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REPATRIATION OF ALIENS, should have the option of being released Attorney-General's side. He declared

DIFFERENTIATION URGED,

into Great Britain. Surely those who that it was quite impossible to entertain INTERESTING DISCUSSION IN THE

had abused British hospitality had no in our midst a population," a consider LORDS.

fonger any claim again to enjoy that his able proportion of which had abused auɛ/ pitality. (Hour, bear)

assisted Germany in the forging of plant hospitality, as they had plotted and

In the House of Lords on March 24th, At present the country was passing the Archbishop of Canterbury asked for through a very critical time at home, information as to the principle which these persons were interned in the first England was awake; the Labour party

for the destruction of the country governed or regulated the compulsory Instance because they could not be trust repatriation of easing aliens who had ed to be about. Their sympathies were Prinic Minister sa fall his electing pro- was awake; and the country required thờ - been-interned during the war. When the under suspicion, and if they were hostile | mises. war began, it was obvim, he said, that

to this country before the war it was public safety was the supreme law, and

not likely they would be better dis- it was necessary that internment should in done it a complete and thorough Surely the first duty of the Government posed towards it since their internment." He was told that if the hiawn towards the people of this country tarian bereafter had acess to the papers It was common "wledge that a large in the Government offices it would come partion of cur domestic trouble was due out how very few really native-born to an align element--not necessarily Germiana were “proved to have been open alien enemies, but persons of foreign ex to legitimate suspicion, or who had been.

manner.

He understood that Herr Kuhlmann, in an intercepted message, had stated and he had only to deal with what he that when he got rid of Marshal Foch called the stupid French and the idiotie Yankees, he would be in Paris, in sve or six years, and would eventually get all the strings into his hands Could there be any doubt that the Government-

actualis proved guilty of acts of espion.traction and he failed to see why we were right in their determination to

rated, and would not avail ne now.

crasticntion could no longer be tale-

should add to that number by releasing settle the alien "question once and for all ages He had not the slightest doubt that the people The policy of the Govern-The Government rightly recognized that what was done with regard to internment was right, but now the position was bad get to go, and there was no reason

ment was that those who were interned the old policy of postponement and pro changing. The fighting was practically think that policy would be varied over; pence was in sight, and presumably other than in exceptional cases. Those internment would come to up end. What aliens who were not interued would have he desired to know way whether there an equal opportunity of stating their was going to be a wholesale repatriation, ease' to a tribunal before any action was and, if so, of whom. Was it to be of taken with regard to them the men only or the mên and their da pendents as well!

He supposed that

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DIFFERENTIATION ADVOCATED.

The Marquis of Crewe said he did not

had listened would be received with un

HIMAN BEINGS OR, PESTS,

The Bishop of St. Asapla asked whether we were going to regard the florands ag human beings" or as pests that might to be exterminated

He shuddered at a policy frst of all of revenge and then of indemnity. We were a chivalrus paople, and the adoption of a policy such as that indicated by the Marquis of lincolnshire would tarnish our reputation for ever..

alloyed satisfaction. (Hear, heart) It was generally agreed that those who had should be severely dealt with, but the abused the hospitality of the country question, of the treatment of interned men was very different. Some were to

guarantee against violence" from our man." terned for their own protection and as

many of the men could not even speak think the answer to which their lordships German, that many could speak very little German, and hath practically no friends "in Germany Many of them had English wives and families, and their sons, some of whom had been killed, had been fighting on our side. Hisobject was that if this matter were badly hand- led they might wake up CUTLER, PALMER & CO. hence to find that we had inadvertently a few years

permitted a great wrong. Therefore it did seem that they were entitled at this moment to ask that the matter should be, dealt with. He asked what the jutru

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thought that the answer to the question Lord Buckmanster said he should have- addressed to the Government weld have been perfectly simple, namely, propose to do justice to each individual ÷

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(Henr, tear.) To lay down a

said that deportation was the natural of people must be unjust. While ile- own countrymen. When the noble eari general rule applicable to n general body

people found it very difficult to see any of any undesirable alien, the (invern sequel to interament, a great many guarding the country from the presence tious of the Government were so far as English wives and children of enerpyportation without reference to the past which could be urged as a reproach. logic in that proposition. General dement should see that nothing was done aliens were concerned. Were they to be allowed to go to Germany? If so. Great of the persons concerned except birth, against us in the years to come. In all Britain would lose a large number of was asked only on two grounds, neither such questions as this it was. England, of which could be considered particularly that had always set an example to be young people who were entirely English. He knew that throughout the Govern-honourable. In the first place there were proud of. Should we be proud if we pient had been faced by extraordinary those whose patriotism boiled over until took a difficulties, and he believed they had it became persecution. They were quite people, tore them from the homes they body of perfectly defenceless tried to act with perfect. fairness, but honest and straightforward people, who had built up in this country, from their he was profoundly anxious that this thought that because a man

wasf English wires and English children, and country should not, through lack of care, German birth he was to be treated as a

threw them back into the country of do something now which we would be species of vermin. There were others their origin, of which many of them had, afterwards sorry for or ashamed of

who simply desired to turn al Germans for ipwards, of a quarter of a century, (Hear, hear.)

