CANADA DEEPLY STIRRED
PUBLIC ANGER OVER SIIACITLlNG.
P.A. Gable.
NEW YORK, Oct; 10.
The New York Times Ottawa correspondent states that nothing in this war has so roused public anger as the German shackling of prisoners. Though it is not definitely known that Canadians have been chained, the German statement specifically mentioned the Dieppe prisoners, most of whom are Canadians. It was hoped that the British threat of reprisals would deter the Nazis, most Canadians ref using to believe that any Government could impose unmerited punishment on defenceless persons, but now that Canadian resentment is fully roused, the demand for reprisals has been universal, and, despite reluctance to break humane laws regarding the treatment of war prisoners, the Government had no alternative. So far only soldiers have been chained in Canada, the order not applying to air force and naval prisoners. v —
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 240, 12 October 1942, Page 5
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