The Detroit times., 1917-11-16
GERMANS IN
u. S. MAY Be Be
HOSTAGES
Treatment May De-
pend On That Accord
ed Captives BY Berlin
az MILTON BRoNNER

WASHINGTON. D. g. Noy Do
The fact that The Germans.tAe other
day captured l2 Of pershings o.
diers brings mp atrcsb The Whole
problem of treatmen, OF prisoner
The more men we get in.o ths
trenches OF France. The more orpor
tunity there IS going 20 be for rhf
enemy 20 capture some ~ them h
the same token. we are going 20
take German prisoners Aust Vhef
viii be done with 'hem has nor been
completely worked ouf
In this country we alresdy have
many Germans interned-sailor
from German ships 1lien enemies
Who had been wandering al larg
and against whom no criminai
charge had been preferred, etc onf
holding these German civilians '
important. because they may act as
hostages for the good treatment oi
our own men
The Germans IN tins country are
informed In model sanitary camps.
and have good food
The Germans have never treated
their own prisoners with the same
consideration ! havH JUST had ac
cess to many Official reports 10 The
French government by French doc
fors who were in prison camps N
Germany. Their accounts const
tnte one long recital OF brutality 10
sbe prisoners. OF insufficient food and
medicine. Of neglect Of The sicS. ot
absence OF any senlblance of crca
ture comforts
Dr. MensainFeon head Of The sur
gicai clinic at the Facultc Ge Paris.
for instance, tells of his experiences
IN the GuestroT camp in Mecklen
burg, where over 5000 French mill
tary and civilian prisoners were
held. Despite the terrible severity
OF the winters In that climate, even
n January the men were housed "a
tents on straw or manure. torment
ID by swarming vermin. tortured by
hunger and dying OF cold Men
were so famished they would throw
themselves on the ground 70 lap up
froTn the mud a few spoOnsful q
.pilied soup. The meals" consisted /
n thin. watery soup three times a
lay, and a tiny piece Of bread /
very four days This bread was
made OF bran. potato pulp and straw
was only later the survivors were
ut into some sort OF barracks,
Dr. Alphonse David. reporting on |
ne typhas epidemic in the Cassel /
amp, says the French prisoners (
rere deliberately mixed with Rus
hAns who had typhus. the Germans
aging they wanted the French 20 I
NOW their allies better" Only AZ
er conditions here became scan
Iai that could not be concealed. was +
my kind OF sanitary rezulationgat I
'empted. or 10000 prisoners in this /
camp over 1900 had typhus $50 +
and 700 Russians died OF 1
h. And typhus made men more /
Eubiect 10 tuberculosis. so even
when they survived one disease
they got +fFt other
DIR. Lesieur reports that A. Zos
sen camp many men had tuberculo-
rie from exposure and poor food,
and many others had scurvy and
dysentery.
Tr. Fermort tells OF terrible de-
veIopment OF tuberculosis "a the
prison camps az Amberg. Friedrich
field, Koenigs sbruck. Parchim. Salz
vcdel and Zessen- wunsdorf r. II
the same story OF hunger. cold and
brutal treatment he tells Of seeing
men picking up sand on which soup
had been spilled, and sucking ~ fer
the nourishment Non licked the
sides Of bowls. like dogs Men pa
tiently sorted out the contents ~
for tho chance stray crgmh
Of bread Hc tells Of men being fed
ends OF sausages. black puddings oi
doubtful freshness. cheese in the
last stages OF decomposition.
DR.. Mai Chon tells OF hrutaliiies
practiced upon the prisoners A.
Friedrichsfeld and Senne For ri
vial offenses against camp Flile-;
they we're made 20 run FOR hours Oh
the hot sand in July day. until
they dropped from exhaustion
Those put IN coils for punishment
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