Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
Description By a Former Guard of a German Intern
 ment Camp In Canada.

more private nature. Outside are ten his courts and football field, with a charming system of gardens and ar bors that would fire the envy of a Persian king by their beauty and util- ity. All classes of vegetables and plants are grown, and not few of these spots are gems of rest. For the Teuton is above all things deep and tireless thinker.
 Happily, year-long, the rich manage somehow to enjoy themselves, even as prisoners, and those here do not give much trouble beyond making night garish with their revelings; with dances, masked balls and routs; strange and midnight revelings, and forgetfulness of sumptuary regula- tions. But these are not revolutionary, like the socialists within the borders, The latter at times plan a raid on the rich, and thus have to be watched. For all the troubles of a city are fer menting within the internment camp. Envy, hatred and malice thus reign, even in this Elysium of the chosen.
 The amount of rights, however, in- sisted on by these tougher subjects are beWildering; all must be done for them by regulation and order; eXacti-, tude is demanded in every walk of life, and no deviation is considered to be possible. On any irregularity, these Observant natures straightly appeal to the Swiss consul, and he, poor man, is continually calling to put matters on a more endurable footing. The prisoners thus have come to regard themselves as a necessary part of the city and it's ways, and in wider sense regard their disputes as being a sys- tenn of instruction to the Canadian government. Their self-importance is at times intolerable, and is possibly based on their conceit and academic prudery. In result, their allowances are many and good, and they are the despair and envy of the guards, of which the writer was member On feeling extra jovial, they will chaff the guard as being their servant and remind him of the time to come when they will take him over as a prisoner when Germany makes good in Amer ica. Doubtless they will afford him sorry exchange for the careful con- sideration they are receiving at his hands.
 The little German homes here are Veritable models. Compact and health ful, with small trelliswork bowers and rows of dainty plants and blossoms, they shine out as jewels of domesticity. The indignant Canadian women on Sundays sometimes call in to make faces at their owners behind their backs, and to curse them royalty for their pilfered bliss. For, indeed, they must be happy. When the very latest Parisian costumes appear on the strolling prisoner danes, and they are escorted by the smartest of army cavaliers, the country ladies cannot then contain; they will put out their tongues in spite of the unhappy guards.
 Physical perfection is considered the one thing needful among the inmates | of this refuge and home of the Ger 1 man stock, and this they are cultivat- ing at all costs and every day. Two | fine gymnasia for use by both classes are set up, and these constitute the | chief attractions of all. Every form of | exercise and contortion is practiced, and very many fine athletes are the result. If they only practiced vault ! ing the boundaries as they do theAr machines, there would not be a pris- | oner left at the end of a month. The upshot of it is that the finest lot of youngsters are to be seen that | ever graced a parlor or jail. For the l children born within the compound are strong and fully developed for | their dges, and are in some cases the | pink of physical perfection; all are well groomed and smartly dressed
 and reflect the best of feeling on their
 mothers. They seldom quarrel and never squall. and are every one evi-
 dently saving up for break when
 once they are released. although they
 have never known freedom and its 1 terrors.
 If all the world could thus be made prisoners, how perfect place it would
 be found. Entertainments are pro-
 vided for the children, and they are
 also taken down town to the city of | Vernon to any shows of account. for | few are better than those given in the