HOW I MADE MONEY IN RUHLEBEN CAMP 301

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Author as he appeared on the Day of his Release from Ruhleben
_Frontispiece_
FACE PAGE

"The Bloody Night of September 11, 1914" 198

The Aftermath of the "Bloody Night" 226

Facsimile of the Pass issued by the German authorities to the
Author on his leaving Sennelager for Coeln-on-Rhein 238

PRISON ONE--WESEL

CHAPTER I

ARRESTED AS A SPY

"_Start August First. Book tickets immediately._"

Such were the instructions I received at Brighton early in July, 1914,
from Prince ----. A few days previously I had spent considerable time
with this scion of the Russian nobility discussing the final
arrangements concerning my departure to his palace in Russia, where I
was to devote two months to a special matter in which he was deeply
interested, and which involved the use of special and elaborate
photographic apparatus, microscopes, optical lantern and other
accessories. I may mention that the mission in question was purely of
scientific import.

During the discussion of these final arrangements a telegram was handed
to the Prince. He scanned it hurriedly, jumped up from his seat, and
apologising for his abruptness, explained that he had been suddenly
called home. He expressed the hope that he would shortly see me in
Russia, where I was promised a fine time, but that he would instruct me
the precise date when to start. Meanwhile I was urged to complete my
purchases of the paraphernalia which we had decided to be imperative for
our purpose, and he handed me sufficient funds to settle all the
accounts in connection therewith. That night the Prince bade me farewell
and hurried off to catch the boat train. My next communication from him
was the brief instruction urging me to start on August 1.[1]

[Footnote 1: I have never heard since from the Prince. A day or
two after the outbreak of war, upon joining the Russian forces,
he, with an observer, ascended in an aeroplane--he was an
enthusiastic and skilled aviator--to conduct a reconnaissance
over the German lines. He was never seen nor heard of again.
Searching enquiries have been made without result, and now it is
presumed that he was