WAR PRISONERS
"^ OVER 40,000 BACK IN ENGLAND. (Received December 5 7, p.m.) LONDON ipeeember 3. Over forty thousand British. Var prisoners nave, arrived in England from Germany since the armistice was signed. QUEEN MEETS, WAR PRISONERSLONDON, December 4 ' The Queon greeted returning prisoners at Cannon Street station and ! shook hands Avith. many, She vdenounced the hameful ill-treatment that they had experienced. 'erzberger'S promise, ruthless punishment for CRUELTY. (Ree. December 5. 8.4,0 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, December 4 Berlin advices state- .that' J>r. Erzbei'gei- is opening a.. German War Prisoners Commission. Its nurposc is to investigate the allegations jhade : ol cruelty to prisoners. Dr. Erzbcrger has promised that ruthless, punishment will be inflicted on those avlio are convicted of ill-treating prisoncrff. FEEDING OF WAU PRJSOifERS. A RUSSO-GERMAN IMPASSE. (Ree. December 5, 8.40 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, December 4. It is reported liere t,hat the Russian Government b,as refused to admit one and a half million ,W P rlsl " ! oners from Germany, and ; has turn* ed them back from the frontiers. Tho incident is regarded seriqusly in Tserlin, because of the necessity of feeding such a- host. . . ( . ■,
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Grey River Argus, 6 December 1918, Page 3
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181WAR PRISONERS Grey River Argus, 6 December 1918, Page 3
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