The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-17
GERMANS STRICT
IN REGULATING
GIFTS Of BREAD
Frenchmen Foresee Great
Hardship for Prisoners by
Stringent Ruling on Send.
ing Food to Them.

prisoner. This order has caused con
stornation To those IN charge OF the
bread supply To prisoners as they say
il is practically Impossible to send In.
|diVidual packages except to a few,
ana that the great bulk of prisoners
viii have their bread supply cut Off.
They declare. too. chat back of his
order IL a sinister move 10 strike such
terror among the allies on the staf,-
ing condition Of their prisoners that
they viii be willing tn listen To peace.
The International Red cross or
SANITATION has its headquarters here,
administering It's affairs for The whole
world AZ TINS central point FuS|t
Ado'' a SWISS 'lli"eh" IL
at the head ana Max pollfus, an Al
satan ui STRONG ff'hch sentiment y
head "i the bureau ioI prls"hVff q
wal rs Suoh MI l'ouIius was h'aue
director OF the bread suppiN furnished
fien'h prisoners OF war IN 'orhlahN
ana 1t was ne VINO totd me Associated
Press OF the oru'r OF D'oPf'pcr - ana
the grave efect II would nave
'brcod ~ inc very ,~loiheht OF !"
Fronchman existence sa'd ne
YOU can cut OF ANYTHING else II ne
n stand H. nut ne must nave proau'
Now we nave punt up a vast ufsauiza-
ton by winch bread ~ pelhs poured"
into Germany to meet this primary
a small part OF II has gone IN
individual packages out the great
bulk has been without indlVidual
names. as II is hnposslnlo TO designate
each one OF anout "u''"uV pflS"helS
in "A daily brea" supply Ana VET TINS
order OF DECEMBER - cuts on every
thing not addressed III an ihulNl"ua'
package direct To ire p~rls"hcr' 80
that the great pulk OF thls supply
is stopped.
II have had many opportunities to
see the serious effect Of short bread
rations 10 prisoners.' added Mr.. Doll
fus. THE prisoners returning to
France have been conveyed 10y nc TO
LIONS aud other points in central
France, and / have personally wit
messed their condition and heard their
re, nrts. For example. IN one party
of 400 prisoners which | conveyed,
$50 had developed tuberculosis from
being in a furnished condition from
a lack of bread-thcy were literally
emacintcd skeletons stricken with
fatal disease. And this was typical
of the result of short bread rations.
''The q, rman ration to prisoners.
Mr.. Doolfus went on. lis one small
l,uf ahout four inches IN diameter,
IN the morning. = rhis is iatended for
The lay. but the famished men eat IL
at once. and that ends their bread
sunply for the day, only cup being
given at noon That Is the reason we
have been pouring in this bread sup
ply, largely In bulk, but tn individuals
as far as they could be traced. II n
pro, ed q liye-saVer To thousands. And
vet bv his order of the 2'th TINS
bread supply in bulk Is cut oil.
This can mean only another great
tragedy" said Mr.. Dolifus, and am
convinced there must be a purpose
behind such a moye-a purpose 10
force the allies To- consider terms oi
peace rather than see their W peo-
nj. diving ol starvation. And we en-
pctt also that II the bulk supply ~
cut OFF this viii soon hc followed by
cutting off the individual packages,
ON in, ground tina, Il Is too great an
Undertaking To distribute thee" indt
vidual daily supplies. Ana ~ We are
fuced with the present stoppage of the
hulk supply ard the probable stoppase
of the remaining individual supply
81 am seeking as best a. possible
to meet this condition, by o~rsanlkln;
4, complctc service of indiyidrai pack.
axes, hut II viii bc "a work requiring
much help from private sources-ih
which hope America VIII help az II
ala in Bclgium-and vii, be supported
by the allied governments as far -
possiblc. Eut It Is a strange fac, that
The Hague convention designed toi
m, bottorment OF the world. stands
I'm the way of q government helping
rs own prisoners one provision OF
tn, Hague agreement is h "a the
country holding prisoners snail ne
charged with feeding them, and that
th, country from which the prisoners
come shan have no control of ne
matter. That provision, MAD" IN
pcacc times. has had an unfortunate
effect in actual war times, IA France
IA A.