79. Sir H. DALZIELasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the German prisoners working on farms between Lewes and Uckfield are each morning conveyed to their destination in first-class carriages although there are always many third-class carriages available and empty; whether indignation has been aroused among passengers assembled on the railway platform; and whether he can say who is responsible for allowing these men to travel in luxury and ease while our own soldiers in Germany are being systematically starved and brutally treated?
Mr. HOPEI am informed that German prisoners travelled first-class from Lewes on one occasion only, in consequence of the neglect of a railway official in not having previously reserved a third-class compartment.
Sir H. DALZIELIs my hon. Friend aware that half-a-dozen third-class compartments adjoin those reserved for the British soldiers?