Arizona republican., 1916-12-30
BISHOP NICELY
 TREATED WHILE IN GERMAN CAMP
[Reoutllcan A. Q. Leased wireI

LONDON, Dec. 2g-The Rt Rev. l Herbert Bury, Bishop of the Anglican church for Northern Europe, the first and only Engiishman that has been admitted to Germany during the war, ! has just returned to England and given out q remarkable story which has been given prominence in the i British newspapers. Bishop Bury emphasized the courtesy of the Ger man military authorities. who were anxious that he should see the im- prOvements at the Ruhleben camp for | British prisoners 1t which the clergy man spent a whole week. Bishop | Bury's visit to Germany also form q 1 the subject of his sermon before his | crowded congregation.
 My visit was q great surprise to the men, said the bishop, 'as l am the only Englishman that has been admitted to Germany during the War l at once explained to them that l came after an imitation from tho German authorities and with the full sanction of my own government as Bishop of Northern Europe.
 ''I remained at the camp except for a visit to the war office d, Berlin. where the administration connec;e cd 1 with prisoners gave me an official re- ception, and for one day when ! berghe. | Was shown the whole life of the camp, and had my meals with the men in their lofts and horse boxes, and in spare moments received special messages for friends in Eng land
 q inspected the camp at Ruhleben from end 10 end. and addressed the men nightly. I held four services on Sunday l witnesse an exhibition ] h,l h gt ka for attended special concerts and in fact. participated in all the phases of camp life
 Tn all my varied experience l have never seen a better organized bit of community life The prisoners ad- mlnistered their own affairs entirely, and the German guard and the of ficial censor seemed to be there just to fulfil requirements.
 Among the 360O prisoners there is TO crime and the moral standard is much highter than is usual in a. com munity of such dimensions All kinds of civilizing, humanizing and spirit ual influences are at work As for food, the men practically live upon | their parcels from home. Every thing that goes to the life of the camp in the way of materials has been sent out from England or provided at the expense or the bIltlSn govern ment
 T may add that all letters from the men may be relied upon as ac- curate, as practically everyone With whom l came in contact said they found it so difficult to pursuade re- latons at home that they were not keeping something back The camp censor-a German Officer-is an ab- solutely fair and straight man, in full sympathy with the prisoners. AL though he could have done so had he wished he never once attended a meeting at which I spoke and l was allowed to bring away every note I made and every paper given to me.
 "In fact, I was never once inter fered with in the slightest degree from full and uninterrupted connec- !tion with the men from start to finish. On the last night of my stay obtained permission for the pris- oners to sing God Save the King, and this was repeated when l ad- dressed the whole camp in the open air I shall never forget the scene of indescribable enthusiasm.
 r. Bishop Bury's conclusion was that funder these conditions and the non-
 interference of the German author ities life at Ruhleben was not only 'rolerable but character building as an experience