Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-26
GERMANS CYPRESS FRENCH CIVILIANS

FRENCH FRONT. April II Cor respondence of The Associated Press) Life among the French civilians be- hind the German lines in the occupied departments of France has become al- most slavery. The oppressed people have to submit to restrictions depriv- ing them of all the usual amenities of human existence. Details of the ter rOrizing process introduced by the Germans, which is daily becoming more severe. have reached the corres- pondent of The Associated Press from a number of centers where the Ger man army holds possession.
 According to some of these commu- nications everybody-that is 10 say men, women and children-is forced to work for the German conquerors, especially in the country districts and towns near the front One young woman-and she is only one among many-teils how she was made 10 fell trees in the forest of SaintGObain. which was under constant gunfire, while in the same vicinity all the SUD- ply columns for the troops in the most dangerous parts of the line were formed of French civilians.
 In the neighborhood Of Cambrai all agricultural work is carried out by the peasants under the surveillance Of German soldiers and when the produce is ripe it is all requisitioned by the military authorities. The factories Tn the city itself have been robbed of their machinery with the result that large numbers of workers have been reduced to semi-starvation and conse- quent. sickness. At the end of 1917 there were still 1000 inhabitants in the city. all of whom were compelled to take refuge in the cellars.
 In most parts of the country the ' Spanish-Dutch relief, which has taken the place of the American Relief Com mission, goes on normally but 1t IS asserted that the German authorities manage to obtain possession of a DOT tion of the provisions. In Lille the prices of food are extremely high, and the population, already impoverished, has great trouble to obtain food. Eggs cost them 36 cents apiece, meat IS from S2.60 to s a pound when it Is available, shoes are S25 a pair, cloth costs SIG yard, and there is no beer, milk or soap to be had, while coal IS distributed at the rate of 56 pounds per head of the population per month at the price of 36 cents a pound or $72O per ton of 2.OOO pounds.
 In Charleville matters are even worse. The people have not had any fresh meat for two and half years and for other provisions they have to rely on the relief committee, which makes distribution twice a week. Each person is given in the course Of every fortnight the following articles half a pound of bacon, half pound of lard, half a pound of salt meat, half a pound of haricots. four-fifths of pound of salt, sometimes a fifth of a hound of coffee, two-fifths of a pound of biscuit flour, a quarter of pound of sugar, and small quantities of corn residue. Besides these things each person receives once a month can of condensed milk. In the stores cof- fee costs about $7 a pound, sugar nearly g. chocolate nearly S4. The sale of potatoes is forbidden.
 Nearly all the men work for the Germans. wIfo forbid them to leave their houses before seven in the morning and they must return by eight in the evening.
 At Domain French prisoners have been employed in the destruction of the factories, from which all the ma chinery has been taken and sent to Germany. while at Saint Quentin all the statues have been taken down and specialists from Germany have removed everything of value from the basilica.
 Even children of school age, most of whom have not had the opportunity to go to school three years. are made to work along the roads and in the forests.