The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
Carl Wielpuetz Receives a
Message From Brother Who
Describes War Conditions.
SAYS CHILDREN ARE
TAKEN TO HOLLAND
Boys and Girls are Sent Across
Border to be Given
Food.


o. during the last sly months, it is
stated in letter Carl Wielpuetz, the
baker in Haarig, received yesterday
from his brother, Paul WieIpuetz, who
i engaged in the hardware business in
Utrecht, Holland These children are
kept in Holland for four weeks and
then sent back to their home in Ger
many and replaced by the same num-
Der.
This is the only way in which Hol.
land can aid Germany in feeding IL
inhabitants, the letter says, as the
British Government viii not permit
the Dutch to send foodstuff into Ger
many. Every one who crosses the
Du,ch border TO go 10 Germany IS
searched carefully by the Dutch border
agents to ascertain whether he is car
ly.ng any food with him.
NutrimentS are not to be had in
abundance. The letter states, but is a
Efficiency to afford an existence. Life
in the large cities does not show any
signs Of Il war, the writer says, and
business is even better than in time:
IL peace, especially the hardware ana
iron business.
"The Germans have undergone q
vital change, since the war broke out"
Mr.. Wielpuetz informs his brother.
Life is being taken very serious, and
everyone tries to console the other on
account of tire heavy losses. Many
perhaps innumerable families, have
suffered heavy losses Of their mem
bers, and it IS nearing the time wher
the slaughter should be brought to an
end.
The peace offer made by Germany
10 President Wilson did not fall on
fruitful soil. The Entente wants t.
down Germany before making peace
but these powers should be bewaTs
that they are nos beaten into submit
....-. S:.ould peace not be declared a
TINS time, then the prospects are that
lie var will be blOodier and more bar
b~r5us than ever before.
Holland is not suffering from lack
Of food, but the past six months no
body i permitted to export any nutri-
ments at ali. Everybody VINO crosses
:Lc border into Germany is searcho,
carefully by the agents before he is
allowed to pass. Owing to the great
demand for war material, We have had
:. splendid business. This is what we
call war profit.
I'VE have had number Of German
children in our city. Every four weeks
they are sent back to their homes and
their places are taken by as many as
we're sent to their homes. Germany IS
icing aided by Holland in every way
possible, but the benefactors are near
- all Germans or descendants of Ger
mans"
The letter Mr.. Wielpuetz received
lad been opened by the British censor
and its contents examined. The en-
yclope bore a conspicuous seal show
iGg that it had passed through BIRTHS
hands. The letter was mailed from
Utrecht two days after Christmas anc
arrived here Wednesday morning.
Mr.. Wielpuetz had not heard from
lis relatives for more than Is months
TIE letter he received was in answe.
70 one he wrote his brother, Paul, IT
the latter part of November. 1t, too,
vas examined by the British censor
and reached its destination the day
after Christmas.
The letter informed him that one Of
his nephews had been wounded three
times, but had recovered and was put
back into active service. Another
nephew, who was fighting on the front
Of Serbia, returned home during tn,
summer. He was not wounded during
the entire campaign against Serbia,
but could not stand the climate and
became i'll. His physical condition re-
leased him from the army.
He had almost recovered from his
illness at the time of the writing and
WIS expected TO take a position in the
Office of the Minister of War. Mr.
Wielpuetz has three brothers in Solin- |
cen, Germany, the center of the cut
lery manufacture Of that country. His
brother, Paul, from whom he received |
the letter, has been in Utrecht for a |
number of years. His business re-
quires frequent trips to Germany, and
on these trips he gets a view Of the
conditions in Germany and the senti-
mont now prevailing among the Ger
mans