GERMANY.
THE WAY OF THE HUN. BRUTAL TRUATMICVr Oi' i'IiISONERS. The Hague, Mav 17. British anil other soldiers it tlie Rcliiipulcmiih! eanip are compelled to v.-ri-k on farms and in mines, chiefly in East Prussia and Poland. Miiny are deprived of their letters, and their food parcels cannot be delivered in the absence of the addressees. IParis, May I*. The Bulletin des Armees, which has been published, states that a notice is placarded \i\ German prisons and war camps that all work allotted to prisoners will be enforced, even connected with war operations, and a refusal will be punished by a deprivation of food and sleeping accommodation and being exposed to the winds or having the rooms heated to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, also by being beaten with the butt of a rifle or a bayonet. Many British, French, Russian and Belgian prisoners nave been forced by threats to work in war factories The French Government threatens retaliation. ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL LIE. Received May 18, 5.5 p.m. London, May IV. The German semi-official clerical paper "Ofrniania" declares that at the outset of the war Austrajia was whole-heart-edly on England's side, believing in the righteousness of the war; also fearing that Germany, would embroil Japan and Australia (but now their enthusiasm is (lead and recruiting is nil. The paper quotes McEUiot, an Adelaide Parliamentarian, who said that Australia's debt to England is now discharged, and that it was probable a strong peace movement would arise in Australia wherewith London must reckon.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1916, Page 5
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