GERMAN BARBARITY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16407, 30 December 1918, Page 7

GERMAN BARBARITY.

BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A BRITISH GOVERNESS. (By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian find N.Z. Oa'bls Association-) (Roceived D"ecembor 29th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 27. Miss Agnes Sliort, an English governess who became a member of the Belgian Red Cross in August, 1914,. has arrived at Liverpool, clad in nightdress, skirt, and clogs, and a soldier's blanket. A German oourt-martial in 1916 sentenced her to two years' imprisonment. The Germans alleged that she assisted Belgian youths to escape to Holland. Miss Short was shockingly treated in prison. She was fed on coffee made of dried chestnuts and mouldy black bread •which had been soaked and was unfit for pigs. Instead of a bath sho was hosepiped publicly each week, despite her objections against the indecency. The combings from her hair had to be saved and were used in making war material. When they were insufficient, each Monday the matron of the prison tor© a handful from the heads of Mis 3 Short) and other prisoners. Miss Short saw an English prisoner being inoculated. \\ hen tho German doctor saw the Union; Jack tattooed on his arm he slashed it savagely with his lancet.