GERMAN INHUMANITY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 348, 27 November 1915, Page 2

GERMAN INHUMANITY.

Private P. Crowley, of the Royal Irish Regiment, has returned to his home near Cardiff, after having been a prisoner of war since October 12 months ago in Germany. He was captured at. La Bassee. He stated that bis treatment while lying on«the battlefield was most, inhuman. When 'the first German approached, he asked for a djrop of water, but received a kick in the ribs instead. He repeated his request to the next German, who gave Mm a drink of coffee, and then struck him with a rifle, fracturing Crowley's shoulder. The severity of the blew can be gauged when it is stated that the brutal act was committed eleven months ago, and Crowley still has his shoulder in bandages, and carries his arm in a sling. Together with others, he was sent to the prisoners' camp at Stendall, in Saxony, where the medical treatment was of a very high standard. While at Stendall, the British prisoner were compelled to salute a statue of the Kaiseir. If they refused they were imprisoned for three days. The German tried to force our men to walk over a pavement which had been covered with Union Jacks, but the British refused and 'had to suffer for it.