‘but her compassion seems to be reserved almost exclusively for Germans. She shys [sic] away from any allusion to suffering and privations in Great Britain.’18 Nor did Lady D’Abernon leave Violet Bonham Carter in any doubt as to the true state of affairs in Germany: ‘Believe me,’ she told her, ‘the Germans are not suffering as they say. There is no great poverty here. 95% are living in plenty, 5% are starving.’ After visiting Berlin’s poorest district herself, Violet tended to agree, having seen ‘nothing one could compare to our slums. All the streets are wide, the houses big and built with
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