The Caucasian., 1919-03-09

Sine" she boys who have come back
from captivity in Germany arrived the
tone of our ward out az Tottenham.
London. mas changed. writss Margaret
Walter in Chicago Evening Post. BE.
fore that it was the rareSt thing that
any boy showed q desire for revenge
when he spoke of Fritz or Jerry. Even
those who have suffered most in battle
have been frank ip their adrniyst,o,,
OF the German as fighting man. But
when the prisoners began 20 come in
and tell theis stories last month things
changed, and now the boys have con.
ceived a personal hatred for k,ltur
which will not be east off with hospital
blue and the return of these boys 10
civil life.
One boy OF twenty. who spent the
last four months working in the .alt
mines Of Germany for three pfenni:
(prisoD money! a day. tells i story
of wrongs and sufe.ings az the hands
of hyYheHa.e6 American. This
GeSmaH-Ame.icaD, who happened 10
DC IN 'fo, faineylaslA when wa: broke
out. enlisted sio che German Red
Cross, became - sergeSnt, and dur:n:
the iaSs sn1sths Syas Uut in charge u
all Ameeicale prisoners IN his camp,
Toreures of "kultur."
As QUE boys We're brought in ne at
first treatet! chem with the greatest
considerations Snp gained their >ynpa.
thy by telling them ale about his life
in America ana Nemoanin, the sad
fate that destined hins 20 he sighting
on the wrong side an this way he
disarmed the Americans, got their con.
hdence, and in some eases, nc doubt.
obtained infOrmatioie. When, however.
he had got all that Ne could from the
boys he would begin q systens OF tor.
ture which ia the end either killed
them outright of seduce1 tfeno 20 .
state OF abjecs slavery that has Left
it's marks on every one Of those Who
have survived to come back.
"But I've got nis name, you Bee,
here, written down il my secret book,
that they never got away from sne,
and just as sooD as ! get back home
I'm going to the town where tnae ses.
geant's family lives and s'm going TO
show them what hate is"
The white-faced boy raised himself
on his arms and two red spots burned
in his cheeks. The other boys drew
round aghast. They had evidently
heard the tale before.
i XN;u A.L> q 0@A A;,>
: "Were going 20 join him, toe, an 10
fellows; when we get back home we're
going 10 that town iD Iowa where that
German Red Cross sergeant came from
and make it too hot SOs him ever 70
dare to show up there again. It sure
isn't going to De . healthy place fos
him to come back 90. We don't want
any more Of that kind Of citizens iU
America
The boy - she ~oe eol0 nle tNae
even now he cane sleep az night foe
thinking of the horrors that took place
deep in the Aovele Of those German
salt mines.
"The thirst eorlure vac the worst
he said. "When all the boys ave asleep
here &. nigh get ts t!,inkin. now
that sergeant made me 90 on my knees
and beg for water. and then threw il
on the ground in front of my face.
see as plain as if il were right here,
and the sick boy bent double, showed
along in the working gang and never
allowed to fall back till they dropped
in their tracks. all beaten up with
rifle butts.
'But I've no complaine OF the fare
we had; miserable as it was, l be-
lieved it was as good as some of the
Germans had themselves. The little
children of the poorese class used to
hang round the Earbed wire inclosure
begging for scraps. We used to throw
things over to theIA especially the
British Tommies. when they got thei1
Red Cross prisoners packageA H's
no use-us men couldn't bear e sec
little children starving, as Oatte1
whose children they were.s
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