HC Deb 21 April 1915 vol 71 c249
20. Mr. JOYNSON-HICKS

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the desirability of translating the White Paper on the treatment of our prisoners in Germany into German, or at all events Major Vandeleur's Report, and distributing it amongst the German prisoners in this country in order that they may, by writing home, draw a contrast between the conditions in the two countries?

Mr. TENNANT

Letters from soldier prisoners of war in this country frequently express warm appreciation of their treatment during the time they have been in our hands, and I think it is best to trust to the influence of these spontaneous expressions of opinion to bring home to the Germans the fact that their fellow countrymen are well treated. Whether the prisoners of war, if furnished with a translation of the White Paper, would in their letters to Germany draw the contrast suggested is, I think, very doubtful.