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The writer of the following article spent 19 mouths in the German detention oams, and wse Chairman at the Rubleben Literary and Debating

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and Broalan, in Cologna and Frankfort, burdens. The most remarkable spa In Munich and Leipsig. We found that that we ever saw was some trucka benza the Reichstag reporte ins Spainlist daily immense church belle to the week, doubt. wore often much fuller than those in the less to be melted down for their coppe *** bourgoals." papers especially in the in some foundry. The allows of abgee case of Socialist speeches disaining balls appeared to be at least sight^ Zeek. censorship caprises and military abuses. By curious colnaidence, the brain and we were particularly interested on stopped just when the trucks with the one cussion to read a Socialist exposure church bells came opposite the main gate of axila at Rubieben. That the Reichstag of the camp, and the railway line is should have to listen to a denunciation of on a raised love we were all able to sen. four hardships wis somewhat comforting and wonder. Along that sama line "are" and there was over something hopeh also regularly conveyed the trucks over- about it, as the heartless, conduct one Bowing with the English cin-boxes that There are low people more interested of the subordinate officers, who had the are collected in the camp, after they have Marseilles London.in the progress of the war than the British authority grant leave and mercised is emptied of their food contents. In order civilians interned st. Ruhleben, for all too paringly was mercilessly to be used afterwards for ammunition although rumour has often heralded their oriticised. Through the same medium.we wholesale colense, they feel that only the also learned that the Reichebag wad GEIRANT "E" SUPPLY OF FOOD AND KEN.

Whas always interested us keenly was end of the war can make lo a certainty formed that Ruhlbben prisoners of They therefore use all the opportunities pro-German sympathies were pressed into Germany's supply of food and of men. at their disposal for studying the march the service of the German army.

When the list of derman parrals began of events, discuss with cas another daily

Books, bioobuses, and mape were also to diminish, and the wives of prisoner and even hourly, the prospects on the prosurable through the camp bookseller sidens in Germany wrote that they had various fronts, sad compare with one and on the walls of many's home-box or difficulty in getting butter, meat," "egge, another their varying estimates of the the passage of the stables there were rice, sugar, cap; and other articien from duration of hostilities. Their opportuni pasted large maps of the various thestros time to time we realised that the country los for forming a judgment are more of war, upon which the course of opers was beginning to feel the "efeos of the plentiful than are commonly supposed. tions was followed from day to day.blockade. The letters, which were received and certainly more zumerous than those any men also cut cut from their papers from writer, Germany, whether at the disposal of the average English the small maps illustrating particular officially or otherwise, invariably told the man at home; for, although living in campaigns, and preserved them for future me tale of distress-the "difficulty to confinement in the enemy's country, they reference. As these various publications get food and the desire for an early peace.: know more of the 'conditions in Germany find to be ordered through the camp.

The German soldiers with whomi wa wero than they can read in the German paper: bookseller, the authorities could." "Yeep":"

abla to converse made no secret of their The three newspapers that are allowed check upon them and prevent the entry discontent; and is was because relations to be sold in the camp are the "Berlineret any printed matter that was considered between a became too friendly that they were all removed to barracks outside the Tageblats. "Yoasische Zeitung." and dangerone. **Berliner Zeitung am Mittag," which are given here in the order of their value

wounded at the front were cump We felt that things had come to a pretty pa when German soldiers pan channels of `intelligence, All these

Rabieber to convalesce!

sent to .༢. papers publish as a rule, not only the official reports of the Central Powers, but also those of the Allies, though the latter are generally printed in an obecure corner when they record conspicuous success The two former always devote consider able space to political affairs in England, and thus we were able to follow very closely the developments that led to the introduction of compulsory military service, and Ukewise the disturbances in Ireland Germany naturally rejoiced at the Irish rising, and devoted whole pages, with bold headlines, to stirring descrip; tions. In the early period of the war. the Tageblatt published a series of articles os conditions in England by Dr. Hans Vorst, which I have subsequently lained were pretty accurate as regards fagfs, and, which were quite temperate. Cla'tone ;- whiles sbe Amsterdam corres. pondent of the Vosische Zeitung" appear to waylay every acutral" traveller from England and squeeze iniscellaneous. bits of information from bim which the dishes up läso spicy articles.

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But three were by no means the only German papers at our disposal. For a great number of the men at Rubleben, previously domiciled in Germany were in regular receipt of the local news Papers from towns in which they had lived, and thus we were able to follow

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