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ANOTHER GERMAN BRUTALITY The American Red Cross at Geneva which is looking after the interests of American prisoners in Germany has pointed out that they are princi ¬ pally interned at Stuttgart Karlsruhe and Metz and that both Stuttgart and Karlsruhe have boen frequently Ixmibtd from the air by the allies This practice of the German authorities of interning prisoners at places where they axe jeopardized by the action of their own armies is almost on a par with th many other brutalities of which thty stand convicted at the bar of civilization and hu ¬ manity It is perhaps not quite as bad as placing old men and women and children in the forefront of their troops so as to prevent their opponents from firing but it is bad enough and is contrary to chivalryOnce the rules of war and chivalry Once a man is a prisoner of war he is entitled to protection by liis captors and he receives it in all civilized countries But not so in Germany where he is brutally misused For these deeds the enemy will be called to full account after the war The names of some of the criminals who have so foully treated their captives are known and steps will be taken to punish them for their crimes Meanwhiitt something should be done If possible to protect our boys now in durance In Germany It is calculated that there are more than 1500 of these and although we may expect other losses of the kind as the war goes on and our armies ad ¬ vance into the enemys territory we shall continue to take many more than we lose loseIt It is clear that there is only one thing which the Germans understand and dread and that is force and the frightfulness they have so liberally dealt out to others without a shred of excuse They ob ¬ ject very strongly to their own medicine and therefore the best thing to do is to give them the largest doses of It possible New York Herald
