A DEAR LETTER.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 19 June 1917, Page 2

A DEAR LETTER.

GERMAN WOMAN PAYS WITH HER LIFE.

A story of the cruelty of tie Kaiser's minions towards women that is almost unbelievable came through the mails to a Canadian resident recently. That the story was permitted to pass the German censor, it is believed, was due to the fact that the individual handling this particular piece of mail desired to impress upon the world at large the punishment Emperor William imposes upon those who question the Kaiser's authority. The missive related conditions existing in Germany, told of insufficient food, how old people were virtually dying for want of nourishment, and pitiful sights in the homes of those residents of Germany where there were young children. The food dictator doled out only as much as he deemed sufficient to keep the people alive. In contrast to these home conditions, the people in their hunger "told of how well fed the soldiers were.

Further on in the letter the woman wrote that she had suffered so much and her family -had been so reduced for want of food that she felt as though she could kill the Kaiser if she was given the opportunity.

All of these details the German censor permitted to pass uncensored. Then at the bottom of the letter was a line in the handwriting of the censor, stating she was condemned to be executed this morning.