PRISONERS OF WAR.
ATTITUDE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, Noon). LONDON, August 13. In the House of Commons Mr Hope asked whether the Government were attending to the question of conferring with Turkey regarding prisoners, similar to the recent Hague Conference with Germany. Mr Bonar Law said the Crown law officers had advised the Government that it was illegal for British subjects to confer with enemies without the Crown’s license. The Government had decided not to grant permission. He pointed out that the American, French and Italian Governments had decided similarly.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7918, 14 August 1917, Page 3
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