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*nUred ee eecond-cle.. matter September 2. 1915. et th*_ l’o.t Office et Sewerd. Ale.ke
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HUN PRISONERS
TOLD TO HOLO
TONGUES
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE.
Since tiie Americans look part in the offensive of July IS
Sept.. liS — (Correspondent of 1'he Associated Press)—
new distinctions have I icon issued to the German soldiers
reminding them that silence is the best policy when taken
prisoner.
"Keep silent, know nothing and shrug your shoulders,"
suggests the German instructions.”
A copy of the German communication recently caiv.f
into the hand; of Amei.can officers. It says in part:
"The new prisoner is a valuable possession in tin*
hands of the enemy In him lie hidden possibilities that
i mean much more than bare facts concerning battalions
and regiments. From the highest commander to the lowest
wagon driver, every one of us carries with him reinembei -
'aiices, observations overheard discussions, or the greet
ings of neighboring troops. ..
"Combining ail these things, they become a valuable
asset of military information. One very seldom realizes
now much one really does know. One thinks little of it. But. |
the enemy knows better. He spares no pains to get posses- j
non of such treasure. It may begin with friendly and plea
sant greetings, with coffee orcigrettes; it ends with a sat
castic smile, with short rations and solitary confinement.
“The last few weeks have brought us fresh and pain
ful evidence showing how easily the German soldier, the
moment he drops his arms, succumbs to the false impress
ion given by the words ‘for me, the war is over/ He has
done his duty on the battlefield with rifle and grenade un
til fate grew stronger than he, and he becomes a prisonei
with the idea, ‘l have done mi duty; now 1 am defenseless. ]
And captured, no longer a warrior, it no longer depends!
upon me. .
*‘\\ o have examples in which the opponent while talk
ing with unsuspecting German prisoners successfully
drew from them German order of battle and attack down
! to the smallest detail. One stone upon another; what the
one did not knowing the other would tell. It is quite pos
sible that they did not know,what important information
they were giving when they would say;
“hast evening several artillery men came into oui
.rencli'am! the battery went into position about 200 met
ers helium our trench. This afternoon we were to draw
three days iroh ration."
-1 bey had forgotten tlrit the war was not over for
them, but only beginning. Following the war of ritle arm
grenade, follows the war ot words, questions and conver
sations. i.acti word that seems harmless enough in itseli
become, s an enemy’s weapon bringing death to hundreds
of comrades.
“Xo! Becoming a prisoner does not end the war. It con
tinues with more dangerous and subtile weapons. Against
, .hese, we have only one protective measure: Silence. As
.-limed with pride and common sense no one can take this
; rnm you. li ast of ah should you be unfortunate enough to
'e taken prisoner. Keep silent, know nothing and shrug
.our shoulders.”
AMSTERDAM, Sept., 28— Emperor William has con
erred the order of the Black Eagle on his Luthern court
chaplain, '<r. Dreamier, who now becomes automatically
Von Di vt nder, as the order carries with it the patent of
hereditai Prussian nobility. This is believed to be the
fit <t tinu that a Lutheran clergyman has been raised to
i liie Prussian nobility.
F\P\NE E RED CROSS NOW ON
THE WAY TO VLADIVOSTOK
TOKIO. Sept., 28— A Japanese Red Ci’oss contingent
,C ono hundred persons, including physicans and nurses,
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! vice of the American Expeditionary
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Force.
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of able youths who will leave to take
their places in fighting units. The
valient service that these “Waacs”
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commended their adoption by the Un
ited States service to relieve some
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bat.
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ion.
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JAPANESE PROFESSOR
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TOKIO, Japan Sept., 28. — I)r. I
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lieerature at the Imperial University
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