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<p>[Page 47]</p><p>was deliberately circulated around the world, of course, but when English government ministers like Lord Curzon and Lord Robert Cecil or the New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr Massey, give credence to it by practically confirming it as an example of German brutality, and even seek to prove it, then the idiotic joke becomes a most blatant and despicable slander that should not be allowed even in wartime. Needless to say, such stories only fuel the anti-German propaganda in countries like India, China, Siam, etc where ancestry worship is particularly pronounced and religious emotions are easily stirred. It is simply the epitome of despicableness, destroying even the last bit of sympathy we may have had for the English and leaving behind nothing but hatred for all Englishmen.</p><p>31/5/17.<br />Since my last notes about life here in camp relatively little has happened. The most important event is the resignation in corpore of the committee that was elected 1 year ago, having carried out its</p>