New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
rARIED PHASES OF THE WAR WHICH is RENDING EUROPl
HARDY Russians Broken
Under GernlanPriSOn Yoke
Suferings of the Campaign Are Mild Compared with
Starvation Disease and fiarshness They Must
Endure in Teutons Concentration Camps.

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wanted food
I'VE drew out our crosses. and chen
she knew" said Ivan. "slc gaze us
bread. She Gu j. into s.cef. whole
big loaf she put =. into bag had
% pfcnnigs. and / wanted 20 o. ncr.
but she wouldn't tatc d.
These two yoIng Russians wcn;
ght into Brussels, still wearing their
uniforms. bat they went or an
other gaTb after spending p week ~
that city. That they found help and
IN high quarter II - urrecc ssary %
state. II | could give yov me name
Of their bencfactor 10 would surprise
you, but Edith Cayeil was shot Tor
doing rothing more than was done for
these soldiers From Brussels b. Hol-
land the trip was continued without
much difficulty compared with their
trials during the earlier stages.
Find Haven in Holland
Once in Holland their worries wers
over. and soon they came over here.
They told their story in simple,
straightforward way: a few days
here and then they were of again. Ivan
and Peter have again taken their places
on that long East Front
Some may doubt this story, but I
know il to be true, and there is plenty
Of corroborative evidence. Nearly 200
Russians who have escaped from Ger
man prison camps have found their way
over 20 London. There are 100000
Russian, prisoners in Germany and
about the same number In Austria.
However, Germany has in addition
thousands Of British French, Belgian
and Serbian prisoners 10 care Tor. Max
ing every allowance for her because -
her huge task, 10 is nevertheless true
Germany makes her Russian prisoners
undergo unnecessary hard hips.
The following is an extract from n
letter written b. an exchanged English
prisoner who left the Fredr.chsleld
camp on September %:
Il saw great deal Of the very harsh
treatment OF the Russian prisoners.
They are insuf'ic.ently led and are
practically starving They walk about
the English and French lines when
there are no Germans about and ask
for food. They walk about with
blanket over their shoulders. and they
wrap rags around theil feet because
they have no boots They arc made 20
work for go picnnigs day B coutsl.
but they cannot buy food "it. tHa.
only tobacco. II they refuse 90 work
they are loaded with sand bags rea
made 70 walk until exhausted. We
have In this camp three Russian boys.
whose ages range ifom tolf..e. to
sixteen. English sel1ceats aro 'poans
out ics them.'
Seek Food ia AsahHs.
A medical man, who had mo- reason
90 tell anything but thc TRUTH n.nt
six months in o. certain German pr a.
camp and De write. .n O. lc.'er %
Countess Bcuc6endorG. U.fc of .c
Russian Ambassador Aere end pr
dent of the Russian Prisoners r' Htr
Help Committee:
During the winter e. iai4-'i5 tH.re
we're 10000 Russian prisoner. az var
in this camp. OF taeir many utnr-
Ings. semi rarvation can cr.-ar .E bee
said 20 be the create 2. aal 'ft supply
of food insufficient DO quAufit- tnt ~
bad quality, was directly Ic .oas.o'c
for much suffering among them
an the ashbus outside nag quarters
7 have often seen men earcnng -
and devourng any food refuse they
could find. Having medically attended
these men fox slN mo.-A-. } am ODD
position 20 state that .n many cases
tremc. There have boon 500 cases OF "a
disease resembling bor.-her. which /
attributed directly % N... o. proper
food; 800 per cent Of these cases are
among the Russian prisoners VINO re-
celve no parcels OF fresh food from
home To carry out any heavy work on
this insufficient diet ls exceedingly
hard. but these mon are compelled to do
It have only referred 90 thc question
Of food which. if 10 could be supple
mented. would much alleviate their
hard lot and perhaps make their other
suiierlngs little easier 90 bear TINS
statement ls as moderate as ] can
make IT,"
Note the words "as moderate ne /
can make it," You may have seen somo
of the report, made By American diplo-
matte representatives after visits 20
pri son camps. They have reported on tho
treatment Of British and French sol-
diers ln Germany and German soldiers
in France and England. How many re-
ports have you seen Of the treatment %
Russian prisoners In Germany >tN
it is safe 20 say there are more Rus
sian prisoners ln Germany fhar an
others combined. Here j. what an OBJ
server saw az Ohrdruf. DOB Germany:
90 have seen the Russian prisoners
hv 20 the spot whore $50 Jeff our rotten
soup that we could not swallow and
wolf 3, zap with their hands. while the
guard, tried 20 keep 'rcm or by beat
ing them over their heads with rifles.
They would come around us horribly
ravenous. with one cry: 'kamDrad,
brot'"
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