COMPARATIVE VERACITY
Sm,—In your issue of June 27th " Janus " writes: " In this authority's view the Russian military communiques are likely to approximate in reliability to our own rather than to the German " (italics mine). It is common knowledge that the German claims in the air and at sea are widely at variance from the facts ; but I am under the impression that the German High Command's military communiqués iri this war have been generally accurate. Can " Janus " produce instances to the contrary?
In view of the scarcity of news of the fighting in the east indepen- dent of the communiqués of the two High Commands, the point is of considerable importance.—I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
[" Janus " writes: I used the word " military," as it often is used, rather loosely to cover all three services. I agree that the Germans' strictly military communiqués have been in the main reliable.]
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