BRUTALITIES TIRE BRITISH PATIENCE WITH GERMANS ALMOST EXHAUSTED. Prisoners Go Free.?Immediate Re\ lease Will Be Insisted On As Part of Armistice Terms. London Oct. 30.?That the immediate release of all British prisoners will be insisted upon by the govern/vf ormlcEipa 'Lnrivie ULLt3J.lt* as> yai L Ui luc a* luiiDbiw IV* uis is confidently expected here. Sir George Cave, the home secretary, announced in the house of commons yesterday that the same conditions imposed upon Bulgaria in this matter would be insisted upon in any truce with Germany or Austria, and General Allenby had been instructed to follow the same policy in dealing with the Turks. There is plenty of evidence that British prisoners have received worse treatment throughout the war than the others except the Russians. Such a demand will be a very important factor and it is not likely that the other allies will show less regard for their nationals who are suffering in German camps. Events since the German peace overtures were launched have not tended to instill any spirit of conciliation, forgiveness or leniency toward the enemy in British breasts. . The sinking of the Leinster fol\ lowed close on the German note. The evacuation of Belgium and French towns, for years under German rule, has opened what has heretofore been largely a sealed hook of rumors and authentic stories from truthful peo> . pie of German barbarities towards the inhabitants have been flooding oot. * Finally yesterday's discussions in the house of commons of thp treatment of British prisoners appeared to have been about the last straw breaking the back off British pap tience?patience which the country generally seems to think has been carried , too far. The Germans have %%- only'themselves to blame that these revelations came at a time, so unfortunate for German interests. The topic was forced upon the house by a strong demand liy the public for light upon the circum stances or wnat is lermea uerman blackmail in refusing to ratify an agreement drawn up for an equitable exchange of prisoners unless the British consented to go outside that subject and give guarantees against the deportation of Germans to China. . Captain Craig, a member of the hpuse and himself an exchanged pris, onerx told with emotion of his experiences and. the sights he had seen in N the prison camps. 4 ' ? Sir George Cave, the home secre> ' 1 tary, gave authentic details of wholesale deaths,of British soldiers, kepi ragged, starving and verminous V and compelled to work long hours in C-i-' soft mines and under' fire at the front, contrary to the rules of The Hague convention, beaten and tor^ tared and shot for petty or no offenses. Old parliamentary, reporters say O ; that they have never seen such a bit; , ter and strong feeling pervade the house of commons. And the same feeling has infected the whole country. The only group of members who held aloof was a handful of pacifists, who appear to object to any unpleasant words about Germany more than they object to the war. The general nature of /the mili- \ tary guarantees which the allies will .> require has been outlined as the occupation of strategical German bases, as well as the retirement of the German army on its own soil. Mari time guarantees are considered equally important to Great Britain, their nature thus far is only speculative, but *- the internment of the German submarines if not the surrender of the whole fleet appears to be the minimum terms which would satisfy the British people. The sea is as important as the land to this island " nation, and the only detail in President Wilson's 14 points on which there is consent questioning is what the president means by "freedom of the seas." * Sir George said that he held reports which could not be read to the - house because of the character of the atrocities. In one camp since November, 1916, more than 2,000 prisoners of all nations had died. Sir George said nine men purposely drove picks into their feet in order to get away from a mining camp. In a salt mine a prisoner was beaten unconscious and when he regained his senses, he was beaten unconscious again. The names of the officers and superintendents who carried out the outrages against the prisoners were known. Reports of what had happened in factories, the speaker continued, could not be read without something more than anger. Regarding the treatment of British prisoners behind the firing line, Sir George said it was as bad as anything that could be found. 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