New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 6, 1917, Page 6

d) &t 4:15.p. m. ext ited) at 4:15 p. m., Naing. ¢7 Church BE. fMce at’ New Britain «§l Matter. q ." enrrier to -.ny‘ part of the C:'ily cents a wee! nts & month. R IQT DA “Be sent by mail, h¥advente. 60 cents a month, S0 myuar o - ¥ ‘profitable advertising mediam in @ city. Circulation books and press alwavs open to advertise: ‘Herald will be found on sale at Hota- 's News Stand, 42nd St. ‘Broad- , New York Cit; “"",“,, ‘Walk, At- intje City, and Hi ., there were some who 20 Tegister yesterday. These AD-mMen- between the ages of twen- # end thirty-one neglected to n the task assigned to them lone or two reasons: They were of the law, or they wilfully the United States government. ‘names of these young men will the hands of proper authorities few. days, after the system of has been gone threugh. It 'be determined to which ‘they belong, whether they are ent evaders or wilful slackers. latter, they will be punished 3 Department of Justice and ds compelled to perform the )0 ' required by .the law. “It is futy of this department fo pros- § thess ovaders,” says the At- P {*“snd it is prepared * There will} of course, be $1 for all “offenders appre- It 13 the @uty now of every help hunt down th¥ gullty, /are.somie who, even at this the case in & nushell fn bis 7 Sight at’the. Interior an qMd spirit; an ancient, out- spirit.” It is & war against feud- : he right of the castle on the o-rule the village belaw." ) earth started out to. rid itself e ,fi‘r A¥an' five .hundred. affer Having suffered from < since the dawn. of the century. The system reached fMghest dee¥opiient . during the ] > Anth and fitteenth ‘@heli it prevailed in Ttaly, Germany: and- England. steady process of elimination it 1ts decline with the rise of mod»- , nstitutions and ~ almost: totally ed. The only remaining ves- of it is now seen in Germany, the that is seeking to revive the nship of lord and. vassel, -the the world to be - -Germany's and bow before its - lord and . There can be no -permanent i on the face of the earth until udalism 18 -wiped awey, beaten, d newer to rise- again, Lane has rightly gized up on. We are at war with y ‘ because Germany attempts its will upon the civilizfa - The castlé on the 'Aill ‘would village below, and exact .tri- ‘We are in a war of self-defense. $ are fighting for Democracy against Germany.' She made’ the attack ) "vua; not on our shores, b!:t on our ps, our lives, our rights, our future. neutrality of two years is proof of what we suffered. We stood let Germany outrage human-’ We watched the invasior ‘of Bel- jil, the maseacre .of Belgian civil- { #he Zeppelin raids on detenselesd the laying of mines in neutral’ driving of our ships from’ #nd we made no midve one the other. "It was not our war, ‘then, and let it g6 at that.’ thit we are in it, why are §t?. That is the quéstion ¥ Well, as Secretary Lane said course of his speech,” “We are _because we could not keep out. vasion of Belgium, the war, led to the invasion of States by slow, steady, log- of which | love of Yair 'play ripened into alarm at our own peril.”’ K ‘We were honest with Germany all through our dealings. Germany was not honest with us: We were called cowards because of our / policy of watéhful waiting, waiting 'for Ger- many to come back within the realm of reason and cofumon sense. But Germany had and has no sympathy with a form of government such as exists in these United States. We are the village in the valley. She is the castle on the hill. We are democracy, the people. She Is autocracy, who rules by divine right. Lookfng back over three years of history it is easily seen why We fight Germany, the castle on the hill. We fight her because of Belgium, invaded, outraged, enslaved, impoverished, devastated Belgium. We fight Germany because of France, the land of Lafayette, the land that helped America win its freedom, and the land whose freedom is now threat- ened. Even the England that we once fought and defeated upon the land and upon the sea, and which has in many ways been our tradition- al enemy, offers a reason Why we fight Germany. Because by our war with England’ we brought freedom to Australia and Cana- da, with whom we now fight side by side, and if England is defeated by Germany Canada must go by default, and then the next step over the hor- der is the United States. A German colony on our north would be even a worse menace to us than a Mexico on our south; the prey of scheming European diplomats. Germany oftered us an invasion - through Mexico which was happily nipped in the bud. What she would do were she to possess Canada is left to the imagination. There' are a million reasons why we fight Germany, 2 milllon reasons besides Russia who has sprung into new life and Wwho, through us, must come into being as a rea] Republic. We fight Germany be- cause we. do not believe in a govern- ment by militarism; because Germany lied to us and fooled us; because Ger- many murdered our innocent men, women and children on the Lusitania and the Sussex and other ships; be- cause Germany violated our confl- dence; because she filled