Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-12-29
U. P. MAN VISITS
BRITISH CAMP
Where All Germans are In
termed Following Sinking of
the Big Liner Lusitania.
By WILBUR S. FORREST,

Omitted Press staff 5orrespondcnt.)
London, Dec. 2. (by maii!--When
a German torpedo destroyed the Lusi-
tania May Z, causing riots and the
subsequent wholesale internment of en-
envy England kept its soiation II the
difficult internment problem strict
ly secret. After sevsn months the
United Press is able today through the
courtesy of the War Office to tell the
story for the first time.
British leniency and German
thoroughness havs co-ordinated to
make England's enemy intsrnment
business n positive success. rive Lon
don Boobies and a zen foot fence OF
American barbed wire guard $50 OF
the Kaiser's military eliglbles ct Is
lington, North London. Inside a great
central building and auxiliary struc-
ture which in ante-belMm days COM
posed a municipal refuge for the poor
is today a model system of self gov
ernment where 750 "citizenJ' have
worked out their own restricted sal
Walton for the duration of the war.
vTake note of the Germans you
would meet on the streets of Mil
waukee, st. Louis or Cincinnati and
you would know the appearance oi
the personnel at Islington. Almost
all these were business heads, clerks
bakers, butchers, BARRIERS, cabinet
makers, book binders or tradesmen in
London before the Lustania riots. In
May hundreds of them were bundled
up and sent to Islington, away from
harm and mischief.
/ The $50 were placed in charge oi
Major Halliday, who has seen service
in India. He divided the internees
into units of between thirty and forty
and instructed each group to elect its
captain. The captains met and elect
ed captain of captains, a wealthy
| Prussian business man of London be-
| fore the war. Presided over by this
dignitary, a council of captains is held
daily to adjudicate disputes, consider
claims and administer business. II
| judgment of this body is unsatisfac-
| tory the case may be passed to Major
| Halliday.
The latest internee at Islington Is
German merchant, enjoying an in.
come of $125, 600 year. He was un-
| able to secure one of the few private
rooms reserved at $3.50 per week be-
cause other internees had taken them
| He appealed to the council of captains
The democratic spirit of this unique
tribunal asserted itself and the appli.
cant was politely informed that his
| $500 was no better than anyone's IN
Islington's Germany" He appealed
to Major Halliday. The major replied
that he felt compelled to abide by the
decision of the lower court.
The wealthy citizen was forced to
occupy regulation quarters, These
quarters, in the main building, are
ample. They consist of high walled
will ventilated rooms where from
eight to fifteen sanitary couches are
| ranged along the walls On each is q
mattress, blankets and pillow. These
| together with general lavatories, wash
rooms and bathrooms on every floor
make this internment camp more like
a well planned hotel. Large day rooms
where visitors may be entertained, O
| commodiouS yard with rain shelter
workshops, a tennis court, dining
rooms and tea rooms, make IL unnec-
essary for the men TO occupy theif
sleeping quarters during daylight.
/ All citizens Of the Tslington canlI
lare married, hundreds of them to
British wives. Each man is allowed
TO see his family once in eight days
for thirty minutes. When the United
Press man arrived forty families were
/ strolling about the enclosure. Many
i families live now near the camp of
their husbands or brothers. Every
wife, If I'm want, receives a grant of
$2.78 per week with an additional
thirty-six cents for every child.
| When an enemy alien reaches Is
lington he deposits his cash with the
commandant and keeps So or $40.
This pocket change circulates rapidly.
A laundry, manned by internees, fur
nishes clean linen at twelve cents a
week. There is four-chair barber
shop where shaves cost four cents in
the morning and two cents In the ar
ternoon, on the systematic German
version that II is worth more TO be
shaved up all day than half a day A
former delikatessen shop owner OF
Houndslow sells genuine German
| lliverwurst, and other Teuton palate
ticklers; there are woodshops where
experts are making Christmas toys
for their children. These child de-
lights are not stamped Made in Ger
many, but they bear the stamp OF
perfect workmanship. Another shop
turns out fancy toilet requisites for
1.-THE wife's Christmas which she may
sell. Another is making wood-inlay
work. A large bakery daily turns out
| 1900 pounds of bread. In all these
occupations the government furnish
es the material and equipment.
tFhe plan Of cooperation allows
the government to feed the men at an
average cost OF $t.0S a week." said
the commandant 1.-THE food is whole
some and good. Our kitchen is man
med by Germans who know how to
|cook and economic. Scores of our
men are learning Spanish. German
far sightedness tells them that Eng