South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11
DRAMATIC STORY
OF TEUTON PRISON
Sergt. Edward, Princess Pat
Soldier, Reveals Hun
BarbariSm.

A dramatic recital Of his expert
ences during Il months in a Ger
man prison camp. ana his sU1se-
quent escape into Holland. told 10y
Serst. Peter Edwards. member OF
the Princess Pat regiment. and one
VI the three speakers maKing up the
famous Team III, held the interest
OF 100 listeners at a meeting in the
high school auditorium last night.
The tales OF cruelty inflicted by the
Germans and OF his narrow escapes
on mis- two ttempts 10 escape added
color 10 Sergt. Edwards story.
Alexander r. NOgelsang. hrst as
sistant secretary of the department
OF the interior. made an address
pointing out the reasons why citi-
zens OF South Bend should buy LIB
erty bonds. Mrs. Kellogg Fairbauk.
the third member of the team
showed the work of women in con
nection with the loan.
The insanitary conditions and al
most savage cruelty which prison
ers of war must endure were told of
in detail by Sergt. Edwards. The
main prison camp was a large hut
i'm the middle OF "a biz swamp.
around which was barbed wire
fence. There was water i'm the mid
die of the floor OF the hut. About
400 Russians and more than 100
Beigians, French. British and can
adams were supposed TO find sleep
ing room i'm the nut
FILLED with Vcrmin.
Il fsl D. ru.
The only water We had was sw amp
water. We were given a small piece
OF black bread every dav-about a
quarter OF a pound. Besides that.
We got ;wO meals OF soup. If We
were lucky. We found part OF po-
tatO or turnip boz IT,
The Red Cross packages we got
were certainly welcome for they
contained food During all the tine
j was In prison. we never got a
piece of meat
ON his hrst attempt TO escape.
Sergt Edwards and d companion
made their way TO a point within
fve miles of the Holland border
where they were captured by Ger
man patrol. and sent back. AS pun
Ishment for their attempt TO escape,
they were given a month I'm soli-
tary confinement, on a diet OF bread
and water.
Where your treasure is there
will your heart be also" was one of
the texts used by Vogelsans in his
address. IF your money. and the
money OF every citizen of this ma
ton Is I'm Liberty bonds. we can
feel a great deal more secure. know
ing that the nation is behind the
boys at the front explained the
speaker
a paraphrase Of this statement
may fairly be stated 10 be- in this
emergency equally true" he went
on where your heart is. there
should be your treasure also. If your
heart is with America, buy Liberty
bonds
War Is Mortgage ON Us"
This war is mortgage upon all
of us. and we might as we'll pay il
now. by buying bonds on which
viii shall get a return. III we don't,
Germany will collect it in indemnity
saw a sign down in Washington
the other day which I think is just
about right II read. Come across.
II YOU don't. the Germans will'"
Mrs Fairbank. i'm her talk. point
ed out that those who cry that
America will get too deep I'M debt
as "a result of this war have nothing
upon which 20 base their assertions.
AT the close of the civil war. the
nation owed something more than
two billions OF dollars. And think
how quickly that debt was paid, and
how we resaiaed our prosperity
Under conditions TO-DAY. a debt or
"a billions would be equal 90 the two
billions then our much larger pop
ulatiou. and our great increase in
per capita wealth. is able 10 remove
"a S54.0OO.O00 debt now as easily as
the $4,000 600 debt was removed
during the reconstruction period"
German propaganda has always
been nEhuug us- The Germans soon
learned that their lies couldn't low
er the morale Of our troops and SO
they started on the folks at home.
We have got 10 show them that il
doesn't work here. either. We ousht
TO have 2O.000.00o subscribers 10
this loan just to show the kaiser
how worthless his propaSanda is.