Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-09-02
RRITISH CAPTIVE
OFFICERS HAVE A
LIFE OF ANOMALY
Normally Prisoners, They
Have All Liberties Of Guests
at Resort While "COnirod
m Ancient Fortress,

INEsHUINHEA ANEsH NhAAENiAAAANhANsf
rb. Hague Netherlands, Aug lN.-
rbe ancient fortress of Niericker-
.bau. where are informed the British
,fecqrs of the Antwerp relief eNpedi-
M, when was forced by the Germans
,..rsfr,5l into Holland year ago, oc-
casionally loses some of its khaki
eolored guests. Notwithstanding that
a. Dutch profess to guard the place
,E-roYahIv The British officers, like
-,s,, of those informed in other
.ru. IN Holland. refuse To pledge
themselves against trying TO escape ID
rneland d. rejoin the fighting forces
and .nce outside the fortress thes,
prisoners find the Dutch people dis.
no.ed to make things easy for them
Tbe guards al the camp are under
orders Is shoot any escaping prison
or ana il is true that they do shoot
y Them. but there is often some
thing mvsteriously poor about then
aim In fact II il were not for the
constant arrival of shipwrecked avia.
Tors the quota of prisoners at Vie.
riekeisehahS Nouiu MOI pe '"lE 9"'
tanned
Fortress Interesting race
The fortress Is an interesting place
Although visible from two railway
lines. nobody seems to have beer
aware Of ITS existence unIl the wan
brought it 10 notice. II is suii"unde'
by g cluster Of green trees ana
broad moat which makes II virtually
am island Even the farmers Wh'
live nearby know so llttle OF l's OH
sin that with the historical seneros
iN of the Indifferent they vaguely re
fer to the castle as odtlng PACK To lIl'
time of the Romans IS matter o
fact the fort was punt pN NlhR w II
liam Of England the Stadholder o
b Holland and cannot be Older than IN
year 1872. il was in that year ina
King Louis NV of France invaded
Holland and marched right mp q
Amsterdam The country was az one
flooded and several iof'dlealioh
were bult in TINS impiomplu s'a !
guard the few highroads when couI
not he submerged
The deep and broad moal Whie
surrounds the fortress is now useu -
fishne and swimming purposes 2
the lotty-tlNe British Officers inferno
there Up the distance there is prei
ty Dutch landscape, with red-rooIe
houses, clusters OF Trees l'" puS
wlndmIlls. ana hlgh SKY aH
them suggestive OF the liberty thal
near al hand but which is barred b
a double row Of wire FENCES Dot
above ANA under water ana seile
Of armed baich guards. Al nlshl IN
entire zone of hai bed wire and fllle
is lighted mp by strong arc lEn''
giving the old fort something IKE "a
American amusement park ON
summer night. But Wheh al
preached closely 1t is seen liat mos
quiloes and bats are the only ones t
enjoy this beautiful glare. me occo
pants of the fort are safely locked u
for the night and at J clock an
sent to bed
Fer a year now these men nav
been in prison which really is NJ
prison. If they were prisoners G
war they could be treated scVerel
ana could be punished for the breah
ing Of any rule of the camp. sine
they are interned foreign soldiers an
have not given their parole that the
shall not try to escape they are
perfect liberty to walk away the me
ment they can, When they az