EXCHANGE OF WAR PRISONERS
EXTENSIVE SCHEME UNDER WAY STATEMENT BY MR. BONAR LAW ffiec. May 20, 5.30 p.m.) T ~ „ London, Jlay 28. Tn the' House, of Commons Mr. "itonar Law cuiilirmed (lie report thai the Government was licjjiitiiiHnj ior an extensive scheme of o.uhnnginj. prisoners, following broadly the linos of the KnmcoUerman scheme. Tho negotiations include provision for tins release of civilians :is well as for wnr prisoners, but ho could not j,ay whether tho imestion ol prisoners interned in neutral conntries would bo raided. ' ' ill , . Lan Mncnhti-eou (Undo'-Secretary for War) stated that of sisty-fivn thoiisand Gorman prisoners in England fortytwo thousand were employed at apiculture. There Ktre groat diiliculties in the way of employing them in-lbc coal mines. ■-Reuter.
„ , ' London, Mav 28. \ Heutor learns that almost siniul- ' laiicously with the Uritish decision to ! exchange alt war prisoners couiiiuinicii- ! lions have been received from Germany, I through the Dutch Government, which ' is now awaiting an assurance that thn \ bases already submitted by Britain are ! accepted by tho German representatives. I -Router. ■■■- . I
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 215, 30 May 1918, Page 5
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172EXCHANGE OF WAR PRISONERS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 215, 30 May 1918, Page 5
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