REPATRIATION.
CHINA’S TROUBLES.
EXCHANGE OP PRISONERS. Reuter Message. - (Received This Day, 11 a.m.) LONDON, July 27. In the House of Commons Mr Hope announced that Britain and Germany had ratified the war prisoners’ agreement, providing for more lenient medical qualifications for repatriation and internment in a neutral country, the repatriation of the worst cases from Switzerland and internment in Holland. There are 7500 sick and wounded Anglo-German combatant prisoners, also 6500 officers and non-commission-ed officers who have been imprisoned for eighteen months, all of whom would be eligible for internment in a neutral, country. Holland would also provide for 2000 civilian prisoners, preferably invalids.
SQUE-CHUNG IN FLAMES. Times Service. (Received This Day, 11 a.m.) SHANGHAI, July 27. Troops are fighting at Sque-chung, and the city is in flames. The population is fleeing.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7912, 28 July 1917, Page 3
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