WHO ARE THE HUNS?

226 The Triple Entente's Vendetta of Lies.
manner in which the French people are kept in the dark about
the war. He deplores the fact that the censors admit onlynews
that is favorable for the Allies and unfavorable for the
Central Powers, and objects especially to the suppression of the
German, Austro-Hungarian and Turkish bulletins of the day. It
would have been easy to avoid the surprise and consternation
resulting upon the Fall of Przemysl. He could only shrug his
shoulders when he saw how the French agencies published
the most fantastic figures of German losses, and compared this
with the fact that the French losses had been systematically
concealed since the outbreak of war. Another great mistake
was the form in which the French official bulletins were issued.
Hardly a day passed in which some serious set-back for
the Germans, the capture of hostile trenches, houses and mills
was not reported, but almost never was there an acknowledgment
of French losses. "But the public was at last growing
aware that the French losses must be heavy, and that the
French were standing in almost the same spot as last November.
By such means it would finally come to pass that no one would
believe a word of the official reports, and thus the faith of the
French people would be killed." *
1 The ,,Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" of June 12th, published
a supplement containing pictures from the French periodical "Miroir," taken
originally from German periodicals and reproduced with false inscriptions.
One illustration, "German Soldiers on the East Front take Bedding from
their Quarters into the Trenches," appears in the "Miroir" with the description:
"Plunderers in Alsace who are carrying off Bedding. The Soldiers Break
into Houses in the Most Brutal Manner and Drag away, Without Permission,
Blankets, Pillows and Mattresses."
On the 28th of February the same periodical published some six photographs
with the title: "What Happens to Woollen Garments Stolen in France."
Undoubtedly these are reproductions from photographs. By means of such
pictures, unheard-of accusations are levelled against our troops to the effect
that they had systematically robbed the peaceful population of France and
Belgium, in order to carry off bedding, woollen goods and garments and send
these to Germany where a carefully organized system for converting them to
military purposes had been devised. The tags to the pictures are meant to
convey the impression that looting had been scientifically organized amongst
us Germans. Our boys, so eager to help, do not escape calumny in this. With
the exception of the first, the illustrations are nothing more than photographs,
taken during our "Empire Wool Week." Their publication in the "Miroir"
gives one an idea of what weapons are considered permissible in France in order