§ Mr. Sextonasked the Secretary of State for War whether the German Government fulfilled its obligation in the last war, 1914–18, in the matter of payment to British officers, who were prisoners of war, of salaries due to the officers, according to Vienna Convention; and, if not, by what amount did the German Government default?
§ Sir J. GriggThe German Government did issue pay to British officer prisoners of war in the Great War but at much lower rates than would have been payable under the annex to the Hague Convention respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land which was the operative instrument. No record was maintained of the difference between the pay actually issued and that which was properly issuable under the Convention.