this land with plotters and sples and bomb- throwers; because Germany ‘has no consclence. That is part of the indict- ment against Germany, the Castle on the Hill. And only part. It should be no mystery why we are fighting Germany. The facts in the case are plain enough for anyone with a mind to see. We are fighting feudalism,— the right of the castle on the hiil to’ rule the village below. ALWAYS A WAY,. Like the.calm after the storm, there must come a period of recon- struction after the, first rush of war which has to do’'with the raising of a formMable army. Taking so many yonng men away from their peaceful pursuits and placing them in the ranks ‘of figshting men must neces- sarily call for a shake-up in the in- dustrial forces of the' nation. True, the Selective Draft is primarily de- ‘Sighed to keep at home the men best suited, for work in the Yattories and on the farms and to send to the firing lines only those who can best be spared. But two million men in the army must inevitably be missed at home. Granted that but one-half of those who go are self supporting, are workers and toilers ,there must be gotten one milliod ' ‘substitutes for their places iy the various industries, even in the prolessions. Where are these substitutes coming‘from? For the most part they will be drafted from the ‘current graduating classes of %he high schools throughout the country. - In fegr Of a dearth of labor even when high schoq) graduates step forward, it has heen suggested that #nildren in the SMMary grades be caled upon, compelled to go to work in thé:mills and factories. . And rlght‘thex;e‘.fir. Samue] Gompers, al- ways_ looking after the interests of 1abor, steps’up and says, “Nal. We must not take the children.” .Those with adtaeate, this radica} step nature ally “Bave inf mind the suspensiofs of the eral CRildLabof laWw. “To this the head of the’ American Federation ‘of Labor jnakes a'gallant protest. * Evem at the present moment there is a noticeable shortage’ of labor -in the United States. With the begin- ning of the European war and the consequent shutting down. of emigra- tion, not to mention the great tide of. reservists that flowed back ‘to. the old’ countries, America began to feel the shortage of labor. With our ows ens trance into the conflict and ¥the at- tendant task of raising gthis great army of .2,000,000 men the shortage must necessarily become .more per- ceptible. And with the shortage must come somc¢ manner or means of filling the industrial ranks. We are with Mi; Gampers heart and soul in his stand against the suspension’of the Federal Child Labor law. The nation, no matter how menacing the labor short- age may appear &t this time, and will becomse later, cannot afford to rob the dradle. The lHtile ones, the chil- ‘They are the ones who | where we leave off. ' They are the | nation of tomorrow. Any idea of i drafting them into the ranks of work- men and workwomen then is prepos- | terous . There must be other ways { ot polving the prablem of labor short- ! girls away from their means of edu- { cation,—the schools. There is. It is | this: Rigid economy on the part of every man and woman in the nation. | By a cutting down of luxuries, a cur- { tailment of all unnecessary | there will not be need for so many | workers in so many diversified lines. | Only the necessaries of life are abso- | lutely essential to manufacture when a nation is at war. England has learned this, France has learned it, Germany knew it long ago, and now the United States and its people must come to an understanding. sorrow, sacrificed her ¢hildren by taking them fram school and putting them to work in the shops and fac- tories and mills. America must make no such mistake. In a manufacturing to show the rest of the nation haw to. solve the labor shortage problem even should a great number of our workmen be called away. There is always another way tb do things when minds set out to search. Billy Sunday says, “If you turn hell upsidé down I'll bet you find ‘Made in Germany’ on the-bottom of it.” FACTS AND FANCIES. Love. and -strong drink make the world go round.—Bridgeport Tele- gram. . John Philip Sousa has enlisted in the navy. Who says we are not go- ing to beat the band?—Boston . Tran- script. Billy Sunday says the way to man- age' the devil is to choke him and some of the things that Billy skys are liable to produce the desired effect.— Paterson Call. - You can't convince any church choir that we have ever listened to that “The Star Spangled ~Banner” isn’t a singable tune.”—Boston Tran- script. If Germany is getting more food through spring vegetables, it must have had a spring much different from . what we have known in this part of ‘the world.—Norwich Record. All of us are envious of somebody. Wilson sald he was envious of those who had already fought the fight for liberty. Roosevelt said he was envi- ous of those who were yet to fight for that cause.—Berkshire Eagle. By maintaining an unprecedented and fruitful ‘silence on public affairs | William Jennings Bryan proves that in a national crisis even he is capable of contributing to the general good. —New York Sun. “Buy a, Liberty Bond.” (“There! ‘We had intended to give the proper credit for this clipping but inadver- tently the name of the exchange from which it was scissored has been lost. However, we endorse the sentiment expressed just the same).