should fly, but then, I am not a Government.
Thank goodness ! It is the British Press with
its hypocritical denunciations of the Bolsheviks
that I have in mind at this moment. They
have supported every infraction of liberty by
the Government. They have hounded the
Government on to “ intern them all,” to pass
laws which make it almost impossible for many
foreigners to set foot in this country, and these
are the people who denounce the Bolsheviks
for putting political offenders and aliens in
prison.
The sixty British soldiers already mentioned could often be found in theatres and concert halls. You would find them occasionally on the streets during the day and the evening, and each carried a pass, which protected him wherever he might be found.
I do not believe there is any other Government in the world that would have treated prisoners in this way. In addition, all the prisoners I saw, whether in or out of prison, were dressed in ordinary clothes. British soldiers in khaki, and civilians in ordinary attire. When I remember the German prisoners—the huge patches with which we decorated their clothes—the anxiety with which we endeavoured to make them as ugly as possible, and the punishment meted out to any person who bestowed a little kindness upon them, I am tempted to say, that in
