Sugar House Bulletin | 1943-12-10 | Page 5 | Don't Befriend Captive Italian, British Warned

Don't Befriend Captive Italian, British Warned ' LONDON. The British public was warned by the war office that treat-! treat-! ing Italian war prisoners in this country as friends, inviting them ,home, giving them money, cigarettes i or other presents, was unpatriotic, j The war office stated, "Until fresh j orders are received they must be treated exactly as they were before ! the armistice." Farmers employing i Italian prisoners were told to treat ! them "politely but firmly and avoid anything in the nature of friendli-iness.' friendli-iness.' It was added, however, "on ! no account must they be ill-treated, i jeered at, or provoked." Thirty-five ' thousand Italian captives are in Brit- ain.