—Greenwich News and Graphic. The Graduate. Listen my Muse and be attune To the. early days of blooming June, For not alone the flowers smile, But Boys and Girls step forth the . while From study halls and patient toil. They too in beauty blossom forth From halls of duty South or North, And say in this their Graduation, We now can better serve our nation, All ready for some higher station, The discipline of drill in books Has given purposes to our looks And fits us both for peace or war, To sail the ocean or the air, For any crisis to prepare. All honor to our Graduates Who pour forth from the College gates; They will await the Country's call » ‘Who will ere long their names install Upon some lofty pedestal. ‘With discipline of mind and thought, Behold the deeds the great have wrought And woman now comes to her own, For equal rights she hath well won, And a new race she hath begun. Forget not, you : who have been a taught, The Faithful Tutors*wio have sought Four highest welfareé and success, And off r@y minds would fain im- P! A, - N The mold of trith and Happiness. I see you reach ‘the childhood home, The old Folk there so glad you've come; i » Don’t be too proud tq soil your hand In kitchen, or to hoe the land, 4 For“you will there ‘be in demand. New Britain will your presency miss; Dear hoy_ or girl, we throw.a kiss And say God speed whate’sr betide, Your every footstep may He guide, And 'neath His wing may you abide. ? EDWIN ANDREWS, Columbia, 8, C. . SWEDE JOINS PRUSSIANS. Stockholm, June 8—The wife of iArchhishop Soderblom - _has left for Berlin to say farcwell to her son Sven, | who is about to leave for the frout as a lieutenant in & Prussian regi- ment. A number of Swdes are doing service as officers in the German army. Lieutenant Stig Ankarcrona, who was serving on the cruiser Goe- ben at the beginning af the war, was Xkilled recently on board a Turkish /| minesweeper in the Black sea, ! age without taking young boys and | things, | England, to her| city like New Britain we may be able | 1 ' HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE i o e e SELF HELPS FOR NEW SOLDIERS SOON TO BE CALLED INTO FIELD. Advice By United States Army Officer Which Is Valuable to Those Eligible For Service n Advancing Across Wide Stretches Ex- posed to Fire. The advance in such a succession of thin lines as that described in the last article is used to progress across & wide fire, or by long range rifle fire. In short, this type of advance is un- dertaken in places exposed to a fire which it would be profitless to return. The advance by short rushes would both be costly (because of the com- parative concentration of the men in the fire-swept area) and impractic- able, since to return rifle fire against artillery would be futile. It would be almost equally futile against long- range rifle fire. However, when the thin lines have advanced, as was sald before, from 100 to 250 yards, they may then be in a better position to return the firo. The purpose of this movement is to build up a strong skirmish line at a point where it may engage in a fire fight, and to build it up with the min- imum cost. This methcd, while ad- vantageous from certain standpoints, | also has its drawbacks. - Because, during the progress of the advance, there is almost entire loss of control over the company. Each individual is left to his own initiative in reach- ing the new line, but unless other- wise specified, the advance is con- ducted in quick time, and there is a general uniformity of movement. Yet the seriousness of the loss of control depends very largely upon the previous training and discipline of the company. If this has been of the proper kind, and the company is suf- ficiently grounded in discipline, team- ‘work, and espirit de corps, it will con- tinue to assert itself even when the man is proceeding across the exposed area alone. GRIP OF GERMANS IS BEING BROKEN Each Backward Step Means Des- olation to France Staff Correspondence of the Asso- clated Press, British Army Headquar- ters in France, June 6.—While tkte grip of the Germans, clinging. desper- ately to the line they flung from Swit- zerland to the sea, slowly but steadily is being broken each backward step means added desolation to a beautiful part of France. The coming of spring has emphasized anew how closely the pursuits of peace tread upon the heels of war. Tidy French farms, geametrically precise, reach up to the very domain of the guns and it is possible on many parts of the line to see old French men and women following plows or harrows almost to the very edge of the heavy battery positions. Shells are tossed near them now and then but they never seem to mind. The war is nearly three years old now and shells and battle noises have be- come the normal things of life, not the abnormal ones. It is even possible along alder bits of the line in the north to see farmers plowing both sides of the war zone. At the