El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-08

WRITTEN BY r. B. DICKIN
Escaped Prisoner o. war;
? oNDON. Eng April Germany is
Il a nice country to be cut Of This
. assertion contains the Qaintessence
Of truth for I have bean there. and
it energies from the bitter depths Of
personal and painful knowledge.
Germany, 7 repeat Is q nice country
TO be out 0f-so nice thai any indi-
viduaI endowed with q hard and un-
forgiving disposition could not do bet
better than consign his enemies 70 the
fatherland in preference. y q region
which. after All. may possess nothing
more than an imaginary existence.
As an unwilling guest c. his impe-
rial majesty Wilhelm II. of the house
OF Hohenzouern. and Of the fierce and
warlke mustachios. endured many
things Of a nature calculated TO create
serious evaporation IN the fountain Of
gratitude. In other words. I feel so
unthaukfui for the entertainments
with which I was provided on the
eastern bank Of the Rhine-where
reritable slaves in their millions
Forget myself and dare 20 rutfle the
aforesaid Wilhelm's sense Of his di-
vine ringship were ] 70 meet him il
some lonely sreE 1ar IRON the MAD
ding crowd
Having thus expressed my senli-
ments towards the head o. the Ger
manic empire-upon whose shoulders
i lav the main responsibility for the
war and my own sutterings-l think
IL advisable, even at this early stage
rel
recent economic conditions in the land
Of the gentle Hun
Strikes Due 20 Lack Of Food.
What are the real conditions and
what are the people thinking over in
Germany"
These are questions have frs-
Quently been asked since returning
lures as q prisoner Of war in the land
Of the Hun think lt wen 70 answer
them
From The sumner Of 1915 until the
close Of 1915 when made my escape,
The German nation was gradually SLIP
ping down the hill Of food shortage
into the valley OF starvation,
And you can take i from me that
by this time the German nation has
reached mighty near the bottom Of the
slope The full force OF the British
blockade was j. evidence when I TERI
and the result has been thst the great
bulk OF the civilian population never
COME in contact with a square meal
in my opinion the strikes In The
fatherland we have been hearing so
much about within the last 1eW
months are more the result OF lack OF
food for the mssses than any strong
desire for q Just and honorable peace
German Officers Ingenious
must admit that The German az
thoritieE display an amazing amount
OF ingenuity in feeding the 4lres a
hope Seldom q day slapses but the
newspapers announce that consequent
upon improved organlzation or Tor
some other equally plausible reason
more and better ratlous VIII shortly
be forthcoming. Nor DO hey forget
10 relt5rate stories to the effect that
while there is g shortage IN the tatn-
GRAND, the conditions in the British
Isles are Infinitely worse
1T Is true that we sometimes 80
hunEry,7 wrote one German Journal
ist, ~but our sufferlngs are paltry
compared with those OF the hated
English our U-boats form ring Of
iron around Britain. and che poREla-
tion IS starving. The memters OF tle
working classes are dying IN their
thousands for lack oE food Let those
Germans who are inclined to grumhle
recau TO mind a little those Facts. W e