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Show Justifies Treatment of Submarine Crews British Reply to German Note Calls Them Offenders Against Humanity London, April 3. A Gorman pro tost and threat of roprlsals on account ac-count of tho treatment by Great Brl tain of tho prisoners taken on board German submarines was mado public pub-lic hero today. This protest was transmitted by Germany to Great Britain through tho United State3. Tho roply of Great Britain also was mado public. Tho German government In Its protest nskod whether Great Britain Intended to accord less favorablo treatment to captured Gorman sub-marina sub-marina crows than to other war prisoners pris-oners and if so, what form this dU crimination would take. Germany stated that If Great Britain adopted such a course, a British army officer offic-er hold prisoner in Germany would receive correspondingly harsh treatment treat-ment for each member of a Gorman capturod submarine crew. Foreign Socrotary Grey In ills roply ro-ply said that tho prisoners from Gor man submarines had been placed In naval detention barracks and segregated segre-gated from other war prisoners, but wero being treatod humanely uml permitted to tako oxerclso. Furthermore Further-more tho foreign socrotary said Gorman prisoners in England aro better fed and clothed than arc tho prlsonors of equnl rnnk ln Germany and tho Germans aro not subjected to forced labor. As tho submarine, crows havo been engaged ln sinking neutral merchant ships and unarmed British vessels, Sir Edward Grey said thoy could not bo regarded as honorablo opponouts but woro offondors against tho laws of nations and common humanity. Tho foreign secretary said that 1000 officers nnd men of tho German navy had boon rescued during tho war, but that none from tho British navy had beon rescued by tho Gtr-mans. Gtr-mans. However, ho mado no sugges tlon for a chango. |