ospital. "A spirit of
contentment pervaded the camp. The British prisoners were well clothed.
I tasted the evening meal, consisting of a vegetable soup, which was
very palatable and, I should say, nourishing.... The citizens of
Goettingen have taken a great interest in the camp, and some of them,
notably Professor Stange, of the University, have given a great deal of
their time to the welfare of prisoners and the formation of classes for
study amongst them."

GERMAN HELP FOR PRISONERS.

The interest taken by prominent Germans in the welfare of prisoners of
war is little recognised in this country. The Berlin Committee (of which
more will be said later) has received considerable support. At the end
of June, 1916, a meeting in support of its work was held at the house of
Prince Lichnowsky, former Ambassador in London, who returned specially
from the front to preside. The Bishop of Winchester, writing in the
_Times_, tells us that many notable men and women were present, and that
at the meeting a collection of 8,000 marks (about L400) was made.

COLOGNE.

Mr. Michelson visited in April, 1915, the three Cologne hospitals in
which wounded British prisoners are lying. He reports as follows:

These institutions are so typical of large, modern, well ordered
hospitals that little need be said of their employment or
management. They are provided with all the machinery and
paraphernalia usual to surgical work on a large scale, contain
all standard and necessary conveniences and fittings, afford to
patients a maximum of protection in the matter of sanitation,
quiet and relief from preventable irritation, and are conducted
in a thoroughly scientific, professional and humane way.

The names of the 49 wounded British prisoners are hereunto
annexed. I personally spoke to every one of these men, and with
many of them I conversed privately and without being overheard.
With but one exception no English-speaking British prisoner had
any complaint to make, and a number of the British prisoners
eagerly expressed to me their appreciation for the care and
attention given them.

The physical condition of the Indians is particularly good. Only
21 deaths have occurred among the 1,000 wounded cared for in
hospital No. VI. since the war began, and the death rate in the
other two hospitals is correspondingly low. The physicians in
charge consider the rate to