REFUTING THEIR LIES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2560, 7 September 1915, Page 6

REFUTING THEIR LIES

'ANOTHER GEItMAN FABRICATION J EXPOSED. i -By Telegraph—Pxesa Association—Conyrielit ('(Times'- and Sydney: "Sun" Services.) i - London, September 3. i The Press Bureau states that :tho at"tention.of.'the Home, Secretary, has been it',:-* called: to an article in the German, nows- ; :■•■■■ ■■■■: papor '.'National Zeitungj'. professing: to': be based on a statement irom tho '. , New York 'Staats-Zeitung," making a: i , 'series"of- untrue statements regarding tho condition and treatment of Gorman • >women iand children in ; London. The :■' paper assorts that ■ they are. exposed to i.the fury of the mob whenever tlioy ven- : 1 . turo out of-doors, and ore compelled I®. to'-beg iti the streets.English; hatred, even to the extent of- the. shedding; of bloijdj ha's prevented them, from buying :' . their food/ the. mob clnsing them like ■': wild' animals/-and the;, police- not interfering. ' . ' The. Bureau • states The falsity -of these disgraceful statements is patent, s 1 but itfis. well to state briefly ; the actual conditions. Every German woman dcsirous to' return to Germany is .given facilities to do so, together with her '(■■■■ '■ children: Those who, are penniless, are ;l - assisted. ; Nevertheless, .'thousands';? of German women have made the most urgent application to the Biitisli ■ Govern-, 'sient to be allowed to stay, and, while ! - 'there i 6 a general policy, of repatriation, i - v-f exceptions' are granted in suitable.,cases. i'Tlie allegations' that German women t .'l and-children, are exposed to mob violence ' -aiid are not'protected by the policearo r..r. Wholly untrue.' '- Inquiries :at-. Scotland •- ; ' -''iYard-shov/s-that no- report of. such in-. : ' w ß tanoes'.'has.'ten received. .The state-: . .-mout regarding destitution.-.- is .equally. ■ "false. There have been, no instances of street hedging.",