§ 36. Mr. G. FABERasked whether Baron von Bissing, who has recently been released from internment on the ground of ill-health and allowed to enter a nursing home, is the brother of the late General von Bissing, Prussian military governor of Brussels, who ordered the murder of Miss Edith Cavell; and whether any British military or civilian, prisoners in Germany have been allowed to exchange their prisons or internment camps for nursing homes?
§ Sir G. CAVEI understand that this man is a half-brother of the late General von Bissing. I am not able to answer the last part of the question, but I would point out that Mr. Walter von Bissing is not a German prisoner of war, but a British subject interned under the Defence of the Realm Regulations; and, whatever may be the practice in Germany, I do not think it would have been right to put his life in danger by refusing him permission to go to a nursing home.
§ Mr. FABERIs it proposed, as soon as this man's health is sufficiently re-established, to re-intern him?
§ Sir G. CAVEThat is a matter to be considered.
§ Sir G. CAVENo, Sir. My answer involves the fact that I have not yet considered it.
§ Sir JOHN LONSDALEIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that a few weeks before the outbreak of this War this gentleman boasted of being a personal friend of the Kaiser? [An HON MEMBER: " So did Carson !"]
§ Sir G. CAVEI am not aware of that.