out of the country because they were the most scanty knowledge! Such a Lord Lambourne, apeaking as a member That was a poor argument, because it able and unjust. He did not wish to afraid of them as competitors in trade policy could not be anything but deplor of the Advisory Committee since its in was founded on the belief that the Ger- embark on the extremely attractive ques ception, said the object of that Com. mittee way first of all to do justice to

mans were more clever or. cute in buation of the character of pledges given by our own country, and. in the secondness than we were. That was very likely members of the Government at the last. place, to do justice to the individuals

true of the individuals themselves; it election, but it was no answer to say that brought before them. When they begar protested against the belief that we had were wrong. What they had to test was was not true of the nation. He strongly the people deruanded a thing if the thing their work there were, roughly speaking anything to fear from German competi-whether they were to act in this matter 37,500 Germans-in the country. In May, SOLE AGENTS IN HONGKONG 1917, the number of Germans at liberty ion in trade, if that trade was fairly in accordance with what they knew to

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was about 13,000, of whom more than half fably made against what was falsely Government to do nothing to soil and conducted. Complaints which were justi- be right and just. He, entreated the were interned on the recommendation of spoken of by the Germans as peaceful disgrace our nan. the Committee. When the Committee was. reconstituted in July, 1818, "there that it was not fair competition, but was penetration were founded on the fact were only about, 8,000 males at liberty, hacked up by the Government with de- most of whom were either very old a finitely malevolent objects. The reply of technically aliens or munition workers, the "nable Earl was not sufficiently cote the Last mentioned category to the number of about 800 or 800. There were member of the Government would express gorical. He hoped that some other hundreds of the others who had sox ip in clearer terms the general policy of the British Army. On the other hand, the Government in this matter. large number of those interned were men. removed from what was called prohibited areas These were interned for their own protection. He would say this for a nation for which he had not the smallest admiration, that they were almost in variably good husbands and that the wives and children would elect to follow the father if he were repatriated to Ger many. If that happened it would be loss to Great Britain.

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clear that the fact of internment was Lord Parmoor said that it was quite no prima facie evidence against an in- terned person. during the whole

Had the Home. Office course of the war been living in this country before the brought it home to one German who had war that he was acting as a spy? It there was a single case, were the in- ALL OERMANS NOT SPIES."

stances not infinitesimal. He asked the- of the Government was extremely until the tribunal had been constituted Viscount Bryce agreed that the answer deportations would not be carried on Government to give an undertaking that satisfactory. The noble oarl had spoken and had been able to consider the parti as if the question was whether persons cular cases. An important consideration. should be permitted to do so no longer. were not only naturalised in the country, who abused the hospitality of the country was that the mass of the people concerned It was assumed that every German was but had been denationalised in their own spy, but he understood that extremely country, and were not capable of being few of those charged were in Great considered as members of the country Britain before the war. Most of them to which they were sought to be deport- had been neutrals. The noble earl seemed been allowed to remain interned was to assume that the fact that a man had strong presumptive evidence that he was

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GOVERNMENT POLICY.. The Earl of Jersey, relying on behalt of the Government, said it was quite impossible in view of the actions of the

ANWARRANTABLE ACT OF TYRANNY." German people during the war, that wa could resume normal relations with them tirely unwarranted assumption. If it Unless a case was of the strongest pos The Earl of Selborne associated him- dangerous person. That was an en- solf with what Lord Buckmaster, said. after peace was signed as one might have could be proved that a man was likely to sible nature and made clear as daylight hoped in other circumstances. would have bo dangerous in any way no one would before a competent tribunal, the idea of been possible. There had been no subject wish to see any indulgence extended to acnding. English children who had never on which the will of the people had been him. He could not believe that the serbeen out of England and who could more clearly manifested than this problemtiment of the country would any longer speak no language but English compul of alien "enemies. If he understoodetion and approve the policy of in- sorily to Germany was to him an un- Aright, the main object of the question difference to suffering which was dis warrantable act of tyranny. This was a was to ascertain whether there was a played in the speech of the noble earl. invariable principle to which all intern ed aliens were to be subject, regardless of we should act with humanity so far as examination of each separate case by a Lord Sheffield said that to hold that general rule, but by the most careful matter which could not be dealt with by any special features in individual cases. was consistent with the interests of ear wholly competent tribunal. The answer was that the policy of his country was to put oneself on a level with The Earl of Jersery submitted that it Majesty's Government was to repatriate the worst type of German, all interned civilians who were now alien enemies, and if any were allowed to remain it would only be for reasons of an exceptional character. What reason would be considered strong enough, he Was not yet in a position to say. The repatriation of these who were to go was being carried out first,

For the present it was unlikely that in favour of keeping Germans out of any further statement could be made with the country and making Germany pay was disappointed at the silence of the regard to the remainder Those anden indemnity, Bome hawed and superior Ministers on this question He sitable were being compulsorily return some "hammed and the situation got so thought the country and their lordships od wow The number now interned was serious that the then Attorney-General, would have been better pleased if they about 5,000, of whom 2,000. were willing now the Lord Chancellor, speaking at could have had some assurance from s to be repatriated. He was sure everyone Liverpool on October 5th declared 4 Minister of rank wished to see even Germans treated tell you that when the history of the The Earl of Orawford said that their Justly, and be thought he could giva an last twenty years comes to be written it lordships must recognia that it was im assurance that due regard would be paid will be found that of every twenty far possible for Ministers on the Government to humane considerations. Any alien mans who settled in this country shBench to have technical and official ice- who thought he was being unduly hard toon were spies. Keep them all ledge of wvery one of the Government-- WEB EXTRONG CRATES My treated would have a further opportu That is the policy of the Coal desiatimental. He thought Lord Versiy CLEMENTS, OR, BayerEDO TANTE E Latinity of, stating his case to a tribunal Government," saght be expected had stated the case for the Government

before being finally repatriated. The the Prime Minister, who was a man of with perfect candour, ogly alternative was that these persons almble mind, came down heavily on the

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