TURKS TREATING PRISONERS VERY KINDLY.
LETTER FROM ADJUTANT IN ASIA MINOR.
BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN, FRENCH, AND RUSSIAN PRISONERS.
(Received September 12. 9.20. p.m.)
London, September 11.
An adjutant in a line battalion, who is a prisoner in a town in Asia Minor, writes: "We are living in one of the best houses, and are as comfortable as possible. We receive very kind and considerate treatment, and the Turkish officers are always most corteous. I receive monthly the pay of a Turkish officer of my rank, which is ample for my needs. There are nine British, three Australian, two French, 12 Russian officers and six submarine officers here. We received great kindness from the American Embassy at Constantinople, particularly in gifts of books. The climate is lovely. We are 4000 ft above the sea."
The Morning Post contrasts this treatment with Germany's harshness in half-starving her prisoners and her old-time brutality.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16021, 13 September 1915, Page 7
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