Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10

NINE. SLAyKO GROUITCH.
As more and more American soldiers
are taken prisoners of war by Germans,
Americas need of the assistance being
given by the allied and Swiss commits
sion for the relief of allied prisoners of
war informed in Switzerland will grow.
declares Nine SIavko Grouitch, wife of
the Serbian minister to Switzerland and
delegate of the commission to this
country
The American people should under
stand just what the commission is
doing and just what the internment of
prisoners of war in Switzerland is,
Nine Grouitch believes. To make these
objects clear in Washington she will
give an Illustrated lecture Monday
afternoon at $50 at the home of Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock. 1901 10th street.
Nine. Sulzer to Preside at Sale.
Nine Hans Sulzer, wife of the Swiss
minister. will preside at sale at the
Swiss legation Tuesday. Wednesday
and Thursday. at which art objects.
wood carvings and other handicraft
made by the allied prisoners of war
and brought to America by Nine.
Grouitch will be offered.
There are about 10000 prisoners of
war interned in Switzerland under in
ternational agreerpent, of whom about
two-thirds are soldiers of the allies,
Nine. Grouitch said.
Soon there will be American prison.
ers of war sent to us for the facilities
which we have to offer. and l believe
every American should understand and
appreciate the great work which the
1eutral state of Switzerland is doing
long these lines
BY the terms of the international
agreement prisoners of war who are
no. sufficiently incapacitated to be
eligible for repatriation. but who are
none the less in need of medicinal care
and better food than they can receive
in prison camp hospitals. are sent to
switzerland, under the care of the
swiss medical staff and of the political
department of the country.
Those Subject to Internment.
There are several cateeories of rris-
oners of war who may be interned in
Switzerland until the war is over. un-
der this agreement, Nine. Grouitch said.
One category is that OF the intel
lectuals of the nations"
For instance. if an American prisoner
Of war, upon examination by German
commission at a prison camp, should be
enlistment. and was not primarily a
fighting man, the prisoner might be
ciassed in the category OF intel
iectual." He then would be eligible for
internment.
Other prisoners falling within the
terms for internment are those in
jured by gas and she'll shock. and those
suffering from barbed wire melan-
cholia. Nine. Grouitch explained.
''Barbed wire melancholia-you do
n r., n a ia mi trb
asked That is what they call the
state of mind of some prisoners who
have been behind the barbed wire of
the prison camps until it has preyed
upon their minds"
In Interest of Allied Soldiers.
Nine. Grouitch is in America in the
interest of the allied soldiers interned
in Switzerland. The German informed
are cared for by their own government
About two-thirds of the interned pris-
cners are allied soldiers. as stated.
The whole Swiss nation has devoted
itself to this work. in addition to main
talning its neutrality. and resoIuteIy
keeping closed the door which that
country would afford the Germans.
America need never fear. Nine.
Crcuitch said, that Switzerland will
over allow the Germans to march
through Switzerland. Liberty is too
dear to the Swiss for that Some
commercial relations with Germany are
Necessary. since Germany is her only
coal supply and since she is in fact a
Teutral nation. maintaining her neu-
frality. This neutrality, however i'm
eeallty Is highly benevolent to the
allies. Nine. GroUitch declared.
Prisoners Taught to Work.
The informed prisoners are being
fdught to do work in order that they
may be seif-supporting after the var
rhe present visit of Nine. Grouitch 10
The United states considers not only the
Standardization Of the American peo.
re with the work being done for the
.nterned prisoners, but also has two
material objects-frsts TO sell the
works of the prisoners. that they MAJ
be remunerated: second. 20 provide :
fund for extending the relief work
4 wish some one would write :
history of American charity since IN,
var began" declared Nine. Grouitch
1t would be one of the most beautiful
and surprising books of the war"
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