SICK OF THE WAR
AUSTRIANS PREFER CAPTIVITY ■ (Rec. February 12, 5.30 p.m.) London, February 11. The "Times" correspondent.with tie Servians states that the Austro-Hun-eariaii soldiers are frankly sick of the war. Sixty thousand prisoners of mixed nationalities prefer captivity in' Servia to liberty in Austria, and strong escorts from «the battlefields are not needed. Ho ffives one instance of a single Servian soldier who marched at the head of eighty prisoners, and presented his papers to the officer at tho railway station. The officer counted the prisoners, and said "You have 150 here." The soldier replied, "I can't help it, sis, others kept joining en route."— ("Times" and Sydney "Sunt Services.)
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2384, 13 February 1915, Page 7
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111SICK OF THE WAR Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2384, 13 February 1915, Page 7
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