East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-20

Adiuiant Ammelung.
z othet LETTERS of this Mind emana,e fron
4 the wonnded or sick who had the 600,
, fortune Of betuE attended hy human,
physisians such 81. Tor instance. Dr
Richard. who wes Il Minister during tll,
. year 1918. The patients sometimes CON
init the imprudenre of telling IN theii
: letiers of such treatment, not uonsiderlns
the evil fhe5 thus do. and how msny q
I these letters. published 20 the exclusion
? 81 an Others. contribute 10 give a scm
blance u truth 10 the idea that al tho
prisoners attended in the hospitals arf
humanely treated. Take. for example
the letter recently published IN which q
prisoner ~ very high rank gives 60 the
physician who treated him a brilliant
testimony II his gratitude for intelligent
and devoted care Of which ne was the
object. When think Of tho treatment
inflicted npon the prlvntes in the hospitals
lof Hanover. TO those pleurotics al
Munster. for Instance. who during the first
winter died, smofbered In their pus. be
cause DR.. Jansen refused 20 make pnnci.
ures; ~ of the unfortunate Van uouche.
Of the A. 4. n whose thigh had been
shattered bE . bullet fired hy sentinel
end who rsInained two months without
having the bullet or the bone spllnters
removed, or Of the two hundred wounded
of the somme that he'd been brought 10
huuEier on Sepieabcr ~. 1910. and ofI
whose mnrsyrdom ] shall tell later: and
shen think Of that letter I cannot help
falling into a rage
A the Germans also Invoke the testi
nony Of the neutrnls who AZ times visit
ihe camps, Il is worth while 10 consider
The clererness displayed in dcceivinr
them
A. som - the arrival of a neutral was
s'Enaiied there vas general confusion |
The commandant rushed IN. visited the
tbe courtyard and the barracks. followed
By the feldWsbel This had to be hidden,
that removed. everything scrubbed aud
swept The minor officials also exerted
themselves, and IN lew hours the camp
vas transformed At the same time an
order was given to the neighborinE farm
10 Kill two piRa which were hastily
brought 10 the kitchen.
Those gentlemen finauy arrived |,
Greeted with al politeDess possible and
Imaginable. piloted by the comma ndant
himself they saw only what he was
wiling they should see:-First of all
me shower baths: they were magnificent.
and no one Sas there 20 tell that some.
lines eight months went hy without their
being used-that was the case at Mun-
sier Aud then there Was the central
aeA ting plant. and no one 10 add that in
De middle Of winter. Of twenty five de- ,
Erees below zero lcentigrade) Ee were
eff without heat for three days az ,
ime-thst was the case at soltau during
he winter II 19i6i7. Then the Kitchen ,
he soup Was excellent. and no one er- q
'lained that IL was exceptional and that Z
10 other dagE II consisted Of the most !
iHuseatinR liquid. No one told them,
ithsT. that the pigs spread out at the
ntrhnce were there only for show. and
hat when the visitors were gone the pigs !.
%. would disappears That happened At 7
amp Minister, and from what ! have !
iEos learned. IN the other camps, too. Al
ach visit the same procedure WAS re-
eated. This pig trick appears 20 have
cen the regular practice.
A. Fredrichsfeld. In November. 1915 I
D the coeaNion Of the arrival Of a neutral !
iFestigation commission. the authorities
lFited The prisoners 20 a game Of foot
AL IL was . week dsy and football Ess :
ermitted only on Sundays, The prison !
.. therefore. reluctantly aceepted. under
y threat Of being deprived Of their sun- =
" pasums. The visitors, Of course. =
louFht that the prisoners had nothing Z
- 10 DO but 70 play football = !,
By this means and their ohseQuionsI
'remoDies the GsrmAEs succeeded Ia Ia !. y
neneinE ihe Yisiiars is their favor, and
hen Ne succeeded 10 speaking Ne tried
vain 10 open their eyes. They ~ =
ained ineredulops. We had even 70 "a =
lrs siranEs rebuffs.
CFrisin visitors we're less naive. One !.
them was Gapisin Adrados, attaeha y
fhs spaniAh Embassy 90 Berlin, whe
d 70 make report on the eamps and = =
pod yards of HsaevsF spd who visited Y,
at MnnsleflaEer on November -, -
10 o., aEain, that lady Of the HE'D rs
ross Who came 20 kolfau a. shout the w.
me tine. She vas piloted by General as
a RDbensamen, but vas careful 10 have an
rrslf accompanied hy . prisoner. Adju. se
" Birehard. Of tie A. y, ~. who, With. ~
I mindins ibs pressnns of the Gsnsrsl %
eNsd 20 this lady The FsrY things the W Waa
'neral intended 70 conNeal, a.. for 10. ~
nee. fhe infimary, TheFe hs unlocked ~
door hshlnd which tWeiye dyinG hns ~
lbs bad hastily been inclosed ~ fhs 80
rmana. nnd thea Led her 20 ths bedside %
= Russian Eho had iast died Ia bic ths
rrsck from tuberculosis. Thia lady Wsf ial
mirnbls. Tea times ehs turned In
isquslT 70 Che Gshsrsl, msBifsstins her Ter
liEnaiion vita the words;--fIf islaca
lmsful 10 treat men In this way II q {
iisgraee'" Or, SCALA Yea ara haf- bes
fiansi yes. bsrbariana :" of
When back homs the nsutrsls eoms- fhs
zee published their reports through ibs 8a
sspspers. Their total incomprehensionl his
The situation Of the prisonsrs is fhsFs nsr
'saisd. In vlsiting 90 nany camps and the