The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-30

Rcprescnting the members Of the peace
conference in Paris. Clemenceau has ad-
dressed n letter to the people or Ger
many. The aged premicr's intellecr ls
filled with fire, and struck through and
through with a glorious passion for JUS
tice and freedom. Incidentally, while
addressing himself TO the Germans ne
warns the allies against the weakening
influence OF time. lest men forget ana
second grievous attack be made upon
mankind. But general indictments to
memory avail little. 1t Is the necessity
Of the soul that there should be some-
thing specific. that grips the memory.
making it impossible to forget. This ex.
pericncc. therefore. is given for the pur-
DOSE of lending point and meaning to
Clcmcnceau's warnings. lest the excite
mcnts and routine of today destroy the
freshness Of memories Of yesterday.
Several weeks ago Captain r. J. land
ed in Montreal. Released from a Ger
man prison shortly after tho armtstice
was signed. he spent months In hospi-
tai in France. He was born and spent
his childhood and youth In little Cana
dian town near Toronto. Canada One
Juno . 1916, at the third battle Of Ypres,
he was made prisoner by the Germans.
who dropped a barrage behind the Can
adian company, making it impossible for
these Young soldiers TO retreat. Held
within this circle of fire. young ]. and
twenty Of his fellows were finally forced
to surrender. All were carried back to
n German prison camp. On the day that
tho captain was captured he weighed
a little over six feet tail. Most Of these
young Canadian prisoners were in per-
feet health. and tho wounds Of the rest
ono hundred and ninety pounds. and was
tho next few weeks these boys lost
weight RAPIDLY. They were insulted by
the guards given wretchcd food. and on
" half tho amount needed for susten-
ancc while tho Hun officers openly
cursed their prisoners. bcCauSce they
were a burden TO their captors.
Ono morning these Canadians boys
were called into tho hospital ward. All
were lined up before a German surgeon.
He informed tho prisoners that they
were to he inoculated. They were not
i'll, though their captors wished illness
for them. To their horror they found
that the German physician was lnoculat-
ing them with various diseases. Looking
at CAPTAIN Us splendid physique. the
Hun surgeons lip curled and as he jab-
he'd the needle into the prisoners arm
hc snecrcd, This will take the smile off
your face some day" During the next
few months this Canadian captain clos
ed tho eyes after death for eight Of his
fellow captivcs, but such were his own
powers Of resistance. and those Of one or
two Of his companions. that within two
years he survived sixteen different In
EQUATIONS. All physicians know that
there is an occasional man. whose blood
cells have such combativc power that
they resist tho disease germs. and hold
the enemy at bay and finally kill them.
This young captains refusal to develop
the expected diseases angered the Ger
man surgeon. and led him to outbreaklng
curses. on the occasion when he forced
upon the Canadian officer. weakened by
starvation and imprisonment. one final
incubation: We'll, this one will take the
smile off your face some day" Today,
up in Canada, an expert with his micro
scope Is studying the disease germs that
were pumped into the veins Of this young
officer. who is now a mere shadow. As
I know his town. his, church. his rela-
tives, and have these details and his own
statemet confirmed by his fellow pris-
oners VITO survived. feel sure that here