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Germany: Prisoners, including: Transfer of prisoners from South West Africa, including: Protest by Dr Seitz, Governor of German South West Africa, and Lieutenant Colonel Franke about the proposed transfer. List of German officers and three attendants of other ranks (in docket no. 89096) who sailed from Cape Town to England on HMT Galway Castle. Claim by the German Government that the transport of the prisoners was contrary to the terms of the treaty of capitulation (the Khorab Agreement). Request for the German prisoners to be interned in Switzerland. List of German officers interned at Colsterdale Camp (in docket no. 158198). Hauptmann [Captain] Max Müller: query about deductions from officers pay at Colsterdale. Question of the payment of postage and customs duty on letters and parcels sent to German prisoners in German South West Africa. Complaints from German officers interned at Trial Bay Detention Barracks, Australia. Enquiry by the German authorities about the treatment of German prisoners employed in the loading and unloading of steamers at Newcastle. Dental treatment for German prisoners in British camps. Postal regulations regarding the use of ruled writing paper for German prisoners on the island of Jersey. Conditions in the internment camp at Brandon, Manitoba. Reports of visits of inspection to the following internment camps: Feltham, Middlesex. Lark Hill, Salisbury Plain. Berrima Detention Barracks, New South Wales, Australia. Lower Southern Hospital, Dartford. Islington Camp, London. Kegworth, Derbyshire (2 reports). Blandford, Dorset. Dorchester. Panshanger. Libury Hall. Donnington Hall. Pattishall (2 reports). Woburn. Huntingdon. Douglas. Southill. Lewisham Military Hospital. Knockaloe, Isle of Man. Belton Park. Linton. Corby. Uppingham. Coal Aston Peak Dale Quarries. Yate. German memorandum on alleged irregularities in the delivery of parcels to the camps of Aus, Pietermaritzburg and Okanjande in German South West Africa. Complaint about the lack of provision of dental treatment for German prisoners interned at Lethbridge, Canada, and Pietermaritzburg, German South West Africa. Conditions at Ahmednagar Camp, India; proposal for some prisoners to be transferred to hill stations in Northern India. Confirmation that no German prisoners were employed at Newcastle. Complaints made by German prisoners interned at Berrima Barracks, New South Wales. German memorandum regarding conditions at Fort Henry, Canada. Dental treatment for German prisoners interned at Rouen and Stobs. Kapitän Leutnant L Mühlbauer: complaint about charges for medical treatment at Dartford Hospital. Albert Wolff, interned at Stratford: details of his illness and removal to the German Hospital, Dalston. Oldcastle Camp: German memorandum on conditions at camp. Request for clothing by prisoners at Dorchester Camp. Dental treatment for Unter Offizier Heinrich Reitler Request for an inspection of the internment camp at Verdala, Malta, and the military prison at Corodina. Amalgamation of internment camps at Stratford and Alexandra Palace. Dental treatment for prisoners at Pietermaritzburg Camp. Seaman Kasimir Wisniewski, interned at Leigh: enquiry about the reasons for successive sentences of imprisonment. Conditions at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man. Financial aid in India for prisoners from German East Africa. Report on complaints by German prisoners interned in South West Africa. [Note: printed copy of canteen price list: Army Canteen Committee, Official List of Prices for Prisoners of War Camps, June 1917 (in docket no. 129079)]. Code 1218 Files 500-525 (to paper 133873).

