Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1917 — Prisoners Unable to Agree. [ARTICLE]

Prisoners Unable to Agree.

Thirteen natives of the Trentlno, Carso, and adjoining districts of Austria, who were serving asTflue-jackets on the Austrian cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth, which was sunk at Tslngtau, and who were taken prisoners at the surrender of the fortress, have been released by the Japanese authorities and are to be returned to Italy. Although nominally enemy prisoners, all their_ sympathies were with the entente allies,: and their relations with the other prisoners were, in consequence, strained. One of the men was discovered attempting to commit suit cide, his explanation being that life was unbearable under the conditions in the camp.