INTERNED ALIENS.

Taihape Daily Times, 8 October 1919, Page 5

INTERNED ALIENS.

MARRIED MEN To BE RELEASED

ON PAROLE.

‘WELLINGTON, Oct. 7.

There are about 200 Germans and Austrians interned in New Zealand. Some of these are rnarried to New Zealand women and have children, and instances have occurred where their long confinement has caused financial embarrassment ‘to their wives and families_ I 3: order that these wives ‘and families who are in necessitous circumstances may receive further assistance, arrangements have been made for married prisoners of war to be liberated on parole. These men must obtain woi-ls, and the conditions attaching to their release provide that they must report to the police authorities and znuSt,not travel more than 20 miles from the town in which they reside without police permission. Par--ole may also be extended to prisoners whose state of health justifies their temporary release. Already about twelve. prisollers have been liberated.

It is understood that a VVellington resident has received a cabfegram from one of the prisoners who left by the Willochrato the effect that -he is returning to New Zealand. A cablegram is reported to have been sent from Spain, and it is believed the man "will be back in the Dominion very shortly. It is not known whether he has obtained a British passport to return to New Zealand or whether he succeeded in ‘proving he is a national of one. of the new European States. As far as the New Zealand authorities are concerned, all the evidence goes to show he is a German, and unless he possesses satisfactory credentials he will not ‘he allowed to land in this country_ .