GERMAN TREATMENT OF FRENCH PRISONERS
PEREMPTORY DEMAND FOR AN EXPLANATION. Parts, March 5. Regarding the German employment of French prisoners behind tho lines, the Government has given Germany a brief period within which she must re-ply.—-Aus.-N.Z-. Cable Assn. (Roc. March 6, 2.50 p.m.) London, March 5. At llio German War Minister's direction thousands of war prisoners wiil be employed on the German lines as a "reprisal." This is generally regarded as a preliminary to future atrocities. The "Daily Mail" describes it as "on infamy," and says: "Doubtless ir, is intended to use these prisoners as screens in the cominc battles. Similar assertions preceded the previous use of Belgian screens and gas." . The Paris newspapers urce neutrals to intervene.—The "Times."
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3021, 7 March 1917, Page 5
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119GERMAN TREATMENT OF FRENCH PRISONERS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3021, 7 March 1917, Page 5
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