper. They
know nothing of their folks at home.
A little blond, blue eyed German boy
came to the headquarters tent and
spoke to the interpreter.
This boy wants to see his father"
"He can't see his father" snapped
the officer on duty.
There is no s~entimentality about the
English in dealing with their German
prisoners. The captured men are pro-
vided with food and with certain ele-
mentary comforts. The rest they must
do for themselves.
"HUMANELY TREATED"
The international laws Of warfare,
embodied In The Hague conventions,
the Geneva convention and the decla-
ration Of London. contain provisions
tfat provide expressly what name
Of treatment shall be accorded prison
ers of hostile nations who are taken In
battle.
II these provisions of international
law are lived up to the lot Of the pris-
oner Of war is not so hard as many
people have been led to believe.
There have been interspersed in the
wal news from biased sources insinua-
lions that the soldiers OF this or that
nation have ruthlessly violated the pro-
visions of the international Ia MS gov
erning warfare and the kaiser has been
accused Of treating The Hague onven
ton as so much waste paper.
The news from abroad has not re-
vealed any unfairness to the many
thousands of soldiers who are prison
ers of war, so 1t must be assumed that
with respect to them at least the laws
are being observed. That such Is the
case may be assumed also from the
fact that the nation which captures its
enemy's soldiers and makes prisoners
of them is held entirely responsible for
whatever happens and shoulders at
once a responsibility that is common
surate with the number of prisoners
who are taken and detained.
The law of warfare says that a pris-
oner must be ''humanely treated" and
when he Is questioned by his captors
he must give his true name and the
rank he holds in the army which has
been defeated and of which he vas
once a part.
Contrary to general belief. he is not
stripped of everything and thrown
into a dungeon and fed on a crust of
bread and a mug of stale water. His
captors do not deprive him of his per-
sonal possessions. except weapons.
horses and military papers.
If a prisoner of wal attempts to es-
cape and his captors are vigilant to
the extent Of retaking him before he
leaves the territory they occupy. or be-
fore he has a chance to rejoin his W
army, he may be severely punished.
On the other hand. If he eludes his
captors and makes a clean getaway
and his army is again unfortunate and
he is again unfortunate and he is cap
tured the second time the perfectly
good escape from previous captivity
must go unpublished. and he must be
treated as a prisoner of war.
Prisoners Of war may be put to work
by the government that captures them.
and the duties must be assigned with
a view to their aptitude and rank.
CODE OF HONOR
Certain codes Of honor are supposed
to be observed even In international
warfare, and a soldier who breaks his
word Of honor is tJnsidered the most
Of men
No matter how long the military au-
thorities Of a nation decide to detain
he prisoners they take n hattle. theY=