PAGE TWELV i -- THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, St w: , sn me-- ------------ . FEBRUARY 8, 1919. - Af a ae a oa Q Wy Vy v hy Wy "My Three Years in] a German Prison" | 141i Copyright 1919 § | 1 3 By Hon. Heari S. Beland, MD, MP. - A Pa Arana Ahead hdd A CHAPTER XXX. I carried a small parcel in mv Alsatian - Non-Commissioned Of- | hand i ficer. | 'And," sald he "you make some | In a preceding chapter, I referred ' little purchases when you go out of to an officer at the Kommandantar Jail?" + the name gof Wolff. He was a I thought it well to answer affir- | German Jeo who gould "give | matively. points" to Prussians! He displayed |" -"Au revoir! a large number of decorations, | went his way among which one noticed the oa I noticed that my. Alsatian escort blem of a Turkish Order worn in| was very much annoyed by this ac- the: centre of the abdomen! jcidental meeting. He remained Amongst ourselves we frequently | tactturn all the way back to the made fun of this barrei-bellied of- | jail ficer, carrying a kind of crescent on Two days elapsed and Officer! his front! 1 wish to relate here an' Block then eame to my sell, anxiety ! incident in which I was @ partici- Jing written all over his face pant? } "You went out this week?" Every Tuesday and Friday, dur inquired - Ing the last' year of my captivity, 1 "Yes, on Tuesday was allowed, 'as the reader knows,| "Where did you go? to take a walk in the Tiergarten ac-| "To the park companied by a non-commissioned) 'Did you go to officer of the jail. Orders haa] No." = been given, however, that my es "This is strange," he cort wis never to be a non-com- | have just received from the Ober- missioned officer named Hoch, an Kommando a document which con- | Alsatian. In the courge of my con: tains a single phrase to the follow- | versation with Hoch; I had fre- | Ing effect: 'Why have instructions | quently expressed a desire to have | been transgressed in the case of Dr him some day for my walking com- | Beland? 3 ; | panion, He was quite willing, but| [1 feigned bewilderment ,» I could | the sergeant-major, in this instance, [Dot understand how we could have | had the whole say and Hoch was | transgressed the orders, for, I re not called upon for a long time to | marked, we went direct from the be my guardian. In the month of' Jail to.the Tiergarten. ! August, 1917, however, Hoch was| "Did vou meet amyone?" requested to accompany me on my | the officer promenade in the park | 'Yes ) The instructions which had been | -" Who was it?' glven to the jail officials concern- | "Captain Wolff, of the Komman- ing me were very strict. I .was not {dantur." - : supposed to know that, but I knew "Ah!" said he, "there is | place between the officer and my- | tion." it perfectly well. The non-commis- | Whole story. Were did you mee | self, wheveupon the poor non-coni I went on speaking of ether mat sioned officer, it had been ordered, | him?" | missionad officer, lifting his amms, | ters, particularly of his fliness. was to leave the jail with me at two] "On Unter-den-Linden avenue." { exclaimed, "I am dome for!" {leaving him thew 1 hurried off o'clock, proceed to the nearest ur | "On Unter-den-Linden avenue!" | "No, no," I said, "I assure you |see Offieer Block 1 explained ban railway station--that is to sa {the officer cried; "on Unter-den | that all is not lost. There is a {him that when the instructions con- about 300 feet from the jail--then | Linden avenue?" { means. to arrange matters." cerning mysell 'were read three board a train and go direct to the | "Yes; and what harm was done?" 'tHow ?"" he' asked { months previously park. The promenade -was to bel demanded. "Am I not allowed to "Well, according to regulations, | sioned Officer Hoch was absent made "ingide'" the park. "RWS not | promenade within the limits of the | one day each week you spend the | "Well," he said, "I will report in to be allowed to walk "outside," | park? » How can I get there more afternoon in town Let wus sup-|that se " neither to talk to anyone nor enter | direct than by following Unter-den- pose," I said, "that the afternoon! Wwe w any other place, Linden avenue?" the instructions concerning me were | come of this explanation, and "AR!" said he, "that is true, but { read by the sergeant-major, you {ing this time Hoch was in | it is not according to the orders wo | were absent." ' He imagined himself have received." ° "Ah!" replied Hoch: "but I was | demned to the dungeon or And he thereupon explained how, | present." { back to the trenches whore three of under these instructions, I was to "I am not asking you," I said, "if | his brothers had been killed £0 to the park, accompanied by a| yon were present. | am affirming | Finally, on the fourth day, Lieu: non-commissioned officer, by urban that vou were absent Tits * | tenant Block told me he had receiv train without however passing "1 "will attend' to this," I said. |ed the answer from the Ober-Kom- through the streets. He added that "For the time being we will take it | mando "The explanation," the while I was not supposed to know that you were absefit when the in- [document stated, is satisfactory, these instructions, the non-commis- structions were read." but Non-Commissioned Officer sioned officer would be punished if I left him, and proceeded | Hoch must be severely reprimand he "ignored them." 1 expressed. re-| sergeant-major's room. This officer | ed." y gret to see a fine fellow like Non-| was at that time a sick man, and} 'I hope the Commissioned Officer Hoch impli-1 had consulted me three or four |be too severe, An ry - ~ a SE ANS NA sald he sharply, and "A he | any othergplace? said, 1} asked J A AA AA AA cme ---- = ---------- serious This is the trouble have to face." { I' related what had just taken is need We | said the sergeant:major "Certainly not," 'I"agreed "here only for a little explana the aited four days for the out- On the afternoon I mow speak of we had just left the jail, when I proposed to Hoch that we walk through fhe streets in order that 1 might buy a few cigars. Hoch will- ingly acceded to my request and we entered Koenig street. We bought + / some cigars, and from this streét we crossed to Under-den-Linden av- enue, which leads directly to Bran- denburg Gate, which opens on the Tiergarten. 1 'mestion these de- talls to show that we took the shortest route from the jail to the i to the reprimand will not I ventured to say Nen-Conmmis- |§ garden. On Under-den-Linden avenue we suddenly found ourselves face to «face with Capt. Wolff, of the Kom- mandantur. The officer "knew me well, having met me four or five) times at the jail, where he came every week to take she statements of prisoners who, through petitions cated in the matter. He agreed that Hoch was a dutiful men as a rule. The idea at once occurred to me of saving Hoch from punishment if ft. wert poasinie" 1 accordingly ask- ed the officer to delay his answer to the Ober-Kommando for an hour. Having granted the request, he left me and I immediately went to the times about some kidney trouble he was suffering. He was surprised (10 see me and asked the reason for my visit. \ "Well," 1 said, "you the famous instructions me? read them to the non-commissioned officers, Non-Commissioned Officer remember concerning | Three months ago, when you | him. { Lieut. Block did not reply German officer never commits him- self when discipline is in question. ° and a few minutes later the Alsatian non-commission- ed officer was summoned before The following eplioquy took plece between them: "Non - Commissioned He left me, Officer Al Hoch?" "Yes, my Lieutenant." "You went out with prisoner Be- land last week?" "You passed along Koenig street and Unter-den-Linden avenue?" "Yes, my Lieutenant" "You know now that this was against the 'instructions received?" "Yes; my Lieutenant," "You 'may go." 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