New Britain herald., 1916-02-05
GERMANY ID STARVE
 PRISONERS OF WAR
Makes Sinister Move to Force
 Allies to Listen to Peace
Cores oondence of *he Associated Press-r

Cores Don denCe Of *hS Associated Press-I
 Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 31.-By official order, Germany has stopped the shipment of bread to prisoners of war in Germany, unless each pack age of bread is addressed to an in dlviduaI prisoner This order has caused consternation to those in charge of the bread supply to prison CTS, as they say it is practically i'm possible to send individual packages except to a few, and that the great bulk of prisoners will have their bread supply cut off. They declare, too, that back of this order is a sin ister move to strike such terror among the Allies on the starving condition of their prisoners, that ! they will be willing to listen to reace.
 The International Red Cross or ganization has it's headquarters here, administering it's affairs for the whole
 world at this central point Gustave Adoe, a distinguished Swiss citizen, 1 is at the head, and Max Dollfus, an 1 Alsation of strong French sentiment, is head of the bureau for prisoners 1 of-war. As such MT. Dollfus was made director of the bread supply furnished French prisoners -of-war in Germany, and it was he who told the Associated Press of the order of Dec 27, and the grave effect it would have.
 Element of Existence
 Bread is the very element of a Frenchman's existence" said he. you can cut off anything else and he can stand it, but he must have bread. Now we have built up a vast organization by which bread is been poured into Germany to meet this primary want, small part of it has gone in individual packages, but the great bulk has been without in dividual names, as it is impossible to designate each one of about 300,- 00o prisoners in a daily bread SUD- ply. And yet thiso rder of Dec. 27 cuts off everything not addressed in an individual package, direct to the prisoner. So that the great bulk of this supply is stopped
 II have had many opportunities to see the serious effect of short bread rations to prisoners, added MT. Doll fus. "The prisoners returning to France have been conveyed by me to Lyons and other points in central France, and I have personally wit messed their condition and head their reports. For example, in one party of 400 prisoners which l conveyed, 250 had developed tuberculosis from being in a famished condition from a lack of bread-they were literally enla ciated skeletons striken with fatal diseases. And this was typical Of the result of short bread ratiOnS.
 Ration One Small Loaf.
 "The German ration to prisoners" ' Mr. Dollfus went on, 'is one small loaf, about four inches in diameter, .n the morning. This is intended for the day, but the famished men eat it at once, and that ends their bread i supply for the day, only a soup being i given at noon. That is the reason ! we have been pouring in this bread supply, largely in bulk, but to indivi- duals so far as they could be traced. It has proved a ltfe-saver to thous- ands. And yet by this order of the 27th, this bread supply in bulk is cut off.
 "This can mean only another great tragedy" said MT Dollfus, and l am convinced there must be a pur- pose behind such q move-a purpose to force the Allies to consider terms of peace, rather than see their own