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Show COLEMAN IS ASKED ! FOR EXPLANATION , WASHIXGTOX, Oct. 10. Secretary Garrison today called on Captain Lp - rt Colemau, U. S. A., who returned : from Europe yesterday with Assistant -Spivetary Breekinriigp. for an explanation explana-tion as to the correctness of published criticisms of the German army attribute'! attrib-ute'! to him. which nft'icials deem a vio-:!a;ifiD vio-:!a;ifiD of President Wilson "s prohibition partisan discussion of the war. Captain Coleman was quoted as saying !fci observations led to th conciusiou ilbai the so-called German atrocities were ' lb" result of orders from high German ! m;!itarv authorities and not the work ! of individuals, and that the German? Inl never aaiii get as near to Faris a? ihy have ben. 'i Captain Coleman arrived in Washington Washing-ton today and spent some time at. the headquarters of the coast artillery, 1 o lvliifh branch of the service he is at-tacbprj. at-tacbprj. The officer had not yet re- feived the request from the secretary of war for an explanation of statements 'attributed to him and would make no . uatemcnts. |