Thousands of labourers were imported into East Prussia before the outbreak of the war and the majority of these men came from Russian Poland When Germany ide-clared war upon Russia severe mea-_ sures were taken to keep these! labourers under discipline. So long, as they were busy gathering the German harvests the labourers were quite docile. But the war has wrought great changes, notably the' Tsar's promise of autonomy to Poland the Russian invasion of East Prussia. Naturally the men have not been able to concea' their feelings, and Russian secret. service agents are reported to have reeruitnumbers as spies. With the ad-rissian army to the German frontier, Germany realizes the danger of a potential enemy force within her gates. Hence Ber-in is said to be worried over the matter, and the only solution appears to be to gather the abouters into compounds and practically make them prisoners of war.
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