When—as some day we hope will happen—we reach an end of present campaigns, not the least problem will be to repatriate prisoners of war and troops interned in neutral countries. We find Hungarian, Austrian and German prisoners in Siberia praying to. be sent Home by sea, and all the time other troops are increasing the number in internment in some place or anoth For instance, a body of Ukrainians are to-day reported as ceasing their struggle and proceeding over the Czech.boundary for internment, and the number of Bolshevik troops who have now sought refuge by the interning process in Germany is estimated by the French at 128,000. It is obvious that they cannot be kept there indefinitely, or say for a, quarter of a century as in the case of Charles of Orleans after Agincourt. Of course Charles was a prisoner specially to be prized, but in the condition of things to-day while hostilities still continue, Poland dare not allow that army of Bolsheviks to wander free from Germany, again to swell the enemies' ranks. All the time, too, Germany and adjacent countries have their work cut out in feeding their own populations not to mention these self-invited guests. A number of prisoners of war, even in modern days, become absorbed into the population of the country of their internment—marriage being a notable factor—but in the case of large numbers the process does not take place, and sooner or later they must go. We do not know what is meantime happening to these people or what will happen in the future, but we do recognize that every day's fighting is piling up for the world more difficult and complicated problems.
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