PAYMENT OF THE PRISONERS
GERMANY EVADING HER OBLIGATIONS '("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services,) London, November 29. ■Mr. H. J. Tennant (TJnder-Secretary for War) stated that the War Office, having learned that British officers in Germany were not receiving pay to which they- were entitled under The Hague Convention, had decided to givo German officers in Britain only halfpay-
Officer prisoners of war must be given the same rate of pay as officers of corresponding rank in the Army of the country where they aro detained, the amount to he refunded by their own Government. .Members of the medical porsomiel in addition to their pay receive the same allowance as those of the capturing army. This obligation .does, not attach to the rank and-file.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2321, 1 December 1914, Page 5
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123PAYMENT OF THE PRISONERS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2321, 1 December 1914, Page 5
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