Deseret Evening News | 1901-12-07 | Page 1 | Denounced in Holland Chambers

I Denounced In Holland I oln 11 Chambers Chamber Time The Hague luGue Dec 7 The confiscation I of at tim the Dutch lied nod Cross Ct outfit out i of ot Pretoria and tho the imprisonment of the tho staff stai on the time Island of af Ceylon was wo gaIn the subject of oC comment In the chamber here lucre today loday the mem mern members members bers denouncing the time action acton ot or o the Brit ish as IS being contrary to the Geneva convention The Tho foreign minister Mel Lyndon explained that the Ge ne Geneva nova neva convention was tao aD only applicable to tho the ambulances of ot belligerents but even oen their starts staffs could be mado made prison prisoners ers era If It they violated tM neutrality Tho The government he ho added had hd frequently demanded that tho ho Netherlanders Netherlander ba be lo released on parole but Great Britain IB Is II riot Tt obliged to release them until after lter the close of oC the war