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THE SPREAD OF SPOTTED ( TYPHUS. GERMAN GENERALS. ACQUITTED. and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 11, 5.5 p.m.) LEIPZIG, July 11. Genbral ■v on Shack and General ■von Kruska, charged with causing ” the deaths of French prisoners in 1915 at Nieder-Zwehren, have been acquitted. The French witnesses were withdraw®. An Alsatian interpreter testified that precautions were not taken to prevent the spread of spotted typhus, which was introduced hy verminous Russians. General von Shack proved that he was not responsible. General Kruska pleaded Ah at it was then not known that the 'vermin carried disease. He wAs ordered to mix „the prisoners for the purposes of local labour. He was personally not, responsible. Doctors treated the victims for bronchitis. Several attendants on the doctors’ personnel died of the same disease. '
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10950, 12 July 1921, Page 6
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