BRITISH PRISONERS IN GERMANY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2454, 6 May 1915, Page 6

BRITISH PRISONERS IN GERMANY

IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR TREATMENT London, May <1. The Press Bureau states that the A'meiic.in Embassy in Berlini reports 'tint British ofliwr. m impfisonmJ at Hut's »ud ilagclebiug in separata cello,

They, are allowed only two hours' exercise m tlio prison yard dailv, when tliev are permitted to converse.' Germany dcclarcd that she would afford them the same treatment as submarine prisoners captured from German submarines when Mr. Page, U.S. Ambassador to Britain,'was able to report. Air. Page now reports that Micro is no solitary confinement of the , submarines' crows, but that the men .have; separate bedrooms, that the officers mess and the men similarly. The omuai'A hiYa tArvanUn. wi iUar.A ma i.

gymnasium and outdoor and indoor recreation quarters. The accommodation is excellent. The report adds: "Britain and Germany allow tlio prisoners books and tobacco. The food is good. Britain elso provides money." HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. London, May 4, 1.15 p.m. liirough the American Ambassador, nf alls have promised for arrested ofneors the same treatment as Genu an. submarine crews received-Mil England. PRISONERS IN TURKEY FROM THE BRITISH SUBMARINE Elo. Athens, May 4. A message from Constantinople states that British prisoners from the submarine Elo (which went aground in tho Dardanelles, and was later blown up by the British), were marched through Constantinople, wearing fez caps, and finally taken to Izmid. The British Vice-Goiifiul, Mr. C. E. P. Palmer, has been detained for courtmartial. He is charged with acting as a spy on board tho submarine.