The Better Germany in War Time: Being Some Facts Towards FellowshipPicton, Harold W. (Harold Williams)
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The Better Germany in War Time: Being Some Facts Towards Fellowship
Picton, Harold W. (Harold Williams)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals, charities, etc.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, German
At this point the game became specially interesting. Dr. Rotten
was aware that Herr H.’s brother and his family had been closely
in touch with the Emergency Committee, and had received
considerable help in difficult and distressing circumstances. In
recognition of the assistance given to his brother, he at once
offered to lend to the camp, for the period of the war, a
spectrometer and prisms valued together at 1,650 marks. The 900
marks collected were thus released to be used for other
enterprises. Herr H. also sent a warm message offering to
receive his brother’s children, who had lost their mother during
the war, and to welcome his brother as soon as he was free to
cross to Germany. He also offered to provide him with anything
he might desire to help him pass away the weary hours in camp.
We learnt that the brother had been studying French, and now
wish to take up Spanish, and he has therefore chosen a set of
Spanish instruction books as what he would like best.
The game still continues. Other well-known scientific firms in
Berlin have been approached and interested in an effort to
provide material for scientific work in Ruhleben, and we have
received a request from Dr. Higgins to follow up an effort he is
making to provide similar assistance for some men at Knockaloe,
about whom he has written to various University professors and
business friends in England. Herr H. has also sent us a list of
nine firms whose principals he is acquainted with, to see if
they also will help in like manner.
A spectroscope I believe, is an instrument which takes a ray of
light and proceeds to spread it abroad. A fine instrument!
W.R.H.
The ray of light is spread by reprisals of good. When the nephew of a
friend of mine was let out from Ruhleben on a fortnight’s leave, and
received “overwhelming kindness” from his German hosts, what was it that
so specially drew out their kindness? The fact that their own son,
interned in this country, has been befriended here. (P. 105.)
A BABY CASE VISITOR.
Yet, in spite of all the efforts of sympathy, suffering, in camp and
out, grows ever greater as the war continues. Here are two short stories
of February, 1915, as reported to the Committee on this side. If, for a
moment we can forget our passions, the sufferings of these, our
fellows, must touch our hearts. Nearly four more years have passed and
we know that greater loneliness and sorrow must have come to these
hearts, as to so many more.
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