TREATMENT IN GERMANY

Taihape Daily Times, 25 February 1919, Page 5

TREATMENT IN GERMANY

Captain Enos, of the Cheltonia, sunk off Marseilles by a submarine in June, 1917, has reached his home at 'Aberystwtyth, after eighteen months 'imprisonment at Holzminden camp. At Holzminden there were 700 officers of the sea and land forces from all parts of the Empire. "The commandant (Niemeyer) was a beast, and I hope the English Government will get hold of him," said Enos. "Here I had Lieut. Robinson* V.C., for my neighbour, and the commandant did everything possible to annoy Robinson. One day the commandant objected to the army officers wearing shorts, and put three of them in cells for protesting that it was a regulation dress of the British army. The next day the officers paraded in all kinds of rig-out, some without caps, others without Coats land proper boots. When the German officer came on parade no one saluted. Turning to the guard, he said, 'lf I give you orders to shoot, you are to shoot to kill.' At this the British broke into jeers, and they were driver? into the barracks at the point of the bayonet."