Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-15
XVII

NvH | Men who had received cruel treat irnsnt at the hands of the enemy thor 'EougnIy appreciated the comfort in (which they were living in Switzerland, sbut still they longed to see Bighty tonce again. This will perhaps explain tsome of the sentiments expressed in Ethe following article, quoted from an August number of the B. l. M.: ! 'Tnterned prisoners of war are a species of animals usually found in 9 neutral country. The word interned' comes from the Latin 'ino.' meaning fed and 'ternus,' meaning 'up.' They tare used in the winter for moving ilarge quantities of snow from one place Ito another, and in the summer for do- ling the same thing with rocks and igraveL
 } They are amusing creatures to watch. They live in large communi- ties like the bees. These communities Tor establishments, as they are scien- tffcally called, are presided over by what is known as chief of establish nfent, something similar to the queen bee Unlike the latter, the chief of establishment does not lay the eggs which produce the other prisoners of
 
 mud of France and elsewhere, usually in a hollow of the ground called shell hole.
 Play in the Rain.
 The chief vices of the interned prisoner of war are playing football, cricket, hockey, etc. They are so de- prayed that at times they will indulge in these vices in the pouring rain. The only way they can be tempted to desist is by the offer of meal. They spend their spare time in having operations and attempting to get leave.
 There are different species of in sterned prisoners of war. There are the Scotch, English, Irish. Australian and Canadian. The latter have not red skins. as some people suppose. '-' There is also another species called officers, who spend most of their time seeing that the others are wearing Their own boots and don't take bath before it is necessary.
 ''The interned prisoners Of war are lsonletinzes soldiers. They arraNge hthemseives in long rows to present a Formidable appearance on certain feast tdays. They are very religious and be- klieve that some day they will go to a Ecountry where they have homes sfriends and relations"
 We soon learned that the rumor That certain number of Englishmer twere to be repatriated had been con tfir1ned. At a conference held at The sHague, an agreement had been reached Sbetween the British and German gov sernments for the exchange of interne6 kprisoners in Switzerland on virtually ethe same terms as had been arranged flor the exchange of French and Ger tman prisoners, We were told that a tthe conference the Dutch were alwaf' Fseated at the table first, then from { Edoor at one side came in the Germans land from a door on the other side tn, tEnglish. No intercourse, save on busi sness, took place. At the closing meet ting the chief of the Germans got III and said they could not go withou tthanking England warmly for the wa, their prisoners had been treated, an, ;admitted that no other country ha done the like. Our people bowed bacl acknowledg gment and thanks. but cotrs not return the compliment
 This agreement applied to the fol Towing classes of interned men, tn general principle followed being tha the sick and wounded whose re