RECAPTURE OF ESCAPEES

Evening Star, Issue 24006, 3 October 1941, Page 6

RECAPTURE OF ESCAPEES

INTERNMENT CAMP DISTURBANCE HOME SECRTARY'S EXPLANATION (British Officual Wireless.) (Rec. 1 p.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 2. Replying to questions relating to the recent disturbances in the camp in the Isle of Man, where a number of British subjects are interned under the defence regulations, and from which three recently escaped, and, after being recaptured at sea, were brought back, the Home Secretary said the demonstration when these were returned was due to misunderstandings regarding the treatment they_were subject to. The internees thought these men were being starved, when, in fact, they were given a meal by the naval patrol which captured them. The details of the disturbance, Mr Morrison said, had been highly exaggerated. In fact, no assault had been made on anyone, although the demonstrators did break some windows and caused damage to the buildings. Mr Morrison pointed out that the persons interned in this camp_ were not undergoing punitive detention, and in consequence the terras of their captivity had been made as easy as possible. In consequence, the maintenance of good order had been mainly entrusted to the internees themselves. If they were not able to govern themselves other steps would have to be taken. Mr Morrison said identification of the actual ringleaders was difficult, because of the darkness, but he proposed to transfer to prison certain persons in the camp who were most likely to have been responsible. The throe men who escaped would he tried by the ordinary criminal process on charges for offences alleged to ..ave been committed by them after their escape.

SICK AND WOUNDED

REPATRIATION AGREEMENT (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 11.15 a.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 2. ■An agreement has now been reached on all points regarding the repatriation of sick, severly wounded prisoners of war, and of personnel who under the Geneva Convention are entitled to claim repatriation. Two hospital ships will leave Britain about October 4, and the first batch of returning prisoners should arrive on October 5. The men will, go straight to hospital, but it is possible, after examination, that they will be allowed to return to their homes, unless they need further hospital treatment.

MAY VISIT BRITAIN

AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION (Rec. 8 a.m.) CANBERRA, Oct. 3. A proposal is afoot to send an Australian parliamentary delegation to Britain consisting of equal numbers of nonLabour and Labour members, to remain there three weeks, then visit the United States. The object is to enable the delegation to study Britain at war, inspect blitzed areas, and assure the British people of Australia’s determination to maintain the maximum war contribution. The invitation comes from the British branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association.

THE INTERALLIED MEETING

HAILE SELASSIE'S SUPPORT (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 10.50 a.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 2. Mr Eden stated, in a written reply, in the House of Commons that the British Government had received a communication from Haile Selassje expressing his desire to associate himself and Ms Government, wholeheartedly with the resolution adopted at the interallied meeting on June 12.

BRITISH SUGAR RATION

INCREASE TO TWELVE OUNCES LONDON, October 2. The British sugar ration is to be increased from Boz to 12oz, and the fat ration is to be increased to lOoz. In staple foods Britain is better off than this time last year or the year before, and in some instances better off than before the war.