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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;German Aliens&#039;&#039; is a letter written by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Conan Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a> published in the <a href="/wiki/Daily_Mail" title="Daily Mail">Daily Mail</a> on 28 october 1914. == Letter == File:daily-mail-1914-10-28-p4-german-alien...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;German Aliens&#039;&#039; is a letter written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] published in the [[Daily Mail]] on 28 october 1914.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Letter ==<br /> [[File:daily-mail-1914-10-28-p4-german-aliens.jpg|250px|right|thumb|[[Daily Mail]] (28 october 1914, p. 4)]]<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;From Sir A. Conan Doyle.&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> To the Editor of The Daily Mail.<br /> <br /> Sir, — Your correspondent &quot;M. B. J.&#039;s&quot; remarks are beside the point. I have said nothing about German aliens. In fact, I reluctantly acquiesce in their internment, for though I believe them to be in the main inoffensive people, it is just that they should suffer for the methods of their country as exemplified by Stieber, Graves, and others.<br /> <br /> The eases I mentioned were those of Germans long naturalised with British wives. If these are to be treated exactly as the aliens are, then a British naturalisation paper has become as faith-less a document as a German treaty.<br /> <br /> A London newspaper quoted the other day with apparent approval the case of a citizen whose windows were broken because he harboured, two distressed Germans. The same paper referred to the people who had subscribed to a fund for helping destitute German governesses, music masters, and others as &quot;comforting the King&#039;s enemies.&quot; This is not patriotism. It is pure caddishness, and hurtful to our national reputation.<br /> <br /> ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Complete Works|Back to Complete Works]]<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]</div>

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