HOW BRITISH PRISONERS ARE TREATED.
AMERICAN MINISTER'S REPORTS. Australian-New Zealand Gable Association. London, July 23. ' Viscount Grey (Secrotary of Stalo for Foreign Affairs), in acknowledging tho American Minister's reports on the conditions of the Gorman working camps for British prisoners, draws the attention of Mr. Pago (the American Ambassador at London) to the fact that the work in Eeveral of tho camps resembles •war work. Viscount Grey also refers to the case of Private Eddington, who was struck with a rifle ir- order to compel him to work whilo sick. The hours of work in most cases are twelve, and in one camp thirteen. Viscount Grey comments that tho hours are excessive for indoor work. The British prisoners in Germany total in number 26,071.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2832, 25 July 1916, Page 5
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124HOW BRITISH PRISONERS ARE TREATED. Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2832, 25 July 1916, Page 5
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