In pursuance of their decision to deny British hospital ships
exemption from submarine attack, the German Government have stopped the exchange of British and German incapacitated prisoners, who have hitherto been convoyed to and from Holland by a British hospital ship, on the ground that " this method of transportation can no longer be regarded as safe." They accord- ingly declare that " transportations of severely wounded to and from England can only be considered by means of one of the Dutch paddlo-wheel steamships which have been guaranteed safe conduct from the German side, or by means of a hospital ship to Southern France outside of the maritime zone, inside of which traffic has been prohibited, and from there to Switzerland." If the Nether- lands Government consent to the employment of one of their ships for the purpose, the future repatriation of German and English civil prisoners will then be effected in the same manner.
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