Daily British Whig (1850), 28 May 1915, p. 5

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PROF. LUCK LECTURED ON HIS EXPERIENCES AS A PRISONER OF WAR. For Some Months in Germany--He Says That Country Has Lots of Food--Treats Allens Very Badly. - "It is like coming out of & dark, damp cellar into the bright sunlight of Canada," sald Prof. Elmer Luck, M.A., Edmonton, speaking in Queen Street Methodist 'Church on Thurs- day evening, before a fairly large au- dience, on his experiences as a pris- oner of war in Germany. Prof. Lueck arrived in Canada six weeks ago from the Kaiser's domains with his two little daughters. = He spoke for two hours before a much interested audience, unfolding the tale of his stay in Germany. . Prof. Luck is a careful observer of events. prisoner-of-war to return from Ger- many, and it will be remembered that upon his arrival in Kingston the Whig had an interview with him. "It is very hard for me to realize yet," sald Prof. Luck, "what Cana- . dian freedom means, We talk a great deal about our freedom, but it is only When a person has gone through what I experienced that we realize our wonderful heritage, 1 am very sorry to think that some of my most intimate friends are still there, that they are suffering, and just how much no person knows." Prof. Luck sald that he was out of patience over the attitude of the Germans before hostilities were com- menced, Conditions were so bad that he often thought that he would have to give up his special course of study and leave the country, but when he had almost reached the end of his work he decided to remain. Prof. Luck was born at Deseronto, and graduated from Toronto Univer. "sity. . For six weeks previous to the summer of 1912, he was modern lan- guage master in the Collegiate Insti- tute at Edmontoll, In the sum- mer of 1912 he left with his two motherless daughters to study Teu- tonie philology at the University of Lelpsie. Speaking about the character of the Germans, Prof, Luck said: "There are some good things about their character. 1 want to be fair in what I say. One thing we Britixhers pride ourselves on is that of maintaining our judgment. Above all things the Germans are industri. oui, You seldom see a lazy Ger- man. They are good settlers both in their own country and in Canada. In spite of the low wages, in some cases twenty-five cents a day, they pay very high taxes, in some cases fif- He was the first Canadiag Here, if we pay thirty mills we grum~ ble, but they take it as a matter of {pourse. Even a servant earning $4 {a week pays a tax. The Germans jare also a sober people. This, no i doubt, is due to the fact that they Idrink beer. The men are great g0s- | sips, and will sit together five hours lat night talking and drinking beer. { They are alse law-abiding, and every- one a genius for organizing. They are almost a machine, Police keep records which are most valuable. * The Germans also hold a great record for production. Along this line the speaker referred to the fact that mo mouth organs Were manufactured in England. Mouth organs made fin Gérmany were brought into England, via Holland. and as a result British and Canadian soldiers at the front were being comi- forted with German mouth organs. There was a great deal of immor- ality among the Germans. One would see a certain form of religion, but the spirit was lackidg . The City Council provided the minsters for the churches, and decided all matters in connection with the church. The pastor was responsible to the City Couneil, and eld his position for life, no matter what opinion the congrega- tion had of him. | teen and ag high as twenty per cent. | i Why Study in ? The question was asked, "Why is it necessary to go to Germany to study?" The speaker said the Ger- mans were pre-eminent for thor- oughness. They were marvellous in this respect, but a one-sided nation of "hook-worms." They *'fell down," as it were, owing to the fact that they did not know human nature,and in. this war it was causing their de- feat, Speaking about reports that Ger- many was badly off for food, Prof. Luck said: "They are not badly off for food. If we depend on that to win this war we will be waiting a long time." He added that the people had been put on small rations. He declared that the lack of metal would be felt more than the lack of food. "The feeling in Germany is that they are going to win. They are confident of success." ; His Imprisonment, fn speaking of his exchange and ultimate liberation, Prof. Luck stated that in exerting all his efforts to gain the liberation of a young companion, an Australian student of