31. ‘Life at Ruhleben. Conditions in the Prison Camp’, The Times, Saturday, 16
January 1915, p. 7.
32. Powell, (note 6), p. 5. Apparently, disinfectant had to purchased by the
prisoners themselves.
33. However, Ambassador Gerard, op. cit. (note 10), made an acerbic observation in that; ‘The man who finally appeared as head of the camp was an excinematograph proprietor, named [Joseph] Powell … Naturally he was always
subject to opposition from many prisoners among whom those of aristocratic
tendencies objected to being under the control of one not of the highest caste in
Great Britain …’.
34. The British relief fund provided four or five marks (four/five shillings) a week
for each prisoner channeled via the American Embassy. All who received this
money however, had to sign a note to say they would repay the British
Chancellor of the Exchequer when in a position to do so! See, op. cit.
(note 28).
35. Ambassador Gerard, op. cit. (note 10), expresses some frustration here; ‘… I
found it impossible to get the British prisoners to perform the ordinary work of
cleaning up the camp … always expected of prisoners themselves … With funds
furnished me from the British Government, the camp captain was compelled to
pay a number of the poorer prisoners to perform the work … an allowance of five
marks a week permitting them to purchase little luxuries …’.
36. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 122.
37. Powell, op. cit. (note 6), p. 18.
38. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 68.
39. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 111.
40. Harvard Law Library, Cambridge, MA, Ettinghausen Collection, Box 5, File
16.
41. ‘Life at Ruhleben, Improvement in the Lot of British Prisoners’, The Times,
Tuesday 22 June 1915.
42. Powell, op. cit. (note 6), pp. 11–12.
43. See Chap. 18 regarding Penn Mead flatlets … ‘they must be modern’.
44. Although we know that Robert was never held in any form of ‘pro-German’
barrack. From file FO 383-312, National Archives, Kew. See Sect. 14.4 in
this chapter.
45. Adapted from Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 2.
46. From file FO 383-279, National Archives, Kew. See Sect. 14.4 in this
chapter.
47. Mein Leben mit Fritz Haber, Spiegelungen der Vergangenheit, (My life with
Fritz Haber, reflections of the past). From, Margit Szöllösi-Janze, Fritz Haber
1868–1934: Eine Biographie. C. H. Beck, Munich, (1998), her reference no.
123, ‘Ch. Haber, Leben, S. 157’, p. 747.
48. The explanation appearing in Szöllözi-Janze, op. cit. (note 47), p. 177.
312
D. Sheppard
January 1915, p. 7.
32. Powell, (note 6), p. 5. Apparently, disinfectant had to purchased by the
prisoners themselves.
33. However, Ambassador Gerard, op. cit. (note 10), made an acerbic observation in that; ‘The man who finally appeared as head of the camp was an excinematograph proprietor, named [Joseph] Powell … Naturally he was always
subject to opposition from many prisoners among whom those of aristocratic
tendencies objected to being under the control of one not of the highest caste in
Great Britain …’.
34. The British relief fund provided four or five marks (four/five shillings) a week
for each prisoner channeled via the American Embassy. All who received this
money however, had to sign a note to say they would repay the British
Chancellor of the Exchequer when in a position to do so! See, op. cit.
(note 28).
35. Ambassador Gerard, op. cit. (note 10), expresses some frustration here; ‘… I
found it impossible to get the British prisoners to perform the ordinary work of
cleaning up the camp … always expected of prisoners themselves … With funds
furnished me from the British Government, the camp captain was compelled to
pay a number of the poorer prisoners to perform the work … an allowance of five
marks a week permitting them to purchase little luxuries …’.
36. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 122.
37. Powell, op. cit. (note 6), p. 18.
38. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 68.
39. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 111.
40. Harvard Law Library, Cambridge, MA, Ettinghausen Collection, Box 5, File
16.
41. ‘Life at Ruhleben, Improvement in the Lot of British Prisoners’, The Times,
Tuesday 22 June 1915.
42. Powell, op. cit. (note 6), pp. 11–12.
43. See Chap. 18 regarding Penn Mead flatlets … ‘they must be modern’.
44. Although we know that Robert was never held in any form of ‘pro-German’
barrack. From file FO 383-312, National Archives, Kew. See Sect. 14.4 in
this chapter.
45. Adapted from Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 2.
46. From file FO 383-279, National Archives, Kew. See Sect. 14.4 in this
chapter.
47. Mein Leben mit Fritz Haber, Spiegelungen der Vergangenheit, (My life with
Fritz Haber, reflections of the past). From, Margit Szöllösi-Janze, Fritz Haber
1868–1934: Eine Biographie. C. H. Beck, Munich, (1998), her reference no.
123, ‘Ch. Haber, Leben, S. 157’, p. 747.
48. The explanation appearing in Szöllözi-Janze, op. cit. (note 47), p. 177.
312
D. Sheppard