places less harshly dealt with whence the Germans were driven this spring, many of the trenches already have been filled and the ground is belng put under cultivation. Some of the mewly sown flelds, however, re- cently have been ripped up by long ranged German guns, Fighting men who are relleved every little while from front line duty come for a brief rest to the springs tide beauties of the back country and the' change of surroundings from the cauldron of war to the peace of blossoms and birds is nq greater than the transformatian of these English Tommies, themselves, and their brothers from overseas. These men who, under the red spell of battle, shoot, bayonet and bomb to death all who stand before them, become gentle as little children again. One can see these soldiers with the battle fatigue still heavy upon them stapd- ing for hours in long lines outside divisional canteens walting their turn to go in and buy as others stream out laden with cakes and candy. Grim and resoluté in battle, Tommy seems to have a certain simplicity and kindness of heart which makes him react quickly to the normal laws of manhood as soon as the fighting is over. If he has to make a journey by train, he sits in the open doors of box cars with his feet and legs swing- ifg outside. ' If there is' a ‘“‘movie show’ 'anywhere, néar, he gladly pays fifty cents to go ,always, especially when war seénes happen to be shown, laughing" heartily when a shell, ‘hurst: ing nearby, appears to have upset the equilibrium of the camera, sl .. Today, while resting, ‘a squadron of cavalry was havihg a water car- nival along a pretty lttle French river. airs and all the women, children and old men.of the countryside came to see the swimming races, diving con- tests and attempts to walk a greasy pole across a swift-running stream. There was a soldier clown, too, and a great air of merriment all about. ' A German prisoner ‘taken sometime ago said he could always tell when the British were not going to attack by the fact that the Tommies could be heard singing, especially ragtime. There are no longer any songs about how long it"is from Tipperary but at work or play or swinging along the roads to battle, nowadays, the Tom- mies sing about wanting to get back The band was playing gay| t i America’s New Legions. It is precisely the same as with & back-fleld player on a football eleven: ‘He is alone, his responsibility is 'ln-! gle, generally speaking, but at that| he never loses his consciousness of team play and the essentlal co-ordina- tion of his efforts with those of the rest of his team. Against the possible disadvantage of | a temporary loss of control over the company, moreover, is the more than compensatng advantage that such an advance is less likely to draw fire. This is not only important from the standpoint of casualties, but would in iteelf reduce the degree in which such control may be lost. In other words, it would be even more difficult to re- tain control over a deployed company which' is subject to a withering fire ‘than over a company advancing in a succession of thin lines, if the fire is scattering and ineffectual. The war in Europe has in many rz:ecta cancelled previous theories of wcombat. In view of such develop- ments the regulations specifically state that other and better formations may be devised to fit particular cases. But this basic principle remains: “The best formation is the one which ad- vances the line furthest with the least loss of men, time and control.” Training in the existing regulations for extended order work, therefore, schools the young soldier in the un- derlying purpose of the fire attack, FIGHTING FAILS T0 WEAR FRENGH 0UT Three Years of War Has Mot Destroyed Their Spirit "mFo::T:'h tF:ro:t, June 6.—If -the . o 0Ds may be based on the initiative they dl.p{ny in fear of the enemy, then that of the French soldiers at all points of the fromt | must be regarded as excellent. Three years of the severest kind of war- fare has not jaded them. In fact, the spirit of attack has if anything, g;“t:“d among them. The recruits e younger clagses learn quickly to profit from the experience e‘t their comrades who have become veterans and past masters in the art of fur- nishing surprises to the enemy, and after their incorporation 6 into the fighting units in the trenches, where they rapidly acquire the routine of continual watchfulness, they lose no time in demonstrating their desire to ::‘rry out some act of individual dar- Living among them, as the writer has done throughout the great”oper- ations of the Somme, in the Argonne, on the Aisne, in Champagne, in Al- sace and around Verdun, one acquires an unbounded admiration for the un- ceasing activity asd virility of the French soldiers of all branches of the service. Even duting the intervals between great attacks and battles, when it would be expected they would and after comprehending this, he can muoh more easily adapt himself to any special methods which conditions may require. Tomorrow's The Charge. | article .. will describe (Copyright, 1917, by The Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) to their hame in Tennessee and about having a Kentucky jubilee, without the slightest idea just where Ten- nesse or Kentucky are. - If the American expeditionary force comes : into the British zone, the Americans will find the bands playing and the men singing many old fa- miliar tunes. U. §. CITIZENS ARE RATED AS ALIENS British Require Registration of Residents of This Country London, June 6.