CONDITION OF PRISONERS.
Wo Exchange Pcssibia
(Australis & N.Z. Cable Association.) London, F jb 22 In the House of Lord', Led Newion tfcafc°d (bat 550 British civilians and 84,000 soldiers were held by Germany. An exchange of civilians with Austria hud not begun because, in exchange for a trtdof 200 British subjects, Austria sought to receive 11,000 Austrians who were interned ia Bn tain. The .rorvido at* treatment
of pi Loners of wet- in A ui-t.iia was in sharp contrast with .that of Germany.
England and France wer e negouating with Turkey wi.h a view to exchanging civilians.
Twenty p r cent of the soldiers who
were pnso'en said it was tu irua to teprenent Lluhleb n 0■ m i u i a bell upon earrb, aud oomnaied it as a paradise alongside British int-mment camps.
According So Mr Gerard c< adi iocs at llahleben L>d recently improved, but tbe G vernment was anxious to guard he condition of tbe British. Au exchange o‘ British and German prisoners was eriiieiy Loveless and had been temporarily suspended because of Germany’s cold-blooded ferocity,
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1917, Page 2
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180CONDITION OF PRISONERS. Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1917, Page 2
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