the violin at the Conservatory of Leipsie, he had never for a moment thought of lils own escape. "After the outbreak of war," stat- ed Prof. Luck, "the first weeX in Sep- tember, the young man, who was in READY FOR THE ENTERTAIN MENT OF VISITORS AT THE Annual - Py 1 SR APE hi 5 .t § Ci arred, "This § oe Bxouraten R og Tickets, fare and HD, SUBRLA ND, Mayor and Chairman. RB. J. Reid, M elebration at Kingston, A June 3rl "Bands; Motor Boat Races, Yacht Races, " at) a sds~~Bands, Vaudeville. Wrestling Matches, Base- OTe faces, =) 2.38 CI 400; 2.25 Cla 300; 5 Br Race, $50; open to Borer Soiniy ot eotinat opportunity for relatives and friends to visit the soldiers at a third, good June 2nd to 4th, Inclusive: W. W. SANDS, M.D, S¢e.~Treas. anager, Verandah Furniture cnn Yee SE vcs Parlor Not the old-fashioned kind, but those ERA EE ors 2 cavers to : erles They complaned bitterly of being un- it, "there is a ver r state of health, wag ar-]ser, whom they regard as a veritable BR tad ad thrown into a Jag ar ser. and who will pull them through jail, and had as a cell mate a convict { somehow." who was tubercular. For five months Upon his arrival in Holland, Prof. be was kept locked up with his com- {Luck was surprised to find public panion, He protested on account of | feeling runnng so high against Ger- bis sickness, but was cursed and mal- | many. He was warned not to speak treated by the official. In January | German upon the streets, to avoid he was so ill that he could neither | any unpleasantness. He ig also of walk gr sit, and he wag placed in a {the opinion, based upon what he hag hospital, where the treatment meted | seen and heard, that it wilk not be out to him was little short of inhu-|long before Holland enters the war man." {on the side of the Allies. The speaker went on to say that The lecture was held under the hie friend had been a companion, and | auspices of the Young Men's Club of he endeavored to interest himself in | Queen Street Church, and Dr. H. T. his behalf, and he approached many | Coleman presided. During the even- German officials and a host of his|ing solos were rendered by Mrs. friends In: Leipsic. From them he | Evans and Harvey Angrove. Miss received only rebukes. Finally he | Eileen Wright presided at the organ. appealed to the American Ambassa- " Eh dor, Mr. Gerard, who at length ar: hhh hhh di td ranged the exchange on March 28, | # SATURDAY'S WHIG, when the sick student, in the care of | % Prof. Luck, left for Rotterdam. Twee | ® -- on the way it was thought he would [# "Om Saturday the Whig will die, At Rotterdam, for the first | % publish a sermon preached in time, since the outbreak of war, he |® Bournemouth, England, by was given decent treatment by the |® John Mackie, D. D., formerly doctors and nurses. It was stated | Kingston, who pays a glowing here by the doctors that had he re-|® tribute to the Canadian dead ceived proper treatment two months | # Belginm. earlier his life could have been saved. |# = "Cleric" also contributes Now he has two months to live. On |% special article on the arrival in England he was handed | % Presbyterian over to the English authorities, and | # written in graceful 7 ERS Hy Footwear We show the largest variety of Fancy Footwear for Children. 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Af- Took Weak Spell. ter a short time Prof. Luck, through The body of Harvey Chadwick, the influence of several of his German | gi art street, was found in Anglin's friends, was allowed his freedom! yi, shout 6.30 o'clock Thursday ev- again. In February the word Wasi. ing All day search had been again given and all Britishers were | qe for him, as he had disappear- arrested and thrown into jail. Dur-|.5 wednesday night. While attend- SAP SEER 2504S ERR : : WAS FOUND DROWNED Harvey Chadwick Fell Into Slip -- HELD MEMORIAL SERVICE. And Since the Sergeant Is Reported Alive. der-fed eare of his two children. ing unwell, and went out, saying he longings and move(to a strange City. |peart for some time, and it is sup- no account was he to move out of | iyo water, which was only about to obtaln lodgings. Everywhere he|(gessa, and had lived in Kingston thing to do with an enemy, the great | hy one son, R. H. Chadwick, a clerk was the fear of the German authori- The late Mr. Chadwick was an old be conducted at the home of H, people towards every class of British- RIVER TIME TABLE two litite daughters, Winnifred, aged school in Leipsic. Soon after the ship Lines, in charge of the Thous- ish, and sent them to a middle class | in conference with General Agent relative ager est grade of schools, Here | table, which will be almost identic- were constantly held up fo their [the same as. last summer. persecuted and subject to all manner | parties and there will be the same to walk on the same sidewalk, and {one of the other boats. "The spread of hate soon manifest | ties in Canada has not yet been de- Germans in Leipsie, but suddenly the | difficulty on account of the war, or to me. on the street, they | fore entering the country. of Leipsic is the second Montreal boy |adian waters there will be no differ- Luck stated that he had recently a Mr. Mills stated that the outlook ferent times, and at six different tion camp at Ruhleben. mounted guard on watch all day and | (ne greatest havoc has been made in them bread or something to eat. | pire Contingent. As Arthur puts gusting. froin Berta. This piece of mews ing the time of hig imprisonment an Or House ith American friend of PTOf. Luck took | 15 the Grand OFC iained of Teel: On November 24th he was given |, iont return for them. Mr, Chad- three hours' notice to pack up his be- mish ret been 'croubled with his He left Leipsic and went to Chemnitz, ¢ the next largest city in Saxony, On posed _fhat hile Wandewug oo hot that province, Arriving in Chem- nitz he was unable for several days four feet deep. was born near was turned away because he was Brit- f oh No. one wanted o have way: (Lor "er 1+* Yvan' Chadwick: and passion of hate was already making itself felt, and then underlying that i a hardware store of A. Chown ties. At last he secured a room in| member of Cataraqui Lodge, No. 10 which to stay. I. 0.0. F. The funeral service will _His Children Expelled. '| Brouse, 188 Stuart street, by Canon The malévolénce of the German FitzGerald on Saturday. ers to be seen no more clearly than 2 in the German schools. Prof. Luck's v 'As to Tan Landing Ex jon seven years, and Marjorie, aged five Parties. years, were attending an upper class | _H. B. Mills of the Canada Steam- outbreak of war, the authorities ex- Island business of that concern, was pelled them because they were Brit-|in Watertown, N.Y, says the Times school... In December (hey were |W. H. Northrop of the 8t, Lawrence again sipelied and sant to the low- jdivision tothe su time] they were forced to mix wth the low- Mr. Mills said that the steam- est element of German children, and ship company would run practically school vellows 'as specimens of the | The Thousand Islander will be used "hated British" The children were |as last year for carrying excursion of ill treatment and harsh language. | Sunday afternoon and Wweek-da Other children would not allow them [rambles by the Ramona and some they were pushed off the seats at What arrangement will be made hool * in regard to landing excursion par- ed itself in Germany, I had many {cided upon. It was stated to-day, good and true friends amongst the however, that there might be some hatred of all things British made it- |at least every excursionist would be self felt, abd all. my friends were lost | compelled to declare himself be- would turn their backs on me." Relative to the rambles and the A McGill gtudent at the Daiversity taking of excursion parties into Can- known to have suffered indignities at [ence from conditions existing in the hands of the Germans. Prof |Past years. post card from him stating that he indicated a good summer season. had been thrown into prison six dif- places. Both Lochead and Flint are now at the internment or concentra- At Ruhleben there are over 5,000 British subjects ix camp there With & | save the LAnark Fra: Iain tor Shai all night. "Constantly," said Prof. the ranks of the Perth-La A r nark Com- Luck, "I received appeals to send {pany of tha 42nd that went with the and that the food' was dis-| ger left np) a ron was sad and startling, inasmuch as it seemed to be well auth tl ' ; : Sakell's Pure Ice Cream _----------------------------------------s asus Our Ice Cream is the best and finest in Kingston by Government Test. r We deliver to all parts of the city in bulk or bricks. oo SAKELL'S Phone 640 OUR STRAW HATS ARE MOBOLIZED We are fully equipped and pre- pared to meet the demand in Men's "Summer Hats" and offer values that are not surpassed ia Lunada. All the Intest styles known to fashion are here und in the world's most celebrated makes, including CHRISTY'S, for which we mre sole agents in The kind you are look-"}f ing for is the kind we sell Scranton Coal A Is good Coal and we guarantee prompt de- live BOOTH & CO. Foot of West St. BLUE SERGE SUITS 'We have two unusuaily good lines at 5 and $20. Kingston. 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