§ Sir RICHARD COOPERasked the Prime Minister if it is the duty of any Department of the British Government to make a record of all illegal actions perpe- 898W trated or ordered by the commanding officers of enemy forces during the War, with a view to demanding, at the conclusion of hostilities, that the offenders shall be brought to trial; and can he say if similar provision is made by any of our Allies?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWRecords of breaches by the enemy of the rules of war are kept by the various. Departments primarily concerned, and arrangements for co-ordinating the different cases have been made by the Foreign Office. I have no precise information as to what is being done by the Allied Governments, but, as the hon. Baronet is no doubt aware, several of the latter have published, and continue to publish from time to time, particulars of illegal acts committed by the enemy.