CRUEL GAOLERS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 136, 26 February 1918, Page 7

CRUEL GAOLERS

HOW AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS FARE IN TURKEY. London, February 24. Australian- wounded men \.ho havo been repatriattd from Turkey state that tho worst.cruelty of-the Turks is meted out to prisoners. They flatly contradict the statement that the Turk is a clean lighter. Tho usual punishment for a petty crime is to tie the prisoner's head downwards, with his feet lashed with raw hide. 'I ho treatment they received in Austria, where they stayed for somo weeks, was like being in heaven compared to Turkey. One of the returned men declared that the Germans in Turkey were tho prisoners' only friends, probably because the 'Turks hate tiie Germans, and vice versa, and becauso the Germans regard tho whites as a tie between themselves and the Fatherland.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PATRIOTIC MINERS OF DURHAM WILL SUPPORT MAN-POA\ER PROPOSALS. London, February 24. The Durham miners have decided to support the Government's man-power proposals, and will supply fifty thousand Class A men, to be selected by the miners' organisations.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu. BOMB CONSPIRATORS SHOT ECHO OF ITALIAN EXPLOSION AT CENGIO. (Hoc. February 25, 8 p.m.) ( Rome, February 24. In connection with the blowing up of the Ceugio dynamite factory in February, 1910, three of tho perpetrators, Galti, Peiuzzano, and Lagzctte, have been shot.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN STEAMER CAPTURED Copenhagen, February 24. • A British auxiliary cruiser captured the German steamer Dusseldorp ivhilo on tho voyage from Tromsee (Norway) to Stettin—Aus.-N.Z. Cabio Assn. RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR FOOD IMPORTS FIRST CLAIM ON SHIPPING SPACE. London, February 24. The "Observer" states that the War Cabinet has decided that food imports shall now have priority of all other War demands in allocating shipping.— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn LOYAL INDIA AVAR ENTHUSIASM UNABATED. Simla, February 24. Throughout India there is tho keenest interest, which is growing every day, in everything pertaining to the war. All her strength is gradually being brought to aid tho Empire and the Allies. Women are playing an increasingly important part in war work. The latest recruiting figures disclose remarkable enthusiasm amongst fighting classes. The flow of contributions from the Indian princes and rulers continues unabated.—Reuter. HUN VANDALS IN ITALY SAVAGE LICENTIOUSNESS. Rome, February 24. Th© Auatriatis and Germans continue to plunder, destroy, and rape like savages throughout tho occupied Italian districts. _ Many women and girls committed suicide as the result of the soldiers' brutality. The inhabitants have been left to starve, the Germans fearing a revolt if they are taken to tho prison camps—Aus.-N Z. Cable Assn.