EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS
BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE.
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) and Reuter.)
LONDON, May 17.
The Press Bureau states that in order to correct a misapprehension it is officially stated that the Government have for a considerable period advocated the release of fit combatant .prisoners of war for internment in a neutral country, but not for repatriation. It has been only possible to apply the policy to officers and non-commissioned officers, because Germany has hitherto refused to extend it to privates. As regards the repatriation of fit combatants, the Government has always acted in consulation with the Allies.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 114, 18 May 1918, Page 5
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