'PREVENTIVE ARRESTS'
DISCLOSURES IN THE GERMAN > REICHSTAG
Australian-New Zealand Oabl« AsiOoiMon. Amsterdam, October 29. Startling disclosures were made in the Reichstag during a debate on "preventive arreste." It was.stated that 424 persons are'now incarcerated, of whom 189 aro merely suspected of espionage. There are 1053 cases in which restrictions are imposed on residence. The military use arbitrary, powers, and subject those they arrest to various forms of mental torture and hardships. The prisoners include Rosa . Luxembourg, whose influence was feared; girls of seventeen, and high diplomatists who had represented Germany abroad.. Socialist members alleged that "preventive arrests" were being employed against people who were politically objectionable Dr. Helfferich, Minister for the Interior, defended the system.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2916, 31 October 1916, Page 5
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115'PREVENTIVE ARRESTS' Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2916, 31 October 1916, Page 5
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