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MURDER OF BRITISH PRISONERS.

EVIDENCE OF GERMAN DESERTERS.

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We are officially informed (says "The Daily Telegraph of May 11), that the following despatch has been received by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from his Majesty's Minister at The Hague:

The Hague, April 29, 1915.

Sir.I have the honour to ansnit copies of declarations by Mr. J. Martin, editor of the Rotterdamach Nieuwsblad, and Mr. N. J. van Ditmar. Press Correspondent, of Rotterdam, regarding the shooting of British prisoners of war by the German troops, which I have received Drom his Majesty's Consul-General at Botterdam-I have, &c.,

(Signed) ALAN JOHNSTONE.

The Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, Bt.. K.G., M.P., tú.

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I, Juanes Martin, editor of the Rotterdamach Nieuwsblad, born er, 1880, at leiden, son of Martin, professor at the Cniversity of Teide, hereby declare that on the inorning of March 16

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they hit help him there, Kabl nunn tried to persunde him not to go, but Kuller had not sense enough! o understand why he shouhl not do so.. Kahlmann acronipanies) hime up to the deer of the Consul's office.

There he waited for his friend three and hall bou, but Kuller necer [oppeared. Site that Lane he lu (nover, been soon by Kahlauann, ap Aid he return to his ginge, where | he had left all his belongings,

Declared before me. British Vi Cousul at Rotterdam, this 20th-say Lot April, 1913.

- (Signed) J. W. Vax Dyk, Brish

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Rotterduni

4. W. N. J van Ditmar. Press correspondent, residing in Rotter dom, hereby miké cutli and declare that Friedrich Kaller. 22 yours' old, labourer, 22nd Regiment, 5th Com pany and Machine Seetkin, Bavariati

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Aring Corps (Von Khuck's Anny) Messrs. KOMOR & KOMOR. Pinformed me that on or about Dec.

28, 1914, twenty-four British priXHIBIT at their ART GALLERY souars of war, wera shot by his com party. One of the reasons which was given to hint at the time was that they belonged to a regiment which had blown no the bridge over the Schells nine Antwerp at a tinue theit

great many Gemian troops were | arching over it in pursuit of the then retreating English. Artag.

Amongst the men shot were inany officers. All these men were place against a wall one after another, now; Gerrann soldiers being called up frour the maks for the purpose of shooting various prisoners in turu. In this way nearly every man of the Ger man battalion concerned obtained his turn in petising shooting An Eng- Ishman," This murder took place at Warvick by the order of Major Hof- mann and Compagnie führer Leu- tenant Neumiche.

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surrendered were shot in the castle of Hollebeke, after a hand-to-hand · fight.

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ions. Subsequently he disappeared most extmordinary nurier, after a visit to the German Consulate nt Rotterdam.. Elis friend August Kailimunn waited outside the Con- sul's office for him for three and half hours without, his 'reuppearing. The German Consulate tolik me over the telephone, in reply to an inpiry.

a deserter of the German army, a certain Richard Lorenz. native of thuit Friedrich Kuller had. nuver Braunschweig, and appertaining to the 208th Regiment, appeared atented at that office. the office of my newspaper and male the following statement. began by calling the Bavarian soldiers

(pies), and abuse them for killing unane anen, with their hands up and anxious to surrender, and also of shooting British prisoners of war:

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He stated that the Bavarian regi-appertaining to the 35th Regiment mente, under Pridee Ruprecht, hai Infantry, 5th Company, 7th Division. recived formal orders to make no His statorment was practically ideu: British prisoners, and that those tical-viz., to the effect thut on were order, signed by Prince Risprechs of subliers who mails then severely punished. He heard from Bavaria, had onlered the whole Fellow-soldiers how once about forty Bavarian army to take no British British prisoners were burned alive prisonera in future, and that all ind in a hungar, and that the men who to be shot. He stated that they committed this atmcity received a were brought to the quarters with nedal for it. He stated that this their hands bound behind their bucks DAIRY FARM NEWS.¶rder was only directed against Briand with bandaged eyes, um that tish soldiers, and existed exclusively they were not told they were to be in the Bavarian Array,

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Daty of the Charitable. The following was circulated by the Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for It has been broughs to the police of Nues, 9, Victoria-street, S.W., recently. the council of the Queen's Institate that of the affiliate owing to the rules of Aoma

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How far the principle of punishing the This interview was published in offences of mothers. by orglecting sud in- ad March 18 another German the Rotterdamsch Nieuwshiad ofing their unending children, con deserter called on me. He was a March 22 with the same. blank as certain Friedrich Kuller, born it before" Ládwichshafen (Bavaria). 22 years oll, appertaining to the 2nd Regi ment, 6th Company, Brd Machine Gun Section, of the 2nd Bavarian ortler very touch, and that they were Army Corps. This man struck me quite aware Bayarian prisoners were

KILL EVERY BRITISH PRISONER."

REASONS FOR DESERTION.. Bath Kuller and Kahlmann stated that they did not approve of this

The women in quastioni aru cift in open

to good influences especially at sucita tine. and itappears to thecouncil.most undesirable that they should be deprived of the services and wholesome influence of a good and

the mat

andeserved

as being isentially a stupid creature, not treated in the same way by the fully-tained woman, and loft to the care and it was impossible that he would British. They added that they "dui of a casoal neighbour, or the possible risks.

of hardening and deterioration involved have sufficient intelligence to invent not, hate the British, but were very their being went to the workhouse, which ią. the following thrilling story. He did much afraid of them, and praised after the only alternative. not know whether the paper was pro-ther as 'very gallant fighters,

The principle, bewater, which, FL the Gefnur oranti-German, and he gave Kuller stated that he first fought opinion of the council, mast guida all in his mattor, je pranienlicns i Burning the following account in reply to my at flicitis, it afterwards he was that the welfare and the efficient resting

Lar unions irregular questions, and not of ins own initiasent to Ypres, where he stayed for the children of

three months. Kahluun fought on predominant

Ant consideration, aridi Live,

the Tser, between Nieuport and serzule a scrapless to my asking him whether fury Dismude, and in the neighbourhood, benefits which may incidentally accrue to the mother. The wellbeing of these fever made British prisoners he suidey stated that the principal reason children deprived as they are, through no thus the Cermans did so; but that for their desertion was the rough fault of their own, of the normal protection they were not sent to Germany, but atment meted out to them by sad advantage of parenthod is a rust killed, the Bavarian regiments having their chicen url the lack of fecil, imposed on all org n'ati in scorned with the besth of the pour and the efficient Irveived amat criders to kill everyIt appears, that the soldiers were rearing of the" coming generation. The helpless of this class of children tenders British prisoner of war. The follow pretically starving n the trenches,

Sono days after these interviews the daty of nursing associstings purda ing were his exact weirds in German Kuller disappeared in a curicas nun- thear the more hipertires, and there is **Wir hatten Befehl empfangen S125-

of their trust would be more deplumbles mtliche gelangen Englander afizur Being Whort of money he went branch of their work in which a bronch **The eduncil desires to emphasise the. annelier. We invo received onderst

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when the war is causing so deplorable a sinnen). Terosisested Tron

loss of life among posible fathers of the the abject, but ha rugjatained his!!

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