On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 7, 8 May 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

"MURDERERS OF HARMLESS CIVILIANS." Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8 a.m.) London, May 7. Lord Albemarle begged the Government, lor the sake of the British, to treat the submarines as ordinary prisoners of war. Lord Lucas replied that separate treatment "was necessary, as the men were guilty of murdering harmless civilians. In the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil suggested that the belligerents should jointly request Switzerland to undertake the care of all prisoners of war. \ The Premier (Mr Asquith) doubted the practicability of securing a joint request or of accomplishing the proposal. He felt confident our treatment of the prisoners of war compares favorably with any country in any war. Our policy will continue. The maltreatment of prisoners of w;u. was uncommon, even in the dark ages. Many other fiendish devices had been left to one of the Christian nations of Europe to invent and elaborate. BRITAIN'S WARS. FLEET FOR THE DOMINIONS. (Received 8.40 a.m.) Loudon, ay 7. Mr. I' 1 . -M. B. Fisher, formerly New Zealand Minister lor Customs, interviewed at Vancouver, said that mauy people believed the day had come when Canada, Australia and New Zealand should equip a fleet suliicient ly strong !to protect their respective countries, thus relieving Britain ol these responsibilities, but all wished it to be made perfectly clear that all the Dominions agreed in Britain's wars.