THE HUNNISH WAY.
ILL-TREATMENT OF PRISONERS
OFFICERS' LETTERS .READ IN
PARLIAMENT
SH.VRP .REPRISALS ADVOCATED.
(Received May 6, 10 p.m.)
London, May 6. Lo-d Robert Cecil, in the House of Common?, quoted letters i'rora officers bitterly complaining of their treatment in Gr>rm:my under the reprisals ordered by the Government, and the Kai3er. The writers were encouraged 'by German officials to > elate ihei'r experiences.
Lord Robert Cecil said he hoped Mr Asquith would; bo persistent in his intenticn to exact reparation at the end of tho war, hoy. c-ver highly-placed tlie criminals. «.- Mr Asquith reiterated his previous i '".ledge. Mr Boivir Law, referring to German methods of warfare, faid he hoped we wouM Oi.sregard any convention preventing ns from effectively doling with enenr'es showing no respect for conventions of any kind. W..- "might without loss of national dignity reverse the poliev of submarines, and if everything failed to bring redress wo might confiscalo all German property within the Empire.
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Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13771, 7 May 1915, Page 5
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157THE HUNNISH WAY. Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13771, 7 May 1915, Page 5
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