The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-20
PAGE THIRTEEN.

times. so tho g0zsrn- said the zrnrrfag
cxsrral , rs.71IsTt ID rst+,-s some5
what more debate and iraIsrreet
with The l,ern.an amy SELLING so
MANY horses. Ea.grIm was for A long
time % paradise tar horse traders who,
with the versatile a~daptabfity that
seems to distinguish The horse trader
everywhere In the world rroNfad nv
the Situation For a long lime they
worked in conjunction with certain
In brihes. and when a farmer horse
had been seized or requtsitioned by
the Germans the traders went to con-
sole the proprietor bv selling him an
Il is not a prett, story. and it's incl
dents were made possible nv the vast
comp'eXity and iutrfracy Of the Ger
man system that ~strauglel an trade
and commerce and hy the evil inherent
M the times Not all the German Of
nrials nor all the German sentinels
NcIv rnrlurt All through that sum-
meT -muggIrrs vera stalking through
the Furct Ir Solgues. Juggling their
POTATOES into the cItv. at Quatre Bras
and the trum4 that came In from Ter
Vuerpu, soldiers we're searching the
women for produce and then herding
them of tn prison. And now and then
"A smugglvr fleeing wildly from them
would he shot down lead in his tracks.
The Young men Of the &. X. Is. could
tell the story IN more gnllEnlRnltlR de-
tail than / can. for they were in daily
contact win lis unfnldinr They came
to Nave "A greater understanding of
German methods. too and they must
have EXPRESSED il in their CAV, youth
full way in the song they composed in
that aff|eCtInnate fun thev we're always
having with the quondam Mexican
Charge des A~ffatres Hermancito Bulle.
the chorus nf which ran.
"Whcn Rulle ia the king " Mexico,
Wen have good Dositions
And 1--we ON reUIIsitions.
When RulIe is the King Of Mexico"
II WAS therefore not alone with pil-
ferlng soldiers that the relief work
had 10 contend, it was with an army
OF corrIUt nfGcials brokers snecu-
lGa1tors, 'S Srnpp gieiyi"'G E'pa y,0"V of All Sort sorts
who were traffirknr in the misery
and suffering ~ tho land We aid our
best. but ~" could not overcome with
any means AT our command the willy
efforts OF surh A hand even old Won
Kissing strive as he would could NOT
thwnrt them They were arrested on
our constant and reiterated romnlaints
and nunishel la, tho Gern,ans, thew
we're arrested ana prosecuted nv he
belgian courts. they were nursued by
the department Of inspection ana con-
troll Of the commission under the di-
rection OF ,Joseph Green but il was like
c~onteudinr Win the rising tide of he
sea
FOR sucb dark suhtcrranean systems
Of corruntion thpre is NO cure anyWhera
hut i'm thc inuminattnr inn,IeHce Of
publicity and Win rn6ditions as thew
were in Relrium II was impossible To-
lot i'm tho nurifvinR nutiseptir lght.
We struggled in dcs0air but we could
never oGfain ms far "a The native
foods wcrn concerned the results we
were So nroud " IN the casa Of the
inportcd food nrodrcts The loss in
these WAS a snIaH traction Of one per
cent mo- business could show
snrh a result mo- govcrnment could ron.
duct ,ts custom ho,ises with such near
nrnroach 70 nnrfection That vas dua.
81 course to The fact that The inport,
cd foods ware always in mo hands Of
tho g r. "a or thc O. n until thew
won't into ReIgion stomarhs hut we
desnnirrd of aver nrod1rinp surh idsaI
res,Ilts Win tho native nro3ucts which
wa never tonChed ana ,ould NOT con-
troll
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