14 APRIL 1923, Page 20

It is noteworthy that in this address to the Glasgow

Juridical Society Lord Justice Younger should have thought fit to discuss at length the internment of German civilians during the War and the confiscation of their property—subject, of course, to compensation by their own Government—to swell the reparation fund. Lord Justice Younger, from the legal standpoint, took strong exception to both these measures, while admitting that they were dictated by policy. He might, perhaps, have considered the question whether both measures were not forced upon us by the enemy. British subjects were interned and British property was seized in Germany early in the War, and retaliatory measures could hardly be avoided.