—Many Americans in London were surprised and disap- pointed when they learned that, when the United States entered the war, they were not automatically relieved of the mecessity of observing the British police regulations affecting aliens. This is especially true of the Americans who have arrived here since the early part of 1916. These must report their movements to the authorities just as all other allens, whether allies or neutrals, are re- quired to do. There is a considerable amount of Ted tape involved in the police regula- tions and, no sooner had the United States thrown in its lot on the side of the Entente allles, than many Americans got the impression that they would be relieved of this war- time necessity. When they found out that their status in this respect re- mained unchanged by the turn of events many of them appealed to the United States embassy and consulate for further information. They were told that there was no indication of any change. Every American who has arrived here since the early months of 1916 must have an identity book. Besides name, nationality ,date and a signed photograph, it must bear the signa- ture and guarantees of two British subjects, property owners, who have, at the same time, seen the holder of the book sign his name to it. Before the book is received, a signed photo- graph must be .left at the palice station. In some instances two months elapses before the applicant is able to obtain his book. When an American maves from one | part of the city to another he must re- ;port to the police stations in both | districts and have his book: stamped lby the ‘allens’ officer. Much the same procedure is required when he goes on a visit to another city. In every town where he stays over night he jmust report to the police, giving all | particulars as to birth, nationality of ! self and parents, a description of | physical featufes, etc. At the hotel { &t whioh he stays he must repeat all these,same details on a large sheet of paper which he .is ujfed to’ . again before he canfeave the hotel . In certain sectfons. of Engiand :& | new rule has 3“3 been put into effeds j Which requires gliegs to first present ' themsélves at’ police headquarters be- man working mi_;‘ore they will be given a room in a otel. -The police issue a permit en- titling the holder to stay*at the hotel, A party of American bpsiness men from London were required to do | this recently upon their , parrival il jLiverpool. Their train brought-them { into Liverpool around 8 a. m. They were tired and hyngry and the trip to the palice station consumed another | hour. 'But all went through with the | red tape good naturedly, realizing that j to be allowed ‘to travel at all in any iof the belligerent countries at this time is somewhat of a privilege. PRAYING FOR CROPS. London,; June 6.—The” Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a form of prayer for the crops.. Protection for merchant ships bringing corn and food from distant lands is besought in the prayer. N be only too eager to seek repose and relaxation from the hardships and perils of trench life, there are always to be found daring men among them who voluntarily go out towards -the German lines in search 6f adventure always with the hope of bringing back some prisoners or disturbing the enemy’s plans. One outlet for their overflowing ac- tivity is the organisation of trench raids in which only a few men com. pose the attacking force. In these minor affairs, whose effect on the gen-/ eral situation at the front is more im- portant than at first. would appear, since they harry the enemy and keep him constantly guessing and worry- ing as to what may follow, the French soldiers have become experts, and they rarely return to their trenches without some prisoners and some val- uable information as to conditions in the opposing lines. i The commander of the army is not consulted as to the carrying out of these raids. Bach colonel of a regl- ment has the final word as to whether his men shall take the risk. and the colonels take good care not to dis- courage their men from displaying their individuality. The problem of overcoming the net. work of barbed wire protecting the front lines of the enemy’s lon presented difficulties at the beginning of the campaign, but artillery hm acquired the mastery of that ol o and as a consequence the enemy ' no longer finds himself in security be- hind it. All the French colonel wants to know, when a raid is about to be undertaken, is the hour at which it is intended to start: A few minutes sufficies to make penetration by reso- lute infantrymen possible. = Sudden outbreaks of artillery fire are so fre- quent that the enemy often pays no more attention to them than to re- turn some shells, while the troops manning his front