AUSTRALIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

TRUTH ABOUT GERMANS. BY INTERNED ENGLISHMAN. Sydney, Feb. 25. Mr. Carden Harvey, who was a resident of Germany for sixteen years, formerly .tutor to the Princes August, Wilhelin, Oscar and Joachim, and spent one year at the Ruhleben internment camp, has arrived. He confirms the reports of Prussian brutality. At the outbreak of the war Mr. Girden was English examiner for the German navy at Kiel. On November 6, 19M, all Englishmen were ordered to be interned. He was arrested, submitted to every indignity, and sent to Ruhleben, which originally Was a trotting course. The prisoners were housed in the stabies, six men in each loose-box. Some were so damp that they were never used for horses, but they were considered good enough for English prisoners, who will suffer from rheumatism all their lives. In winter the place was a quagmire, and the cold, hunger, and depressing conditions caused misery. The treatment meted out in military camps was' simply shocking. The Germans were a nation of bullies, with no sense of honesty, truth, or decency. They hate the English like poison, and have no mora religion than beasts. They are a nation of scoffers, a nation of rotters. They worship two things, and two alone, themselves and money. Mr. Carden added: "When I see sloppy sentimentality treating Germans nicely it positively makes me furious. They do not pay much heed to the unfortunate English people in Germany." ENEMY TRADE MARKS. Melbourne, Feb. 25. A proclamation has been issued suspending 450 enemy trade marks. RUSSIANS TO ENLIST. Melbourne, Feb. 24. Russians are permitted to enlist in the Expeditionary Forces instead of joining their own army. ANZAC DAY CELEBRATIONS. Sydney, Feb. 25. There is a movement on foot to celebrate April 25 a 9 Anzac Day. Mr. Pearce approves. CENSUS OF WAR SUPPLIES. Melbourne, Feb. 25. A proclamation authorises the collection of returns of stocks of ammonia, coal tar, soda, potash, glycerine, cotton, oils, fats, and other notifiable goods.