Mr. C. WASONasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the treatment to which prisoners of war of British or Irish descent are subjected by the German authorities; that they are starved, systematically tortured, and ill-treated; and if he will consider the advisability of issuing a leaflet shortly setting forth some of the worst cases and circulating the same among our troops and also in the German internment camps and among German prisoners of war?
Mr. HOPEThe question of the treatment of all British prisoners in Germany will, of course, be one of the points that will engage the attention of the British delegates at the forthcoming Conference at The Hague. The suggestion in the second part of the question is a matter for the Ministry of Information.