[Illustration: PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AUTHOR TAKEN IN THE YARD OF THE PRISON IN BERLIN, JUNE, 1917] MY THREE YEARS _In a_ GERMAN PRISON BY HON. HENRI BELAND, M.D., M.P. Illustrated with photographs specially secured in Belgium and Germany TORONTO WILLIAM BRIGGS 1919 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO MY OLD MOTHER CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I IT IS WAR 1 II THE GERMAN TAVERN-KEEPER AND THE BRABANÇONNE 9 III “THANK YOU” 13 IV DOING HOSPITAL WORK 14 V THE CAPTURE OF ANTWERP 25 VI THE EXODUS 33 VII A DAY OF ANGUISH 39 VIII THE GERMANS ARE HERE 46 IX A GERMAN HOST 53 X THE WORD OF A GERMAN 59 XI BRITISH CITIZENS 64 XII MATTERS BECOME COMPLICATED 69 XIII A DESOLATE MAJOR 77 XIV IN GERMANY 87 XV THE STADTVOGTEI 91 XVI LIFE IN PRISON 98 XVII MEALS À LA CARTE 105 XVIII ACTING JAIL PHYSICIAN 116 XIX INTERESTING PRISONERS 127 XX MACLINKS AND KIRKPATRICK 137 XXI A SWISS AND A BELGIAN 144 XXII SENSATIONAL ESCAPES 160 XXIII HOPE DEFERRED 170 XXIV A COLLOQUY 176 XXV INCIDENTS AND OBSERVATIONS 185 XXVI TALK OF EXCHANGE 195 XXVII TOWARDS LIBERTY 203 XXVIII SOME RECOLLECTIONS 213 XXIX OTHER REMINISCENCES 224 XXX AN ALSATIAN NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER 242 XXXI IN HOLLAND AND IN ENGLAND 252 XXXII THE MILITARISTS AND THE MILITARIZED 268 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The Author _Frontispiece_ The Digue at Middelkerke 12 Madame Beland at Starrenhof 38