ON PAROLE.
PRISONER OF WAR AS RESERVIST.
Thai; lie had given Iris parole while a | prisoner of war not to take part in liiili- , tary against the German Umpire was the ruiusiial reason for an appeal from miliItai'y service made by a resident of Auckland, recently called up in the ballot; At the outbreak of war appellant was ill the German Cameroons and was impris-, oiled, bub on August 1-U, 1014, was released on parole. The document which appellant signed was forwarded to the Military Service Board for inspection. It was typewritten in both German and English, and was headed ''lmperial Force of Kamerun, 'Kribi Detachment." The undertaking given by the prisoner when released read as follows: "British subject (name and date and place of birth written in) has been released from cap-, livity of war on August 10, 1914. after having pledged his word of honor to the Commander in Kribi, ©bor-Leutenant Reder, by handshake and by signing a protocol to adhere to certain conditions, including the following: (1) To remain neutral during the time of .the present •,var; especially not to undertake any hostile action against the German Empire, including the German colonies or against the allies of the German Eippire. (2) Not to spy; especially not to send any communications about the German forces or measure of war to any foreign country; not to send out native spies or to permit any spying to go on with their knowledge." The undertaking was signed hv the prisoner and the Commander. Prisoner was subsequently allowed to depart, and returned to New Zealand, j The question as to his liability as a J reservist and his position under the New Zealand Military Service Act was made the subject of an opinion by the Crown Law Office in view of the provisions of The Hague Convention and the operation of the International Law. The Hague Convention, to which Britain has subscribed. states: "Prisoners of war may be sot at liberty on parole if the laws of their country a,llow, and in such cases they are bound, on tlieir personal honor, scrupulously to fulfil, both towards their own Government and the Government by which they were made prisoner the engagements they have contracted. In such ..cases their own Government is bound neither to require of nor accept from them any service incompatible with the parole given." An opinion was forwarded bv the Soli-citor-General, but this was not disclosed, for when the appeal came before the ■Military Service Board yesterday it was announced that appellant had been medically examined and classed as fit for home service only. The appeal was therefore withdrawn, and the question involved did not come up for argument.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 October 1917, Page 6
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449ON PAROLE. Taranaki Daily News, 24 October 1917, Page 6
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