Note 28 — Chapter I · INTRODUCTORY

See the Appendix to the Bryce Report, pages 25-29. Any one who reads the depositions of the Belgian witnesses there set out, and compares them with the depositions of the German soldiers in the White Book cannot fail to be struck by certain notable differences in quality. The Belgian witnesses never generalise, they betray no malice, and they mention instances of German forbearance. The exact converse is true of the German evidence. Lord Bryce’s Committee came to the conclusion that they “have no reason to believe that the civilian population of Dinant gave any provocation.” (Report, page 20.) See also the Eleventh Belgian Report (Rapports officiels, page 137).