PRISONERS OF WAR

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10275, 9 May 1919, Page 5

PRISONERS OF WAR

SECTION VI

...Repatriation of Gorman prisoner* and interned civilians is to be carried 1 out by a Commission composed of re- : presentatives of the Allies and German Government, together with local sub-CoUinfissionsi Gorman; prisoners of war and interned civilians are to be returned Without delay by the German authorities at their own cost. Those under sentence for offences against disciplifae committed before May Ist, 1919, are to bo repatriated' without regard to the completion of their, sentence,"hut this" does’not apply in case of offences other than, those against discipline. Until the GoriniwT Government has surrendered prisoners guilty of offences against the laws and cU»tchnsof war, the Allies have the right to retain selected German' officers. The Allies have the right to deal at their Wli discretion with German nationals who do not desire to be repatriated, and all repatriation is conditional on the immediate release of any Allied .. Subjects still in Germany. The Gar- • than Government is to accord facilities . to. Commissions of Inquiry in collecting . ’information‘-Mth regard to missing.k prisoners of war and in imposing penal- . t who.haye concealed Alhcdnationals. The German Governfeimt is to restore all property belonging to Allied prisoners, and there is to bo a reciprocal exchange of-infor—-'j.hjion as to dead prisoners and their graves. SOI/DIEKS’ GRAVES. The Allies and the German Govern ment, are to respect and maintain tKc - ’ graves of all soldiers and sailors hurieC on- their territories, and to recognist and assist any commissions appointee -in-connection with them, agreeing alsc -to-'give any practicable facilities fin, ■ ■their removal and reburial.