MR PERRIS’S ACCOUNT.
_. . THE GERMANS AT LAON
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LONDON, October 16. M. Perris writes. It is incorrect to say that the Germans took hostages from Laon during the retreat, 'twenty four inhabitants, including 12 women, were deported in January and interned on the pretext that France liad acted similarly in Alsac-e, but these were leturned *to Laon, or repatriated to France in April, in accordance with the Berne agreement. The Mayor of Laon was removed on Saturday, not as a hostage, but ostensibly to give an account of his stewardship of the American Relief Committee. It is evident that the real reason of his removal was to prevent lus speaking to his countrymen. Three hundred mobilisable men were also taken. . The American Relief Committee alone prevented actual starvation at Laon.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1918, Page 1
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134MR PERRIS’S ACCOUNT. Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1918, Page 1
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