MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1918, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

HORRIBLE SUFFERINGS.

GERMANY.

Received*" Nov^-'2l;.?f : sis''p;m. Paris, Nov; 20. Further details <o£'the horrible suffer-* "lngs of British and other prisoners, wlro! Jiave been released from Germany under' the armistice terms, have caused widespread indignation. They show that the-, men were turned out of the campa practically foodless, and forced to trampover desolated caantry in th&mostfbitter' weather. Few had coats, ami tlie soles, were dropping from their bootß, AmmM ber died .on the roadside.-T-aus. and- NJZr ; Ca!ble Assoc

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ABB EaSPEaSE: s Beeei^^Nov^.^'-Skpsn. ionaonj-So-vSaO!:. j their prtSSi aeconnts of aSSsh prisoners axxfringu Sat Ksncy,ail •dition, ttear faces pindßad and theSltt ;feees held togefiher with string. Soma 'were wearing horse-cloths send womacte

gamnente, while all were tenancy, 'hungry. They -had been treated like' ! states.

. Several 'hundred British were last in the woods of the <ftateau line, and )3?rench soldiers, on searching, discovered hnndretf dying- from hunger and Jfatigue.

The newspapers, are making (angry (protests against the enemy's barbarity r . Mrich is increasing daily.—Aus. N.Z. [>Cable Assoc.

HOSTAGES DEMANDED.

ALSO NAMES OF CAMP COMMANDANTS.

Received Nov. 21, 5.5 p,m.

London, Nov. 20. The suflerings-of released British prisoners have caused a sensation in Britain, the camps being compared to the Black Hole of Calcutta and other historical barbarities.

The papers suggest that prominent Germans should be demanded as host-, ages for better treatment, and the names of the commandants of the prison camps peremptorily demanded. The Daily News says that if such crimes continue the armistice will be gravely imperilled, as civilised states cannot tolerate savages on their borders.—Renter.

WHEN WAR BROKE OUT. HOW THE NEWS WAS- SENT. iTO-iEVERY PART'OE THE EMPIRE. Received Nov. 21, 9 pjn. London, Nov; 20. Speaking at tihe Empire Parliamentary Association, Mr. Harcourt told a dramatic story of how the Empire we were at war. When the ultimatum time limit had expired at midnight her sent out war telegrams, and within seven minutes the whole Empire knew,, and before morning he lhad received acknowledgments from every colony and" protectorate, even -the islets of the Pacific. So the grim machinery began revolving in perfect order, and because in ■ Belgium a war book had previously" "been prepared, and it was at that moment locked in the safe of each of theGoveniors and Commissioners, they knew at once wtoat- to do.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. "

THE MEAT TRADE. AN AFTER-THE-WAR, SCHEME. BY-AUSTRAIASIAK IMPORTERS, i Received: Nov. 2i, 7.45 p.m. London, Nov. 20. Tie Australasian section of the Incorporated Meat Importers' Society has formulated a scheme for afier-iihe-war' trading for submission to the authorities. The main object is to encourage-the -Empire's meat output. j It is suggested that Australasian, im-1 ports shall be freed from Government control simultaneously -with the foreign, j at latest in September, 1919, and that refrigerated tonnage 6»iould first be allocated to Imperial products, tat, ini order to ensure ample supplies from! ptlier sources, a bonus of a farthing per j pound be granted to the Empire's meat-! works, and one-eighth of a penny to J foreign and British-owned works, on condition that the former allocate 75 per* »cent. of the output, and the latter «M •■per cent., to tJoe British i&raeing tie entire import trade. j

It is also suggested, to prevent lor-* eigners dumping cheap meat, that the? Government shall buy all such meat r reselling it through USie association. T3ie scheme win be "all British," including production, shipping, finance, and distribution.—Ans. jftX Cable Assoc.