General Keller's Letters to his Wife.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume xxii, Issue 6458, 30 December 1904, Page 2

General Keller's Letters to his Wife.

One of the most interesting contributions to the history of the war will be General Count Keller's letter to his wife. They contain much important information concerning the organisation of the army and the conduct of the troop?. Whole regiments were without uniforms or proper clothes: others had no boots; the defioiency of the sanitary arrangements was appalling, and confusion vas general. General Keller expressed himself very strongly concerning tho capacity of many of his colleagues. His jopinion of Kuropatkin was not high, and his views on several others would not form pleasant reading for the officers concerned. In General Sassulitcb, however, his confidence was greater, and h« professed great admiration for the common soldier. Countess Keller has been persuaded by friends, and especially by somo persons connected with the Government, to postpone her intention of publishiug these memoirs abroad until after the war. Their publication at the present moment would produce a painful effeut in Russia.