f time to stay where they are." (l.c., p. 40.)

One caution must, however, be given to the readers of Bishop Bury's
book. The conditions of the camp during the excitement and interest of
his visit could not be the normal conditions. The frightful monotony of
the long confinement does not obtrude itself in his book. Yet there is
no doubt, I fear, that internment everywhere (at Ruhleben, as elsewhere)
is becoming "intolerable." To live, as at Alexandra Palace, day and
night, for _years_ in a great hall with more than a thousand others must
become almost destructive to any sensitive nature. But (to quote Dr.
Siegmund Schulze once more) "We ought not to conclude from this that we
are justified in making reproaches.... in respect of the treatment of
prisoners, but rather conclude that we should work energetically towards
the termination of the war."

Dr. Cimino, very, and very naturally, anti-German as he is, writes:

The only real suffering we experienced at Ruhleben was from the
cold.... The fact is that he (Count Schwerin) was as
kind-hearted an old soldier as ever fondled an English wife, and
loved his English prisoners.... He used to take part in our
daily life as much as possible.... As to the concerts, he was
always present, _et pour cause_; he was passionately fond of
music.... at the end of the concert he would make his little
speech, and we filed out. But one night we gave him a rousing
cheer, and the whole crowd struck up, "For he's a jolly good
fellow." ("Behind the Prison Bars in Germany," p. 95).[26]

As to the food question, we must not forget that the blockade against
Germany and the pressure upon neutrals have been continually increased
in stringency. Up to October, 1915, Mr. Gerard could write as follows of
Ruhleben:

The food material is excellent and the cooking, as I have
stated, is attended to by the prisoners themselves, those doing
the cooking receiving payment from the British fund, with the
exception of 150M. weekly allowed for cooks' wages by the German
authorities. The prisoners are given, if they choose, a
bread-card, and are allowed to purchase extra bread--the
Kriegsbrod, which we all use in Germany and which is quite
palatable--at the price of 55 pfennige a loaf. Food also, as I
have stated, can be purchased in the canteen at prices very much
less than food can be purchased in Berlin, and at very much less