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TREATMENT OF GERMAN SOLDIERS. OFFICERS REBUKED. EY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Nov. 22. One qf the most patent causes of the collapse ol' the German Army is* contained in a pending publication on the World War by Commandant Cbeitz of the German general staff. The writer publishes circulars issued by the Minister of War and also by Marshal Hmdenberg, calling the attention of pincers of the various armies to gross insults and offensive behaviour towards the Marshal Hindenburcc strongly rep rebended the officers, and proceeded to point out that the .soldiers not only suffered hv dishonourable acts am! humiliating insults, but the knowledge thereof provoked the greatest discontent among the civilian population. The War Minister’s admonitions to the officers stressed the fait that sol. diers had written bitterly complaining of their treatment. The Minister emphasised the fact that the army was then constituted of educated citizens worthy of different treatment than the army had hitherto been accorded. German historians explained the defeat- of the armies hv declaring that the civilian front had broken.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 24 November 1927, Page 5
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