THE WITTENBURG DISCLOSURES

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 85, 10 April 1916, Page 8

THE WITTENBURG DISCLOSURES

FURTHER REVELATIONS

HUNS GET BUSY WHEN AM, "IS ■ .DONE. '

j (Received. April 10, 1.55 p.m.) ,JiONDON. April 9. In" connection with the Wittenburg /disclosures, some, of the conditions '■described iA ..th? report .t>r» most .abhorrent. . • Dr. Priestley mentions that ho attempted to b"rush.. tho dust from a patient's clothes. .The dust proved to be a -moving mass of vermin. .Other incidents arc oven more appalling. The report allows thati Dr. Priestley sand others set to work and with admirable r-oworii of organisation evolved ortier out of chabs. They collected "\British patients in one bungalow and ■Jresolved-th'sit the best food, clothing, .and bedding obtainable should be provided for the £>ii.;fr. Gradually: they •overcanuv the epidemic, the arrival of w armor weather in April greatly • -facilitating:tyhiv patients 5 recovery. Only then did the Germans begin to assist.- They erected a steriliser, but ■fche work was riot pressed, and was finished ■-.»■ fortnight after the last British case had recovered. They also built a hospital bungalow, but the epidemic was over before it was completed.