Arizona republican., 1917-09-10

afterward took violent exception to the report which I made upon his | camp However, I am pleased to say that he reformed, as it were, and l was informed by my inspectors that he had finally made his camp one of the best in Germany.
 1 Much as 1 should have liked to, l could not spend much itme myself in visiting the prison camps many duties and frequent crises kept me in Berlin but members of the em- bassy were always travelling in this work of camp inspection.
 For some time my reports were published in parliamentary White | Papers" but in the end our govern ment found that the publication of these reports irritated the Germans to such a degree that the British government was requested not to publish thm any more. Copies of the reports were always sent by me both to Washington and to Lon don, and handed to the Berlin for eign office
 ReprisaIs Over Submarine Prisoners
 While Winston Churchill was ar the head of the British Admiralty, it was stated that the German sub marine prisoners would not be treat ed as ordinary prisoners of war, but would be put in a place by themselves on the ground that they were pirates and murderers and not entitled to the treatment accord cd in general to prisoenrs of war.
 Great indignation was excited by this in Germany; the German govern ment immediately seized thirty-s seven officers. picking those whom they supposed were related to the most , prominent families in England, and placed them in solitary confinement |, few were confined in this way . in Cologne, but the majority were . put in the ordinary jails of Mag f deburg and Burg.
 Q As soon as I heard of this, ac. a companied by MT. Charles H. Rus. sell, Jr., of my staff, I went to Mag deburg, using my ordinary pass fol |, the visiting of prisoners. The Ger. II man authorities told me afterwart if they had known I was going tt ', make this visit, that they would II not have permitted it, but on thi. V occasion the corps commander sys tenn worked for me. Accompanied d by an adjutant-in peace times o local lawyer-from the corps com r mander's office in Magdeburg ant ,f other officers, I visited these Brit 'i ish officers in ther cells in the com a tnon jail at Magdeburg. They wer, 5 in absolutely solitary confinement t each in a small cell about sever n fet long and four feet wide. Som Il cells were a little larger and tn prisoners were allowed only one hou Y of exercise each day in the court D yard of the prison. The food givel Y, them was not bad, but the clos ~ confinement was very trying, especi ., ally to Lieutenant Goschen. son o n the former ambassador to Germany = who had been wounded and in tn ,a 10 hospital at Douai. Among them 't cound an old acquaintance. Captai |" Robin Grey, who had been often i Jew York
 ", The German authorities agreed y correct several minor matters ( N, which the officers complained an ,', ,' then we went to the neighborin 'n town of Berg, where other officer :. 10 were confined in the same manne .o and under similar conditions in tn er er county jail After visiting thes .a prisoners and obtaining for thel N-o from the authorities some modif
 cations of the rules which had bee
 established, we visited the regula
 officers camp at Burg.
 Officers Prison Camp at Burg
 This was at that time what
 should call a bad camp, crowded ar
 wit hno space for recreation. Lat,
 conditions were improved and mol
 ground allowed to the prisoners ft
 games and recreation. At the tin
 of my first visit I found that u
 commander polite but peppery O
 ficer, was in civil life a judge
 supreme court at Leipzig. the highe
 court in the empire. AS I had be-
 judge in the state of New Yo
 we foregathered and adjourned f
 lunch with his staff to the hotel
 Burg.
 After Churchill left the British a
 miralty his successor reversed
 ruling, and the submarine prisone
 were placed in the ordinary co
 finement of prisoners of war Wh
 the Germans were assured of tn
 the thirty seven officers who h.
 been in reprisal lpaced in solita
 confinement, were sent back to O
 dinary camps. In fact, in most cas
 send them to what were call
 good" camps.
 Release of Lieutenant Goschen
 Lieutenant Goschen, however,
 came quite i'll and was taken to t
 hospital in Magdeburg. At the tir
 of his capture the Germans had tc sne in answer to my inquiries tn
 he was suffering from a blow
 the head with the butt end of
 rifle, but an X-ray examination
 Magdeburg showed that fragmer
 of bullet had penetrated his bra
 and that he was. therefore, hart
 a fit subject to be chosen as c
 of the reprisal prisoners. t, To hot s& : Wn first place, violation of all dip fn iain he