l
journey from the West shock as from surprise
front to Potsdam. shock, the revelation of the
creation of a British
Army that had never
occurred to the German
soldiers.

8. As to the great "Hush! I have made inquiries
hush! machinery"--what is of British officials, and
one to call the attempt they tell me that it is
to keep the truth from absolutely untrue that the
neutrals by closing channel is closed to
English harbours near the neutral shipping when the
Channel to neutral shipping English hospital transports
for whole days at a proceed to England.
time--during which the This untruth is on a par
English ship-transports of with the others.
wounded proceed to England?

9. The figures published An interesting revelation
by the Ministry of War as to German casualty lists.
concerning the numbers of It is stated by this head
men dismissed from lazarets medical officer of Potsdam
(hospitals) are based upon that these lists are drawn up
unquestionable statistics. from the men _dismissed_ from
These statistics remain as lazarets (hospitals), that is
given--despite all the to say, this doctor admits
aspersions of our enemies. that the custom is now to
keep back the casualty lists
until the man is _discharged_,
whereas your British lists, I
am informed on authority, are
published as speedily as
possible after the soldier is
_wounded_. The whole of the
German wounded now in hospitals
have not yet, therefore, been
included in casualty lists--the
casualties which are forcing
the Germans to employ every
kind of labour they can
enslave or enroll from
Belgium