Here and there in the war area . thorities, and for the Homeand War Offices, that without any undueindulgence, or forgetting that war is war andthat the prisoners are men who have foughtagainst us, our country and its liberties, theyare anxious to do all they can to preventthem from deteriorating in their manhoodunder the strain of this monotonous, irksome,and indefinite captivity, either mentally,morally, physically, or spiritually. I mayadd that I have gone everywhere in the campsand talked alone with the men, letting themknow that I had worked in Germany beforethe war and loved my work ther
Here and there in the war area . thorities, and for the Homeand War Offices, that without any undueindulgence, or forgetting that war is war andthat the prisoners are men who have foughtagainst us, our country and its liberties, theyare anxious to do all they can to preventthem from deteriorating in their manhoodunder the strain of this monotonous, irksome,and indefinite captivity, either mentally,morally, physically, or spiritually. I mayadd that I have gone everywhere in the campsand talked alone with the men, letting themknow that I had worked in Germany beforethe war and loved my work there, and hadreceived nothing but kindness from every one,from the Kaiser downwards, thus leadingthem to feel that they could speak to me inperfect confidence, and that I should en-deavour to remedy a grievance, if it never have I heard one complaint or hadanything but expressions of grateful acknow-ledgment that the Commandant was doinghis best for them ; except in one very smallcamp, where the men complained about one. «>w ft! H inft!W z o t/3 I—< « ft w XH H < Q ; » ft}KH PRISONERS OF WAR 151 particular inconvenience, which had beeninevitable and was remedied as soon as itconveniently could be. Next let us take the conditions of life forthose imprisoned and interned in suppose none of us will ever forget theamazement, sorrow, and indignation withwhich we heard of the indignities and crueltiesinflicted by the enemy upon their prisoners atthe beginning of the war, and subsequently atWittenberg. We are told now that the mili-tary authorities alone were responsible forthis as part of their policy of frightfulness,but there seems no doubt that the peoplealso in many places were both cruel and insult-ing to our helpless countrymen, even whenthey were wounded and on their way tohospital and camp. Personally, I cannot butmake this distinction, from all I have learnt,between the Berlin Foreign Office and someof the military authorities, and
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