El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-12
BELGIANS EAT
F00DF0 HOGS
Prisoners of Germans Are
Starved, Beaten and Tor
tured by Surgeons.
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together with the remains OF the dead
official into another wagon and sent
him to the top along with the debris
On arriving at the surface. how
ever. the wagon fell into the hands
Of the German workmen, who. Of
| course. reported the fact 10 head
| quarters.
The officials at once smelt
treachery, hut try as they could
they were unable to get at the
bottom of the affair. All Rus
slams who were thought TO have
had a hand in the affair were
forced TO stand at attention for
days
A Daring Escape.
Il was while I was at Oberhausen
/ that a Northumberland boy, Jack
I Thomas by name, made his esca pc,
[ which caused quite flutter IN the
camp.
Thomas was in the same company
as myself He. along with three
I Freuchmen. skilfully pulled up the
Z boards Of a room IN his billet and got
I into the open
AS soon as their escape was known
a revolver was fired into the air.
[ The guards then rushed TO our room
and q hurried roll call was taken.
Z Those men who were not quick
{ enough in getting from their beds
were simply kicked onto the floor.
/ While this was going on telephone
messages were bing sent to every
town and also TO every frontier sta
ton IN Germany.
Thomas. however. proved himself
even a craftier man than the Ger
mans. inasmuch as he succeeded IN
! escaping over the frontier line
Henrtless German Doctor.
After spending two months in the
mine. during which period my finger
had showed no signs Of healing. I
/ was sent back to Munster, where
went into the hospital Here an op-
GRAFTON was performed upon my fin
er.
As In everything else. the Ger
man medical man at this hospital
showed no respect for a prisoner
OF war. Without giving me any
thing to dull the pain the doctor
merely clipped the best part OF
my finger Off with an ordinary
pair Of scissors.
BeIgians Devour Pigs Food.
One day. while walking in the
ground, 1 saw a sight which made me
quite miserable. on the road 1 saw
about 200 half starved looking Bel
Eian men who were being fOrcibly
depOrted into Germany 20 work
Because they had showed signs
Of defiance, these men had been
HNEA HAAN0AEAa kAAEAANAAAAN NAAAln-
food for nearly week.
I could see that they were half
starved, but little did I think that
their hunger was so intense until a
wagon containing the leavings and
refuse from the Munster camp came
up the road on its way to the piggery.
As soon as the Belglans caught sight
Of the Stops they broke through the
guards and threw themselves at the
men who were pulling the wagon.
while others scrambled on the wheels
and on the shafts OF the wagons.
Die From Putrid Food.
The BeIgians fought each other
like wolves to get at this putrid
filth ! know I never wish to see
anything like II again. Men
dragged each other from the
wagon and fought like wild
beasts. The guards rushed upon
them and beat them down with
their rifles. but the men took NO
heed Of this. They attacked the
guards in turin fact, they did
everything that lay in their power
TO get the food which was quite
unfit for human consumption. The
poor fellows were ravinE mad
with hunger.
The following day six OF these poor
creatures died from poisoning through
having devoured the unfit food The
other prisoners IN the camp felt so
sorry for the Belgians that a cOllec-
tion OF food was made for them.
German Trickery.
7 think il was while at Munster
that we were visited by the Spanish
ambassador, who, as representing a
neutral country, was probably making
inquiries as 70 the treatment Of pris-
oners. The rooms at Munster. as it
happened, were greatly overcrowded,
but the Germans were too clever for
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he seen such a large number Of men
in one bedroom would probably have
mentioned the matter to headquarters
and also TO his government
The Germans apparently knew
this. for on the day Of his visit n
number Of Us were ordered to
leave the room and to take our
blankets with US The result was
that when the Spanish ambassador
saw only half Of the usual number
OF men In the room he was quite
satisfied with the arrangements,
and no doubt he would report
favOrably upon his visit. Such IS
the crafty method Of the German.
] stayed at Munster doing light
work for about five months. At the
end OF ADriL or probably at the be-
ginning OF May. Of this year I was
sent. along with three others TO a
small town on the banks Of the Rhine,
within very easy distance OF Dussel-
dorf On arriving at our destination
we were led to a paper factory. which
I afterwards found out supplied paper
to a number Of leading German news
papers prOprietOrs.
Ny work at this factory was to IN
load timber from wagons which was
to be made into paper While at work
I suddenly made up my mind to try
and escape-but was caught again
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