Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-13
MORGAN ANSWERS READERS
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS
GOING ON IN: GERMANY TODAY

What are the caution cards?
Caution cards are posted in all pub
lie places in France and Germany.
They are addressed mainly to soldiers
tongue. Remember, the cars of the.
enemy are listening"
Are, all Americans. in Germany in
termed? -.
Not all. But those who are not. in.
termed are. required to. report to the.
police once Il week:
Are travellers searched if they seek
to enter a country at war:
Only those persons whose conduct.
appearance or history have excited
suspicion are searched by the officials
Of the allied countries. Germany is
more strict, n few strangers escape
being searched at the border. At Basel,
however. an i%nterurban electric line
runs owe the border from Switzer-
land into Germany. Many persons
have business that requires them to
' make almost daily trips over the bor-
der. The guards get to know them and
they meet with little difficulty. Where
the electrit line crosses the boundary
there. il; a huge gate. Here the motor
are requested to alight and pass
;tbrough on foot, each being question
ed orrsearched by the guards. This
Formally being concluded, the Car
having. also beer searched, the motor
man is permitted togo back and
bring the car over. The examination
is conducted by both Swiss and Ger
carrying of food out of Switzerland
and the Germans to detect spies.
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l saw a reference in a paper the,
other day to the underground rail-
road" from Belgium to France. What
is meant by that?
BY underground railroad is meant.
same system of merciful co-opera-
ton that existed in. the United States
before the Civil war to aid slave to
make their way into free territory.
The Belgian underground railroad has
for it's purpose the helping of Belgian
girls to escape German soldiers.
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What is meant by suspect list?
Suspect lists are made up of names
of persons who are under suspicion,
but, who, for lack Of evidence or other
reasons, cannot be arrested. For in
stance. in Switzerland the Germans
have thousands and the allies hun
dreds OF secret service agents. Every
stranger whose presence there cannot
he accounted for is watched by one
side or the other. and sometimes by
both. II his conduct or associations
are such as to arouse the suspicion of
one side or the other, his name goes
on that sides suspect list."' He does
not find this out. however. until he
seeks 10 leave Switzerland. Switzer-
land being neutral. he cannot be ar
rested. but any of the belligerent
countries can refuse to wise his pass
port. This makes him virtually a pris-
oner in Switzerland, as it is in,possi-
BILE to cross any frontier without prop
or passport wise. There are hundreds
of men in just this fix in Switzerland.
To then Switzerland is a prison with
out walls. i,
with all the men in the wal. who
does the common labor in Germany?
Women and prisoners. Germany
holds nearly 1000, 900 prisoners,
mainly Russians.
Is Constantine. former king of
Greece, in Germany?
At last accounts Constantine was in
St. M y! Switzerland.
How many sons" has the kaiser in
the! war' Have e they all escaped In
The kaise,. has six sons in the W.
All have. escaped injury except Joa-
chin, who was, slightly wounded.
Who is Frau Hofrat Becker?
She is a Berlin woman who has won
fame by establishing free day nurs-
cries. where the wives and widows of
soldiers may leave their children: when
they 60 out to work.
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What a youttell me about the ,ex-
mango of British and German prison
ers !? :. ,s
There"are two sets Of internment
camps ms sSwitzerland-one Tor
wounded Germans aNho;w were takkK
priscnerEby' the British and ones for
wounded British taken prisoner ~
theG erf1ans!: The men IN these camps
were chosen fromathe prison camps
OF Germany and England. They were
chosen by commission of Swiss doc
tors. whose appointment wal Jointly
,~concurreds in by Germany and Eng.
land. h commission goes to the
prison camps, inSG Germany and In Eng
land and selects the prisoners accord
Ing to degrae of disability and length
o. term a. prisoners. They are then
taken to the internment camps in
Switzerland. and from $her-. - ~. !.
turned to England and to-. Germany
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