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Show BRITISH CAPTIVES BEATENJORTURED Sir George Cave Informs . Commons of German Outrages. , By Aaaoclated Press. LONDON. Oct. (British Wlrelesd Service.) Germany hms flagrantly broken tha rules of International law In bar treat man t of British prisoners of war,' declared 8lr George Cava, the British home secretary. In discussing tha question ques-tion of prisoners of war In the house of commons yesterday. Soma of tha Oer ' man Internment camps, he amid, were reasonably well organised, but there were other camps where conditions were almost al-most unspeakable? These things were going on today and the evidence the government had obtained ob-tained from lately returned prisoners waa very much on the aatne lines as previous wcrs beaten, tortured and made to work whn they were HI. Hlf George believed that If any armts- tire wss reached the government would-"" take stepa to see that one of the primary yv conditions would be that all prisoners of war In enemy countries would be Immediately Imme-diately and unconditionally released. He added : "It will do no good to talk to the people peo-ple who do these things- We have got to take them by the neck and the throat If we can. and punish them so that It will be an example for generations to pome " |