TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 October 1918, Page 1

TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

[AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION’] LONDON, Oct. 29.

Captain Gray, a Now Zealander, who has boon repatriated from Germany, lias thanked Sir 'l'. Mackenzie for the attention }t;ivon to. prisoners letters and parcels. In Germany prisoners certainly couldn’t survive without the food contained in the parcels. _ Lieutenant Juriss, a New Zealander, serving with the British army, returned to England after twenty-five months as ii prisoner in Germany. He spent most of the time in Clansthal Camp, commanded by one of the notorious Niemegor brothers. Juriss fully eomfirms the had treatment of prisoners, especialIv privates, who are treated a hundred per cent, worse than officers. Clansthal is known as the ltobbery Camp. The officers had n do lie it to make up m contradiction to the h’roiberg Camp, where there was always a surplus. Niemeger admitted to Juriss that prisoners alwavs were robbed at Clansthal by those in charge of the canteen, The had treatment the officers consisted of mental torture. They were searched several times weekly. Any little thing purchased to make the camp more cheerful was destroyed. When NeimoC er found the men enjoyed sports, lie promptly forbade them. During the German March offensive, the comfhandjuit hypocritically • declared that he regr«tto'<i to hurt the officer, 1 ; toolings,

while be gloatingly gave exaggerated accounts of the Ormans’ victorious progress. He gave them details every few hours, lie couldn’t understand the Britishers remaining cheerful in smelt circumstances. . Soldier slashed with bayonets the Kai ser and Hindonburg on the \va*- loan posters. The guards latterly treated the prisoners better, and umlisguisedly expressed their contempt of their own officers.