PRISONERS OF WAR.
SEVERAL NEW ZEALANDERS RELEASED.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received Jan. 9, 10.45 p.m.) LONDON, January 8. Two Netv Zealanders —Lieutenant Howard Ellis, Royal Flying Corps, and Private V. S. Pace—who were prisoners of war, have arrived in EngNineteen other New Zealanders have reached Switzerland. FOOD PARCELS RIFLED. TREATMENT GROWS MORE BRUTAL. LONDON. January 1. Red Cross letters from internees in Switzerland show that the treatment
of prisoners by Germany is growing worse. Their parcels are rifled. Sometimes food, soap, and cigarettes are chopped np together before being handed over. The guards lack and use the butt-end of the rifle. At Sehneidenmuhl (Prussia) the doctor frequently hits the prisoners with lus sword. Conditions at the. officers camp at Clausthal (Prussia) are’ disgraceful A French doctor is compelled to operate with rough and rusty knives. , , , , The letters breathe hatred of Germany and gratitude to the Red Cross
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4763, 10 January 1918, Page 5
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