The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-29
HUN BARBAR|5|N DENOUNCED
BY THIS TURKISH WOMAN

months failed rs was not regarded as
fr,cnIly to Germany. Had II NOT p''c!i
+nr my family connection 1T trhtra
Asia-AIiucr. | would have bc't li'Pl'H
ontd on s,.ne prrleTis'. 'u, -. h'',
SurC,rtl,u i'll working HlHSclt ''''' -
,.onf,d,.ur,. Of 4 German l;"d Cross "it-
cial who secured PERMISSION i"r NV
whereby | visited two wHT PRISONERS
CAMPS whrrr. American S't"i','H VIZ
being Kept | must ais" $ta," lnat autte
q frw l.lurks changed hands IN ooiaH'lHs
such q prIHlicSe r;
of the Red Cross officer. whom nav"
already mentioned. l first VlSit'd Sol','u
prison camp. There. rho "ttIcrf VINO
had tccurnp;lnitu US that Tar rrctAFco
orders t. report I" another Slttto.''
introduced US 10 one "t tn: prison orr
GERS who promised to give us III. pppuF-
Il nifty to visit the camps.
American Negroes Keep Their Good
Euncr La Spite Of Hartships.
As We walked through the grounds on
our way L. the American Srrt.nh we
me-; Nv" blacks who. although thin and
weak looking. were nevertheless clat-
I asked thu cScnr1iug officer who they
pushed :. hand truck full with n;tckascS.
asked the rNcurtInE officer WI" lHcH
were. They arc American blacks. per
hans YOU wish To- sec the whites. lie
remarked with L little sarcasm. Please
p,rutlt me to speak with them. ! begged
OF the officer. Then Il" ordered the
black Americans To approach where VIC
wrrr standing. Going up /" the one
who WAS shorter and uyt So black ~
;he other told then, that l was i
Turkish lady and that I wanted to talk
to the American soldiers. liz Srinn%d
L. me rather inp"litrly. aud turning I"
his companion he said: The lady says
she is u Turkish lady and she speaks
English, wouldn't You think she was
4 y,,., Ji,,h N,LturlllS :
WAS somewhat embarrassed. as the off,
Ger had asked ME what the black .Aln'rl-
can had said. l was about I" tell MN
when tho tall black man sad with IL
grin: Lady | never had much u.s. Tor
them Turks. but Your people couldn't ht>
almost doubled UP and laughed ana
Noticed that the Americans liked the
spirit in which | received their VII.
My companions were stan insisting ON
Knowing what the Americans were say
ing that made ms laugh :" loudly. hut L
kept on talking IL tn" blacks. And 10
what part Of America do y"u belong:
I asked What part" exclaimed The
tall black American. "Why. lady. there
is no par; u America. II is all on"
danncd big country. | asked hun Why
H. thought his country. his America vas
damned" To my rrnark they both
almost daublcd up and laughed ana
laughed again. Their inccSS;nt laugh
ing was making my German calnpan-
ions terribly uneasy g. Then the short
American explained TO me that the word
IVES an expression that L lady VIII" learn
al her E.nglISh ff"sn :. book could not
appr. ciatc. Then they again laughed
ard asked me- IL ask my "t!ua t:lc!id% II
i is Ill the sam" il we w'nt CTR way.
Their parting sally was we are sorry
for you. lady. You better not let lnclH
sam catch yuI: hanging with these llunS
v hen ha cuIlrS IL Berlin tearing mad.
And when they were gone about ten or
fifteen feet I heard them singing suInn
tune the words OF which l could not
irakc our but whtc;l sounded as though
tEeN meant that there was going to be
Il hot time i'll 'flun;tnd' when 'Cnclc
sam c;lnl2 down tearing mad
Hard To Got Information From
Americans.
We again resumed our walk towards
the American section of tn" prison
camp. on the way translated the
conversation had held with thu black
Americans. Eut my German escorts
did not appreciate The humUr of II all.
Bnth OF them were very angry and the
officer told me that these Americans
were frivolous. arrogant and rnapncr-
less They will not answer questions
and when they do answer they tell so
many strGne" LIS that il Is useless To
bother with them complained the Red
Cross officer.
one American on being asked had
told nm officer that he came from! 4 Ger
tain city 81 Il certain stat" and when ne
consulted tho Atlas iie could find no
such city recorded On rGprim1ndin%
him for telling such an untruth the
American smiled ;irr"gantly and replied
!, that he did not car, WE;tt the German at
las had |" SAY aud that h" knew better
than the German atlas where he cam"
from and when he was again asked
what city he belonged in .AIucrica. he
gave Il different name. no doubt having
forgotten the first name. They also
bitterly complained that the Americans
lid not regard the war seriously. They
always sang but never sang their
national anthem. Once when ono Of
their guards asked them to sing 1t the
group broke out singing Il frivolous
verse about the girl they left behind.
The Red Cross official related another
experience told him by one Of his
friends. an officer. who had separated
the american soldiers from the others
. and spoke to them regarding German ;
Americans had listened to HIM in ST.
l"nce. and no doubt thinking that he
had won them tn his sid" he dared To
tell what they were fighting for. Then
tho tragic incident happened. Ono lone
soldier stood UP and asked If 1t would
be all right to answer that question.
l'nSuspccting. the German officer pr"na-
sandiSt PERMITTED him TO make answer.
Thrrcup"n the american prisoner shout
"tl ut tho top Of his voice; wv" surely
know what We arc fEhtinS for. We are
fighting for tn" kaiscr's head. and
- Tho rest of his companions.
led 10y ono VIII" announced three cheers
for t-nclc Sam. covered UP the rest OF
his remark with loud chc"rs.
Silent Cheers For The German
Propogaudist.
And still another prison officer who
had attempted propaganda work
amongst thu American prisoners found
himself In m embarrassing situation
whom one of tho Americans stood up
and asked for three cheers for the
speaker. Thcrcupon the Tcst stood up