TREATMENT OF PRISONERS

Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 240, 12 October 1942, Page 2

TREATMENT OF PRISONERS

COMPREHENSIVE NAZI LIE COMING.

P.A. Cable.

LONDON, Oct. 11.

Wliile Britain intends to be flrm in its attitude regarding the manacl- ■ ing of prisoners, there is nevertheless real anxiety on the part of members of the War Cabinet to avoid any com- | petition in inhumanity, says the j Telegraph's diplomatic correspondent. j It is beileved in London that Ger1 many having made the gesture, may 1 abruptly abandon the v/hole matter. The German official news agency

stated: "'The German High Command will shortly issue a comprehensive survey of the treatment of German prisoners by the British. The British statement that no prisoners taken to England from Dieppe were bound does not apply. The Germans never stated they were bound. The German High Command, however, stated that a number of Germans temporarily taken prisoner at Dieppe were bound. The soldiers concerned have made sworn statements to that effect. In addition there are photographs of a labour soldier of the Todt organisation who was killed while bound. Apart from these indisputable proofs, the British War Ministry ean hardly make anyone believe that the military order of which the existence is admitted was not carried out. Regarding the British statement that four Sark prisoners bound had to be shot in order to prevent them making a noise, German quarters make the following comment: 'The Germans when captured, were barefooted or wearing only socks and shirts. It is absolutely ridiculous to declare that they were shot to prevent them making a noise. The shooting doubtless caused far greater noise. The British are mistaken when they say they shot four German soldiers. In Jact only two were shot. The other two survived, although one was wounded. Their statements have been drawn up in a legal document.' "