The daily progressive-miner., 1918-07-31
GERMANS IN CANADA INTERNED
 WELL CARED FOR
Number Raise Kick Because of No Tablecloths in Camp In
 British Columbia
IRENE DU HAMEL

lc first thing that brought the in- tetae, Germans to my notice after II :, return to Cana la this summer was the rotoriety given case in the p:asc which had just been tried in the 20 irts. Several prisoners from the in- iernment camp at Vernon, R. C., ere. aind riot, complaining that they wee forced to aa- from bare boards I demandin cd tn. bo given tableclcths. They were given several months each at hard labor for creat~ ing the disturbance.
 After hearing about, the terrible con dtions existing in the internmenr camps in Germany where the allied prisoners are kept, where the men are practically starved to death. and forced to do all sorts of work. the above incident verged on the ridicu- lous, and I was extremely anxious to visit the camp where this occurred.
 On arriving at the camp which occu- pies just about two acres of level ground on the outskirts of the town, we were informed by guards that vis- itors were not allowed to enter the grounds or even to approach within ten feet of the barbed wire fence or to converse with the men inside, with out permit from Ottawa, so that all one could learn had to be from here say and observation. This severity had been caused by an attempt on the part of the men to escape short time before by boring tunnels from their tents underground past the fences. The guards however discov- cred the work and enforced the more strict regulations regarding visitors.
 The camp consists of several large buildings, used as dining halls. kit chens, reading rooms, lounging rooms, hospital wards and offices of the Of f1cers of the camp. Grouped around. the large buildings were bungalows for families, tents, to be used in the summer and small frame houses for the winter, all laid out in small ave nues and very comfortab bly, designed. Half of the camp was made into war gardens, each man desiring plot had his individual garden, and the prison CTS were supplied with the seed and implements to work with. On the other side were tennis courts, foot ball grounds, and on the outside of the entire camp was wide footpath. on which the men were seen indulging
 in the favorite pastime of walking.
 In the camp were butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers as well as men of noble families, but all were obliged to do the same amount of labor about the camp, and in the caso of the women, to share the housekeep- ing tasks. Much ruction was caused at the opening of the war by the wo- nap, when those of high class were forced to perform tasks which to them were for the menials, and very dis tasteful They were shown no par tiality however. and made to do the work, share and share alike with their humber sisters.
 Besides the persons convicted of being spies and dangerous enemy al- iens, there are interned in the Cana dian camps, all Germans who are not poturalizad whethar they are nrO- Cerman in sympathy or not No chances are taken. The prisoners are allowed to receive mail and par cells from friends once a month, all of which is strictly censored, of course, but on the whole, one cannot but help wish that the allied prisoners were treated one tenth as we'll.