Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-19

With RnCIilt hat He IC NOW
WIN ''O'"'' ''~'
Indir atty" a. l." VT H"'':'.'
ed German riyluans IN u" 't"d -
declared and that mr'rd ou' ~ '' rr'.
when the world s'rugsj" 'ToE' oar j
fences and hardAhinS lHi'S"d "'"" q
ian occupation. Written ~ Miss All
ISOLATED With III" Hawaiian l"'r'"'
man in question l. Ml~. nEn"~ r
are we'll established IN OH "u III.
only serves to "mrh"si7" inc :" t q
mighty we'll off consld"rI'r IT, L"
follows;
NV hro,,erjn.iao Vas A c.yi.IuH
uvinc nrar Frankfort nn.}lain. cog.
rnony On \oyer,bcr II 1914. lac Was
+okan with q ICt n other FnCneA.
men nrisoners 10 A dttention camp
az Prhleher near BerIiu They we're
imnodiatoIy :re.cn'cd with a iirkaNr
and sbovcI and mt 10 work.
Tho carD was situated on a race
courea tbr prisoners living in II"
etohIos md takinr their meals out rF
doors nm the grand stand. these
Ineoie consisted ~ coffee and black
t'er broad IN tho morning and a bowl
"Winter SGT in with a great deal OF
-.,r ord SNOW and hitter cold and the
-, Doretrotsd through the roof and
ran down the side Of the walls. " ich
no+uraIIv kent the mattresses in q
constant state Of humidity.
Attacked by PIeurtsy
In March. 1917. my hrOthcrinlaw,
olonr with several other Englishmen,
deveIoned a very bad form Of pleurisy
and was so III that there seemed but
little chance for his recovery At the
tInoe NJ his being taken prisoner, he
was in the employ Of an American,
who was ar all times very interested
IN him and tried to keep in touch with
him right along, AS this American
wae then a neutral, knowing that my
hrotber.in.law was in a bad state, he
domonded of the German authorities
that he he moved to a hospital. The
officials promfsed to remove him to
so-called priyate sanitarium. This
. sanitarium proved to be a dirty, de-
Ionideted old house. where the men
were mt seven in room, and where
the beds we're actually unclean .EeL.
MINI. OF food they saw very little
80 what little was served was all
INT thrown at them.
~ GHOST of the time the men were
aelirious with fever and their nerves
rera completely shattered. In fact,
INV brotber-inlaw's hair turned white
IN tbe front of his head
No Cure. Ia Released
"Time went on, and at last by Octo-
her. 1915, the Germans evidently sa"
that il was not possible to cure him
and knowing that their task OF fright
fitness was accomplished, they de-
3 cfded to release him and sent him 10
Dayos Switzerland.
aNow when he was taken a prls-
oner nv sister and her little girl were
forced to leave Germany at once by
the military authorities. Ihey were
allowed to take along just enough
clofhtng for their regular use, but had
n leave everything else behind Their
enartment with furniture and every
thing else that they possessed, was
then sealed ND by the Burgomaster
ana thew left Immediately. Ny sis
ter and child went to Lausanne to
i've
acdv brother.in.law, still in a pre-
carions condition. then left Germany
end n took him two days and two
nigbts to- reach Davos. There he was
sdmftted into a private sanitarium,
md must have been in a very bad
condition. for the doctor who received
hin, was at a loss to know what was
: che trouble with him, as for three days
he was unable to speak, his nerves
having given way altogether.
.sThis was October. He was so i'll
.bat. he could not be put with other
natients. but Lag out in the air all by
himself. 1t was February OF 1916
hefore his wife and two children we're
allowed to come to Davos to sec him