New Britain herald., 1919-11-08
ASTONISHING WORK OF SECRET SOCIETY
 IN BELGIUM
 The Tale of Men Snached from the Hun How An Abandoned Mine Helped With Rescued Escape to British Lines-Brhsh Sailors Work With German Crews

truth, and I told them that I knew ;t way by which they could reach the British. lines and give themselves without fear. At first they demurred to this suggestion, saying that they had heald that prisoners were starved in Great Britain. One of the British soldiers, however, said that he had been home on leave lately and he had got the impression thnt the German prisoners were having a good time.
 'That is what 1 would expect said the German who had first SpoA- Nn 10 Us. 'I will risk it.
 tie turned to his companions, and said somctEirg to them which I did not catch, but tn" rrsuI; was that tho whole Of inc party went with us.
 We tcck about 70 hours covering tr" ,listunr", but reached the British cad of tHr workings safely. The Ger n'"na were "~tonishcl to Gnd the cX- itir&r" oI :hi& passage, and thought i Would b. fine thing 10 use it for " l.,blinG their comrades tO desert. They #sk>N permission Of tho British cOmnlAnNrr at Lens tD 20 back and priNG more ut their C0E.rHd"&. with whom they bad been in communica-' lion before they had met US.
 This permission was naturally re- luSrd Lut | promised the Germans that l would look out for any of their comrades on nIv return. Sure enough l found another party of 16, and these were sent though 10 Lens, where they arrived safely.
 GhaNtly Sight.
 My ENNt Journey brought me a shastly reminder of the danger at i,,,, ,li ln >t When 1 passed through the narrow gallery connecting With the main workings I became conscious of heaviness in tho atmosphere, and it was not long until l had satisfied myself that there was gas about. The further I went the more oppressive did it seem, and when I reached the recess that had ben used by the first party of Germans I came on a sight that almost lrozc tho blood in my veins.
 Stretched on the ground lifeless were a number Of men in German uniforms. Some had a peaceful look on their faces. as though they had gone m their sleep, or might even be sleeping still Others had the look of horror that is often seen on the face of the gasscd men, and l knew that these poor devils had been gaSscd.
 IL appeared that two days previous lN the Germans had given the work ings their periodic gas dclugc, prob ably because they suspected that de- SertcrS were in hiding somewhere, nlt also because it was part of their policy to render the mines of the oc- cupied region dangerous by releasing gas through them, so that they could many had been forced to give them up.
 These poor wretchcs had been caught as they lay resting, some of them probably asleep. A few had tried 10 crawl away to escape the deadly tumcS for we found a number Of bodies in the galleries further along. After we had gone a mile or so, and were getting away from the track Of the gas. we came on two dead bodcS--a British officer and a corporal. Both belonged to a Low land Scottish regiment, but there was absolutely nothing 10 identify them by. Both had been s;assed. British Daring. l spent much time in the ncighbor- 1 hood of Lille during the years 1015- ] 6, and in that period we helped l many hundreds of Allied prisoners to ] escape. In addition, I had to ar 1 range for the passage of British off cers to make observations behind the l German lines.
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