Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-26


 and now rush almost t6 the firing lines carrying warm food to officers and men.
 Tine men in the trenches can only nave food Drought to them under cover Of night.
 Treatment of German Prisoners in
 France.
 Much has been said in the German and German-American press about the treatment of German prisoners in France I have seen with my own eyes hundreds Of German prisoners at Pau, Toulouse and other towns in southern France. At Pau the German prisoners live in a camp about 1-2 miles outside the city limits in the hangar of a large dirigible somewhat like aF Zeppelin. They may be seen any week day constructing a trolley line. They receive one franc fifty centimes, 30 cents. per day, of which eight cents GAO centimes) is given them to spend as pocket money and the balance, g cents, goes for their mess. Among the prisoners are men of all professions and trades. butchers, bakers and business men, Beef. nut ton, pork, etc, is supplied alive and slaughtered by a German butcher, cut and quartered and cooked by German chefs. The French government rations supplied free to every prisoner of war are the same quality and amount as supplied to French soldiers.
 Wounded German prisoners are given every care and attention at the hospitals. In certain cities there are special hospitals set aside for Ger man wounded,
 It seems to me that all France has been turned into hospitals hotels ca sinoS, palaces and villas have been transformed into Red Cross hospitals for the countless wounded that arrive daily in long Red Cross trains made of freight cars. with Stretchers fixed across the car. Springs are arranged underneath the stretcher to absorb the most practical
 The most desperately wounded are treated immediately upon their ar- rival at the station. Red Cross nurses and surgeons await every train of wounded and a large number of mo- tor ambulanceS convey the wounded to the various hospitals.
 At every station Red Cross girls and young men offer bowls of strong boutllon, boiling hot. coffee and sand wiches to the wounded and words o1 cheer. During the terrible weeks and months before trains ran regularly when a trip from Paris to Pau took from six to ten days and nights in a cattle car, these same Red Cross girls and men acted the role of good Sam- aritans to all elderly persons and small children and now attend all incom- ing trains or refugees from north | eastern France and Belgium. France has become huge united family. with one aim in view. Political parties exist no more. Glass differences have ceased Never before have the words one sees written upon French public buildings | seemed so true as now: Ldberte Esalite Fraternity.
 This is a war to the death. Either German imperialism must be com pletely crushed or France and Eng land be exterminated. France an6 | Belgium already know 1t and England l is slowly waking from her sleep. Ger ! many bided her time and chose hel moment, but she was nisinformed bS her diplomats in spite of her myriadS of spies. England was supposed to bt on the verge of ciYil war. | There is no more Ireland, Wales Scotland or England, it is one united country and on the firing lines Scot ! tish highlanders in kits fight nex Ulster volunteers and the flower o English nobility, while next to then are the Hindo troops. Russia befor' the war was almost in death throei caused by strikes and socialism, bu
 is now united.
 | Should France and England be de | feated what chance has the Unftet ! States against greater imperial Ger | many HOW long cOuAQ our army of 75, 900 men and our navy stanC
 against the country that was able t l defeat the allies?
 l About 400 years ago in the reign O | King Belshazzar, during feast, tn | fingers of a mans hand came fortl l and wrote upon the plaster of tn
 kings wall: ''Mene, meme. tekel up har sim (Mene) God hath numbered
 thy kingdom and brought 1t to an end | (tekel) Thou are weighed in the bal
 ance and art found wanting. Tn! kingdom is divided and given to tn
 Medes and Persians." (Daniel 5: 2s. | There is a handwriting on the wal | for the people of the United States If we want to continue to live in peac let us have the greatest and mos powerful navy in the world--not t attack other nations. but to defen' ourselves in case of attack. Owing to our commercial activit, our marvellous agricultural resources our natural mineral wealth-in shor owing to our success and wealth am to the Munroe Doctrine, the U. is the most Ahated of nations. Al countries arc secretly jealous of ou | welfare and success.
 If we want peace we must have strong armed force to defend our selves and make our wishes respect ed