The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-28
GERMANY MUST PAY,
DECLARES ASQUITH
Premier Calls Prisoners Treat
mcnt "RpcOrd Of Calcu-
lated Cruelty"
KITCHENER IS EMPHATIC

LoNpoN. April 27-rn the House OF
Commons to-day Premier Asquith Sc
vcrely denounced as obviously discrim-
prisoners by Germany.
II say with all emphasis that when
we come TO end the war" he
asserted, I'VE shall not forget this hor-
rble record of calculated cruelty ana
crime. We shall hold It our duty to
exact such reparation against those
proved guilty as agents or actors as may
be possible
II do not think we should be doing
our duty to those brave unfortunate
men or honor our country and the plain
dictates Of humanity II We were content
with anything less than that"
In speech In the House OF Lords
Lord Kitchener said
81 have been forced with reluctance
to accept as indisputably true the
naltreatnfcnt by the German army OF
British prisoners. The Hague conven-
ton has been fsgrantly disregarded by
| German officers our prisoners have
been stripped and maltreated In various
ways, and In Some cases the evidence
goes 10 prove that they have been shot
In cold blood. our officers. even when
| wounded. have been wantonly insulted
and frequently struck"
Lord Kitchener said that as n soldier
he hitherto had always held officers OF
| the German army IN respect, but CON
| slant testimony that has come In. not
| only from our own escaped prisoners
| but from French. Russian, Belgian and
| American sources. has brought IL home
to all who have sifted the evidence
that the inhumanity displayed by the
German authorities toward British pris-
| oners especially Is beyond doubt
II think II only fair and right 10 say
| that the German hospitals should be
excepted In any charges Of deliberate
! inhumanity. There have been ird!ca-
| Tons of n lamentabie lack OF medical
sk.ll. and In individual cases Of neglect
and OF Indifference 10 suffering on the
| part of hospital orderlies. on the other
! hand there are statements from pris-
oners who have been released "a in
capaci'ated that their experience In the
hospitals dli not form any ground for
| spccis complaint
| Recently some Of our officers have
been subjected to solitary confinement
IN retaliation for the supposed treatment
81 Germans IN this country. The Hague
! Convention does not ADM. OF such con-
| ,ircment Of prisoners Of war.
Germany has for many years pose'
! before the civilized world rs great
military nation. She has abundantly
proved her military skill and courage
| But surely II was also for her to set NJ
a standard of military honor and con
! duct which would gain the respect. il
not tho friendship, OF nations Instead
she has stopped 10 ac's which will surely
! stain indelihly her military history. and
/ which would vie with the barblrous
| savagery of tho dsrvishes ~ Sudan.
"a do not think there can be a col
| der OF any nationality. oven among tn.
! Germans themselves. who Is not heartily
ashsmcd of the slur which has been thu,
brought upon the profession OF arms
The uslgcs ~ war have not only beer
ou-rar.d IVY the irf'cton OF crue''ics OF
British prisoners but br q contrvanc'
which must have arrested YOUR lord
ships attention the Germans have In III,
last week introduced method OF plac
ing their opponents hors de combat b.
the use OF asphyN.atirg and deleterinu
Eases. and they employ these poisonou
methods TO prevail when their attacks
according 70 the rules OF war. nigh
otherwise have failed"
Mr. Mooney. Irish Nationalist Nom
Der for Newry charged In the IIous
OF Commons to-day that j. p. Morga,
y Co. MS purchasing agents In Amer
lea for the British Admiralty and Wa
Office. had msuscd their position b
placing important contracts with firm
with which they are themselves affiliate
and by refusing tenders OF goods onl
TO purchas" the same gOols thcmsSlvc
az the tender price and sell them to III
| 1T Naf, CgaNs.a -f.f "a n
Mr. Mooney was In part seconded b
! sir Richard Cooper. tnionls'. TIL
r Chancellor. Mr.. Lloyd George. replied ;
, "Messrs Morgan & Co. were az
pointed by the Government their sol
agents in the United States FOR 40
mlrnlty and War Once requirements
with certain exceptions The arrange
ment was made TO insure efficiency an
economy. and tho Government hav
every expectation that the result Will b
satisfactory"