30 NOVEMBER 1918, Page 3

Evidence of the barbarous ill-treatment of our prisoners in Germany

continues to accumulate as our unfortunate men return. Our Government.have warned the German Higher Command that they will accept no excuses for the shocking condition of many prisoners mow being released, and that:they will exact full reparation for their sufferings, either in kind or from the German officials responsible. The German Higher Command, after trying to pretend that our men were suffering because of the armistice, has promised to do its best for the prisoners. The threat that the commanders and guards of the prison camps will be brought to account must be carried into effect. The trial and punishment of these brutes will be a hating lesson for Germany and a vindication of the Hague Conventions which she has trodden underfoot.