BRUTAL GERMAN NURSES.

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 85, 12 April 1917, Page 8

BRUTAL GERMAN NURSES.

PROSTITUTION OF THE RED

GROSS

TORTURES OF TANTALUS

[Prkbs Association.] (The Times Service.) (Received April 12, 2.10' p.m.) , LONDON, April 11. The -Times's Berne correspondent says that revelations oi systematic brutality by 'Gentian women Red Cross nurses towards British wounded are made by scores (fii soldiers of all ranks reR-ased from German prison camps. Oi\ the long journey through Germany if is ;i common amusement of the'f-e women to tempt the wounded, who are at the" last extremity of huuger raid blurs b, 'by holding L'-d and -drink before them, and then ;-n}itehin<| it :r.vay. Many begging iov \i drinl had,;coffee, soup, and water tendered.1 At the last moment ;t. "gentle ' nurse spat into it. Frequently the wounded, had to drink the defiled stuff, while the women laughed. Another common, entertainment wna to offer :> giass of water and then pour it slowly on the ground. Cases of physical maltreatment of (rounded by German nurses were Equally common.* They not only refused to attend to their wants, but regularly insulted and spat upon the wounded. They even struck and jcicked bandaged limbs in order to increase the pain. The .correspondent adds-. _ /he truth is that the German^ Red Crows is merely a branch of militarism. It prostitutes the sacred sign and ■shames its name. ; h, ; hns forfeited all: right., to be l-egjirdad- as an ■organLsatiop. of- liuhinr.ifcy.''