New-York tribune., 1918-12-08

Eastern Belgium, Luxembourg and
~ pas s.retcnes further on toward
'he @ Rhine into Germany,
This line of communication ia ,oa.
velous' considering that the rolling
STOCK and everything about it for tbe
,,"ousanos OF miles, except the railway
llhes themselves. are purely Amer;can
ana pass from home to Germany from
american ports across the At,ant;c
.nehce through four countries. to keen
"p"ee Oh our advancing lines.
Food Supply Ample
continued investigation by military
aau.norities shows no serious lack Of
.ood yet encountered in the occupied
territory Some villages contain grain
Se1 unthrashed. In three villages alone
1Ao'VVo POUNDS of oats and hay aban~
doned by the German troops were dis
covered. N'S
The orchards everywhere arc we'll
cared for. saw German soldiers
pruning and caring for trees. sight
,,atlons of French orchards during the
last four years.
IN one Mosellc field alone we found
a mock of at least three hundred sheep
Cattle, pigs and chickens are notice
able IN the villages and along the coun-
trysde.
To-night's dinner at Treves hotel
consisted of excellent vegetables, soup.
choice beefsteak, potatoes. salad, bread
and coffee. The price was five marks
($1.25).
Ready for Prisoners
The army, working in close coopera-
ton With the Red Gross, has completed d
preparations to receive and bathe. feed.
mouse and repatriate all the Allied
prisoners, whereof it is estimated there
will be at least 100000 entering the
American occupied zone. The German
army barracks, accommodating several
thousand, ere now fitted with cots,
blankets, bathhouses, Kitchens hos
pltai equipment and stores and cloth
ing. So fal no Americans have en-
tered our zone, though hundreds of
Russians, French,s British, Belgians,
Italians, Alsatians Fand Lorrainers are
;, beginning to arrive. From our front
ilne they have taken the field kitchens
ard registered, examined, bathed and
gwen clean underwear or clothing and
shoes, If needed, then assigned to bar
racks, separate for each nationality. If
suffering from disease or wounds thew
receive medical rsurgcal attnetion
from American doctors. All are given
to understand that they can eat any
amount Of food they desire. This food
'he American army rations, and it is
prepared by American army cooks.
transportation is then furnished by
the army to Verdun, where passes to
tneir homes are issued by the Inter
Allied Commission. No matter if the
prisoners home is ten miles from Yer
DUN, or In the remotest district of
Russia, he begins his journey home
ward at Allied expense.
Prisoner for Four Years
Due to congestion of the railroads
IN Germany, prisoners arc slow in ar
irving, though within week thousands
are expected daily. it is estimated
that 95 per cent of The arrivals here
Will be foreign.
A French soldier for four years
prisoner in Germany is among the
arrivals from Berlin to-day.
eve spent several days in Berlin"
ne said. "All seemed quiet and the
theatres and shops were proceeding
normally, except that the railway
stations were crowded with civilians of
the better classes leaving the capital,
tearing a counter revolution. 1t is re-
ported everywhere that the Kaiser is
coming back, and it is believed, when
he arrives, his adherents will possibly
lauHch desperate nSht to rethrone
him. 1t is feared that this trouble is
causing the great exodus. The Allied
prisoners are everywhere in the streets
OF Berlin. They create little attention
from the Berliners, as the organized
system of hatred toward the Allies is
worn out in Germany They are too
busy watching their own muddled af-
fairs and there is care not to injure
the feelings of the Allied nationalities
whom all Germans now realize are Ger
many's masters"
Red Cross is Active
The leading Red Cross workers in
Treves are Colonel Edward Ryan, of
Scranton, Pa. engaged in Red Cross
work in Serbia since the beginning of
the war and Colonel Everington. DR..
Ryan, whose name filled the news
papers of America in May, 1914, when,
as a special agent of the State Depart
ment in Mexico he was supposed to
have been shot by the Mexicans, has
been investigating food conditions
within the American area of occupa-
ton.
$50 far the Investigations fail to hold
up the reports of a desperate food
shortage" he said. An infallible sign
in any community is in the children
who show malnutrition by prctruding
stomachs and abnormally large wrists
My search and reports reveal pract-
cally none of this"