NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 1914.
Mr. George Haven Putnam.
DEAR SIR: Now that you have shown your "true" spirit of neutrality
toward Germany, would you not be kind enough to give us a similar piece
of your wisdom and describe in detail the way the Russians acted in East
Prussia during their short stay there, and how they murdered, tortured,
and assaulted women and girls, and cut children and infants to pieces
without even the provocation of "sniping"?
This, your new article in THE TIMES, I anticipate with the greatest
interest.