Reveals Germans Breaking Prisoners Of War Convention
LONDON, November 19. The German Government’s discharge of its obligations undfer the Prisoners of War Convention were described fay the War Secretary (Captain Margesson), in the House of Commons, as not having been satisfactory in certain respects. In particular, he said, no information had yet been furnished as to the rations of German troops, and he was not satisfied that British prisoners were receiving the full scale of clothes to which they were entitled. A few cases of overcrowding had been reported, and there had been one or two cases of action by German authorities which appeared to be in contravention of the convention relating to collective punishments. If he got information that the Germans were not carrying out their obligations he at once informed the protecting power in Germany, and tried to get the matter rectified.
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Northern Advocate, 20 November 1941, Page 5
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