The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-22
By CHARLES P. ARNor
United Press Staff Corrosu-

British Prisoner of War CarN'
No. 226, Zedelghem, BelgiumNmg
Ranking officers of the notorio,,'
German General Staff, who coo
verted Adolf Hitler's dream, -
conquest into battle plans sn.o VI
their time today bemoaning g t5a;l
lot here-and worrying over tbinr.
to come '
Roll call every afternoon brir-.
out 1877 generals and 81 admiroI''
The 1875 colonies are small no.s
toes. F''a'
Many of the big names like F;.,,
Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and Fi,l1
Marshal Karl Gerd Won Rund,toi44
are absent - called 10 the Nan.0
berg war crimes trial where Ka;.5
is a defendant.
Many remain. like Mai r.,
Jurgen Won Arnim, who surren5.,
ed in North Africa in 1913. and CI
zen. Eoerhard Won Mackenser
who commanded the 18th Arror
at the Anzio beachhead in ItaIy
They and the others comnI,i,
bitterly that the British are fes3
ing them hunger rations.' that Ms.
have inadequate accommodated.
that Hitler bungled the war s,5
that they and every other mer5s.
of the General Staff may be csra3
on to face trial for his life AZ
war criminal.
A four-hour tour of this wea+bo,
beaten camp on the bleak swami,
lands of northern Belgium offorsd
convincing evidence that the BN,i,,
are not lavishing food and lIyr..
lous quarters on the remnants f
Hitler's General Staff. as the Mas.
COW radio and other quarters hav.
complained.
On the other hand there X M
evidence of i'll treatment. starva.
ton or exposure TO the clemens
AS one British officer, whom tbe
Germans captured in Africa. re-
marked drily: cts better than
they gave US"
Behind the barbed wire fence,
sprawled over nearly 50 acres.
the British are holding 2,O4O war
prisoners. including all the 249 Ger,
eral Staff officers still In their
Hands.
Once inside the gate, it is almost
like visiting a German Staff head,
quarters. Most prisoners are still
uniformed and they walk abolt
giving each other stiff military
salutes.
Nc.2ody can say whether the com.
planning officers r secretly pl0t.
ting World War III Certainly the
British are not conducting any staff
college or any rest. home for the
ex-brains of the Wehrmacht. Some
officers even accuse the British
lof violating the Geneva War Prt
soner convention by failing 10 pro-
vide Suitable" accommodates
Their accusations are the more BIT.
tier because 800 of them, back from
camps in the United States, tell Of
"excellent' treatment there.
To the envy of their fellows, the
800 came back with sizeable SUD.
plies of cigarettes, books, even
radios.
Here they receive no tobaccor "a.
ton and for the last three months
thew have been unable to purchase
such things as shaving soap.
1--WE simply don't have the sup
plies" a British lieutenant colonel
explained.
Some prisoners receive parcels
from home - mostly inferior food
like black bread. The 1,747 enlist
ed men receive 2,400 Galleries
day because they work. The Of
ficers who do not work get 2,Wo
which nutrition experts say is SUI
ficient to maintain health. There
has been a general loss OF weight
of up to so pounds but the prisoners
look in good health.
During my visit the officers nao
two slices of unbuttered bread and
a cup of tea without milk or sugar
for breakfast. For dinner they Aaa
one quart of vegetable stew WIZ
meat. For supper they had brsad
with margarine and tea with nix
and sugar.
Everyone of the dozen ranking
officers I talked to said he believed
another war inevitable but addeo
"of course we want no more wal
1--WE believe there viii not BEL
long peace because there is HJ
much friction between East an
West" said Maj. Gen. Hennno.
Reinhardt, former Chief OF Stan III
Denmark. But we do not nope ~,
another war because it would "
fought over Germany. We lie u
the middle. German salvation les
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