In the Commons.
London, Feb 27 In the Commons, Mr Winfrey said did Government not purpose to give the Minister of Agriculture power to declare agriculturalists indispensable. Mr Hope said a general exchange of all war prisoners w»b impracticable, as Germany had got many times more than Britain.
Hoa Bonar Law Baid owing to the unfairness of calling up Britieh subjects in localities where there were large alien populations, Britain and Russia had mutually agreed that their subjects be given the option of enlisting locally or returning to their own country. Mr Dillon protested, urging that political refugees ought to be allowed to immigrate elsewhere.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 March 1917, Page 2
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