trenches seek shel- ter in their dugout until the shower of steel has stopped. The enemy’s uncertainty as to what is to happen frequently leads to his undoing, for before he has made up his mind that the French guns have decided to cease firing and that it is safe to come out from the shell again he finds French soldiers leap- ing inte the trenches and throwing grenades into the mouths of the dus- outs while calling on their occupants to surrender. Refusal or hesitation means a further volley of grenades and almost certain severe injury or death to those inside. Therefore they shout “Kamarade!” throw down their arms and come out to be chased be- fore their captors back through the broken network of barbed wire to the French lines. In one division the regiments made a speclaity of surprise trench ralds and acquired almost unbelievable skill in carrying them out almost without loss to themselves. - One regiment, in! the course of the last month, had to its credit ten such ralds, as a result of which, besides killing many ene- mies, they captured fifty-three Ger- man prisoners, without the loss of & single Frenchman. The French and German lines are 80 close that a raid rarely takes more than ten minutes—just the time - to race across.the open, make the haul of prisoners and race back with them again. Night or day makes no aif- ference—the main idea is to go over the top and get back to the French lines with thHe prisoners after caus- ing as much ‘damage as possible be- fore the Germans have time to throw in " reinforcements to their front trench. 4 S S Surpfised by Large Num- Per, of Aliens, Meriden, June 6.—Députy Marshal Thomas J. Smith, of New Britgin, was in Meriden again) yésterday, and by going to the Westinghouse, Connecti- cut. Telephone and Wilcox & White factories, secured the names of twenty- thrée enemy allens who wanted Mberty permits. - A few more men reported at the marshal’s office at the post of- fice building in the evening and re- ceived their papers. & . Deputy Smith will go to the re- maining factories today and secure the names of the men who have not applied for the necessary permits. In the evening he will be at the post. office until about 9 o'clock. He urges that all men Teport as soon &s pos- sible. The number of enemy aliens in Meriden is much larger than the marshal expected. T J -« x McMilan Store: " SCARFS,SHAMS' Special June Price 25¢ yard. Scrims, Marquisettes, Mad- ras.and Nets, in a large vari- ety, all new designs. SAMPLE - LACE CURTAINS At 98¢ pair. Values to $2.00. These Curtains have been * slightly - soiled while dis- played as samples. - SASH CURTAINS All ready to hang, 29¢ pair:: i -Value 35¢. OUR BAGGAGE DEPT. — . & '] 5 4 is now located on the 3rd - flood. - Here you will: find4! displayed a strong line of and Suit Cases; sale. (3 Black Leather Bags 16-17-18-inch. June Sale Price $3.98, Value today $5.00. - : DESERTERS FLEE 10 SHITZERLAND- Majority of Them Are Suid 10 - Be Italians PRSI i o Berne, émm June $a tween 10,000 and 13,000 desprtors from fhe armies of the Entents allies’ and the Central Powers have fled to .. .. Switserland since the beginning of the war, or have refused to "leave country at the oconclusion of 'fur-, . loughs and thus are classed as @e=':.. sorters. The majority are said to'bs Italians. oA The long Hst constitutes & mot in. & b £ } s considerable problem for the ‘author- ' ‘itles. They enjoy the same rights as other foreigners who are here legits . imately, yet cannot be drawn on -im any way for taxes or state expenses. . They pay no military tax of immunity, . ‘and not Infrequently commit deeds that make it necessary to send them to jail—where their support naturally falls on the confederation. » As a problem they may be sald to rank in vexatiousness with the in- numerable and constant violations of neutrality which come to light almost dally, especially on the part of the French and the Germans. 70 (F The general staff of the army an-: nounces orn an average a dozen aerial violations' a week by aviators who ‘“cut across lots” on the way to or from France or Germany, and who croas the little neck of Switserland that juts up into both countries in the northwest corner of the country. This little neak also is weekly the target for both French and German shells. The gunners, far behind the lines, get wrong ranges and ‘“shoot up” Swiss: territory before they can be told of their mistake. Less often, but occasionally, pris- oners of war attempt to escape either from Germany or France, and are shot and killed after they have reached Swiss territory, or else the pursuing shots crash over into Swiss territory and menace those on this side. It 1s generally the case that fugi. tives who do manage to reach this side, regardless of where they ocmse from, are royally and handsomely treated, Recently four Russians es. caped from Germany, swam _the Rhine, and landed on Swiss soil. They . were met by a veritable reception committee on this side, were siven & meal that satisfled even their enor- mous, starved appetites, and wers gen- erally feted before being toy an internment camp where they spend ‘the.rest of the wan. . 2