§ 29. Sir A. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any information regarding the conditions in the two so-called reprisal camps in Posen Stalag XXA and Stalag XXID; and whether the German Government has now acknowledged that no German officers were ill-treated in Canada?
§ Mr. LawInformation has been received that the conditions in Stalag XXA and XXID are not satisfactory. No communication has yet been received from the German Government to the representations that have been made through the Protecting Power.
§ Sir A. KnoxIs the hon. Member aware that a letter from an officer at XXID states that they are living in a cellar which was constructed in 1856, with no plumbing, no sanitation, and no daylight allowed into it? Can anything be done by the Government to put this right?
§ Mr. LawEverything possible is being done through the medium of the Protecting Power; but my hon. and gallant Friend must realise by this time that we are fighting an unscrupulous foe, and it is not within our power to bring any further pressure upon him directly than we are bringing now.
§ Sir W. DavisonWill my hon. Friend say that there is no ground for suggesting that the German prisoners in Canada are receiving anything but good treatment?
§ Mr. LawSo far as I am aware, there is no ground whatever for any such suggestion. They are in a camp which was previously occupied by Canadian officers, and to which, before that, people paid to go for their holidays.