PRISONERS UNDER KULTUR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 60, 11 March 1915, Page 5

PRISONERS UNDER KULTUR.

HARD REDS AND FARE.

PROSELYTISING DICTIONARIES

I (Times and Syduoy sun Semes*.) ; , .(Received 8.30 a.m.)] LONDON, March 10. A "Times" correspondent who visited | a prisoners' camp in Germany learned that all prisoners were placed in.a quarantine pen for a month and then drafted into other- pc"ns. A fence-Seven feet high, surmounted with barbwire, surrou-.ideil the buildings, which accommodate 250 men. The buildings are heated by .okc stoves. The mattresses arc filled with shavings. Blankets being scanty, the prisoners arc using their greatcoats as coverlets. Breakfast consists of coffee and the midday meal of a bowl of meat and potato soup and black' bread, and in the evening tire men get bread and potatoes. It is impossible to purchase extras except soap, brushes and towels and German dictionaries. The lnstmentioncd arc ridiculously cheap, costing only threepence. An officer explained: "We want the French and English to learn our language, so that they will Understand us better.'' The clothing of many of the prisoners is in a pitiable state. The men are permitted to write one postcard weekly. An officer who intimated that the prisoners would be employed in planting crops in spring, added thoughtfully: "No doubt they will be with us for the harvest "