GERMAN CRIMINALS.
NEVER INTENDED TO SEND
THEM TO PACIFIC
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
Received February 21, 8.20 a.m. BERLIN. February 20.
Speaking in the Reichstag, Harr Dernberg, Director of the German Colonial Office, stated that it was never proposed to transport to German colonies in the Pacific Ocean criminals under sentence, but only persons who had undergone imprisonment, in order to give them an opportunity of rehabilitation. However, the scheme had been blocked by financial difficulties, without mentioning international considerations.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9030, 22 February 1908, Page 5
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79GERMAN CRIMINALS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9030, 22 February 1908, Page 5
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