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obligations are, generally speaking, first to

ensure that the prisoners shall not escape or

otherwise carry on activities which might compromise

the neutrality of the State concerned or assist

their own side in the war; secondly to furnish

them with food and clothing and relief which the

dictates of humanity prescribe. There is

nothing in this Convention about the employment

in the benson Comeration 1929

of interned soldiers (as there is in the case of

prisoners of war taken by a belligerent). On

the other hand there is no express provision in

international law which prevents a neutral

from employing interned soldiers.

3. We are inclined to think therefore, that

there is no objection on legal grounds to the

employment of these Chinese soldiers in Malaya

or elsewhere,

Provided

Provided that they are not allowed

to escape and that they are suitably maintained.

The question then arises whether any useful

employment in Malaya can be offered to these

interned soldiers, in which they could be

adequately supervised. It would doubtless be

necessary to pay them suitable wages.

Prima

facie/

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