§ Major ASTORasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the feeding and treatment of prisoners of war is regulated by any international agreement or convention; whether Germany was a party to such contract before the War; and whether he will enumerate the conditions laid down and accepted in such international agreement?
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§ Sir E. GREYThe feeding and treatment of prisoners of war are regulated by Articles 4 and 7 of the Annex to The Fourth. Hague Convention of 1907, to which Germany was a party; Article 4 of the Annex provides that prisoners of war must be humanely treated; Article 7 provides that the Government into whose hands prisoners of war have fallen is charged with their maintenance, and that in default of special agreement between the belligerents, prisoners of war shall be treated as regards rations, quarters, and clothing on the same footing as the troops of the Government which captured them.