GERMANS LEAVING BRITAIN.

Taihape Daily Times, 23 September 1919, Page 3

GERMANS LEAVING BRITAIN.

LONDON, /lugu.s*.; 2:). The decision of the 3.’al‘is Council to repatriate prisoners of war prior to the general ratification of ihe Peace Treaty rids Britain of the cost of inaiiitaining 300,000 prisollel‘s in English and French camps, and releases 100,000 soldiers acting as gum-. Els. . Mr Winston C,“l1u;c:{1?:i, Secl.:(-,1;a1-y of State for VVal', eiiiphasises that the outlay, which aggregat‘)3 .!:f)o,l‘af.vo ciaily, far outweighs the a(lv.mt::ge derived from the en’iployi)'.ent of the pa-isoners, 20,000 of whom are employed in farming. Manufacturers in va."ious- districts are keenly anxious that the G-:-vern-mnet should not permit any -}el'mzms .to.remzlin in or return to England. ._. The Eiiiployel-sf Association at Elto_tillgham are pledged to bo_veott for 10 .‘ye2ll'-5 any local firm einl‘poy'ul_9,' fol'm'er enemy aliens. 0‘ U. A leading manufacturer s-Iys:—-“We have not forgotten that Germans ,who made fortunes at Nottingham slipped away on the eve of war and wrote us insulting letters. We have warned alliforeign agents not to employ Germans if they desire to con.tinue handling Nottinglham goods.