The Government call upon Germany to remove all British prisoners
at once to a distance of not less than thirty kilometres
behind the firing-line ; to treat prisoners humanely and properly ; to allow Dutch representatives to visit the prison camps ; and to undertake that no British prisoners shall henceforth work in the salt-minee, where the sufferings of prisoners have been particularly intense. Unless Germany acts on this warning within a month, the British Government' in concert with their Allies Will take such re- prisals on German prisoners in this country as may be deemed necessary. In any case—and to our mind this is the most important part of the Government's ultimatum—Germany is to be held " responsible for the unlawful and inhumane treatment of prisoners." The Allies will " take all stops in their power to ensure that the persons responsible for these outrages shall be punished for their misdeeds."
