The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18
IRON CROSSES
FOR GERMANS
At ~ CENTS

THE HAGUE. June ia Socialist
member Of tho EcichstaG, Herr Scho"p-
lin mas charged in the course at donates
that intense Ill feeling has been ar"uSd
at the front 10y the fact that men OF tn"
working class are never admitted to o.
Ulcers positions.
He added;
The leon Cross unfortunately has
greatrly lost its rcputc from The SrcAt
use now being made Of the insignia LOT
wounds which IS purchaSahic Tor io
cents.
"Unheard of Scandal
The Su-rallcd voluntary declaration
to pledge ones self Tor four months
after disqualification 1t the disposal OF
tho military authorities is frequently en-
tortcd from soldiers by threatening to
send those who wont sign 10 the front.
IT is an unhcard Of scandal when the
length OF q furlough depends upon inc
amount of war loans subscribed. Com
plants regarding the treatment or SOL
dierS at home arc unfortunately incr"as-
ing.
1t is an unheard nf condition of af-
fairs when in many cases Rcd Cross SIS
tcfS steal tue lptlu VI Nlit "OHliN-N eH''-
give il to their friends.
The speaker cited numerous regiments
in which the mon arc forbidden by the
commanders under heavy punishment. to
read the vorwacrts and other SncIalis;
papers. He charged also that 7rora gan
da Officers at the front. with tho APP
prevail Of their supcriors. have aEitat"d
against the equal electoral Law in l'rus-
STA.
Soldiers "Tobacco" Poisonous
Other astounding revelations were
made in The course OF the ReichstaE
army budget debate. Answering an in
terpellallou rs to whether tho ChanCcl-
lor knew that the So-called war tobacco
mixture" consisting wholly or princi-
pally OF leaves Of trees. had been H"nt
;lileld. Il representative Of tho war minis
try admitted that the war tobacco had
"a BE- r"sorted to as the stocks of real
tobacco for the army were almost eN-
hausted. IL added Significantly. that
tho distribution Of the tree leaf tobacco
was temporarily suspended. owing 10 re-
ports OF damage Ia the health of the
troops at the front from lis use. He
added that German scientists wrro now
experimenting To find Il harmless tobac-
co substitute.
DR.. With. a clerical. charged that the
front line soldiers were still not permit
ted 10 communicates directly with
their ReichstaG representatives. also that
propaganda officers at the front "ontin-
ued To hold the Rcichstac up 10 rdiculr.
Dr.. With demanded better treatment
for returning German prisoners Of war.
saying the prisoners had obtained liter
ally nothing to cat during eight days
4 ri1 MI NJ 1ittr,i "
exhausted.
He also demanded that measures he
taken to prevent front line suldicrS hom"
on furlouEh from being cheated and
shamcfully overcharEcd Al railroad re-
freshmcnt rooms in Germany.
Suggestive. too. was DR.. Wirth's de-
maud that soldiers from Alsacc and
Lorraine must net hn handled as parians.
The notorious secret order against them
constitutes political misfortune"
DR.. WIrth charged that the distinction
being made between the exempted and
the uncxcmptcd was deepening into an
ugly social gulf. further stating Ihat
there are fathers oPfamli"s who hay"
not had leave NJ over two years. lie
added: 1T m6st cause bitterness when
war loan subscribers are favored by OBJ
! tanning furloughs."
DR.. Wirth limited ut scandal in the
medical service Of tho GcrmHn army.
saying: The spirit Of mildncSs must
rule in the hospitals. The most niracu-
! lous cures can result in rclaps"s if sol,
dicrs are permanently made availahl"
! for front line service. Tn" mlracl:
cures made through suggestion AMI
/ electricity must not degenerate int"
! tnrturcs." the speaker concluded. with
reference to a nerve hospital where III"
] doctors and nurses held dances.