§ 58. Mr. BUTCHERasked the hon. Member for Sheffield (Central Division> whether he can state why private soldiers are not included in the provisions of The Hague agreement as to the release of British prisoners of war from Germany and their internment in Holland?
§ Mr. JAMES HOPE (Lord of the Treasury)The reason is that the German delegates at The Hague refused the proposal out forward by the British delegates that privates should be included in the transfer, to Holland of prisoners who had been over eighteen months in captivity.