Germany: Prisoners, including: Transfer of German civilians from East Africa to India, including: Payments by the German Government to prisoners interned at Ahmednagar, India. Petition from various German prisoners (names in docket no. 54721) interned in India requesting to be returned to East Africa. Request by the German Government for details of interned and uninterned civilians in India and East Africa, with a request for the removal on health grounds of those resident in the districts of Tanga and Dar es Salaam. Request by the German Government for the transfer to Europe of German women and children removed from East Africa to India. Correspondence regarding the modification of a reciprocal agreement for the repatriation of invalid civilians. Enquiries regarding civilians transferred to German South West Africa, with particular reference to Herr Karl Schiller (subsequently identified as Lieutenant Erich Schiller). Lists (in docket nos. 97151 and 109002) of German civilians transferred from East Africa to camps at Ahmednagar and Belgaum, India, with printed correspondence relating to individual cases. Agreement in principle by the British Government for the transfer to South West Africa of German women and children from East Africa. Mr Theodor Döpffel, former Acting German Consul at Monrovia, including: Internment of Mr Döpffel at Alexandra Palace, and decision not to permit his repatriation. Transfer of Mr Döpfell to Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man. German memorandum stating that Mr Fawcett, Acting British Vice-Consul at Helsingfors, Finland, had been interned in a civilian camp as a reprisal. Letter from Mr Döpfell appealing for his release and requesting the return of his passport. Decision not to allow the exchange of Mr Döpfell for Mr J Phillips, interned at Holzminden, Germany. Mr Karl Kaufmann, a repatriated German subject, including: Request by the German Government for payments to be made to Mr Kaufmann from the funds of his liquidated business in the UK. German memorandum requesting the payment of warehousing costs for Mr Kaufmanns furniture. Correspondence regarding the internment of German prisoners in Reading Gaol. Request by the German Government for the repatriation of certain German deaconesses from the Sarepta Community of Westfalian Deaconesses. Mr Alfred Kulenkanpff, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man, including: Details of Mr Kulenkampffs assets while resident in the Gold Coast, West Africa. Permission for remittances to be sent to Mr Kulenkampff. Transfer of funds in enemy countries belonging to prisoners interned in the UK, including: Complaint from Chief Captain Roderstein and Chief Captain Alfred Ewnardt regarding regulations at Lofthouse Park Camp. Letter of complaint from Major Balani, Senior Officer at Colsterdale Camp. Statement of British policy on the transfer of funds in enemy countries, and issue of a circular letter to camp commandants. German memorandum enquiring about reports that instructions for money transfers were not being transmitted, and threat of reprisals; reply by the British Government. Mr Walter Mann, interned at Lofthouse Park: request for permission for money to be transferred to his wife in Germany. Request for guidance by the Knockaloe Prisoners Aid Society, Camp I, on dealing with requests for money transfers. Treasury policy on the transfer of funds from Germany. Accidents sustained by prisoners, including: Proposal for a reciprocal agreement between the British and German Governments for the notification of accidents. Emil Fork: compensation for injuries sustained at Knockaloe Camp. Stanislaus Bayon, interned at Dorchester Camp: report on an accident sustained at the camp. Wehrman Ludwig Kanne, interned at Stobs Camp: request by the German authorities for a certificate and details of an accident sustained by him. Otto Ruland: report of an accident sustained while working at the port of Le Havre, France. German memorandum claiming that the British authorities were no longer issuing certificates of sickness or accident to prisoners; later British reply stating that the information was included in the lists provided to the German Government. Reservist Ludwig Brünninger, interned at Handforth Camp, and Kanonier Robert Krüger, interned at Fulham Camp: request by the German authorities for certificates and details of the accidents sustained by them. Text (French language) of the agreement between the French and German Governments regarding the provision of information on accidents to prisoners. Corporal G McKie: claim for compensation for injuries sustained while working in K47 Coal Mine, Westphalia, Germany. Musketeer Johann Grella, interned in Switzerland: request for a certificate of accident. Kasimir (or Kesimir) Yoswiak: report of an accident sustained while interned at Holdsworthy Camp, Australia. Death by misadventure of Kaiserlicher Vizekonsul Neumann, including: Request by the German Government for his wife, Mrs Lucie Neumann, resident in London, to be informed. Arrangements for payments to Mrs Neumann from her husbands estate. Transmission of various documents to Mrs Neumann by the German authorities. Transfer of German prisoners to Switzerland, including: German memorandum protesting about the alleged robbery of German prisoners by British guards, prior to their transfer from England to Switzerland, and about the conditions of their journey. Refutation of the charges by various British naval officers supervising the transfer. Enquiry concerning restrictions placed by the Tongan Government on the movements of German subjects in Tonga. Mr Otto Rapude: claim for compensation for his internment in Sierra Leone. Alleged confiscation of certain articles sent in parcels to German prisoners. Hermann K Raydt, a deceased German subject from Port Said, Egypt: arrangements for the disposal of his estate. Application by certain prisoners in South Africa to be reinstated as German nationals, including: Mr F Muhle, interned at Pietermaritzburg. Mr John Behrend, Camp Captain at No. 1 Camp, Pietermaritzburg: covering letter for a list (not included) of civilian prisoners wishing to regain their German nationality. Code 1218 Files 13684-25620.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Status and pay of certain German officers (names in docket no.1692) promoted following their capture. Observations on the condition of British prisoners on their arrival in Switzerland. Supply of clothing to British prisoners in Germany. Captain Lord Lucas: communication of the news of his death to Mrs Waldorf Astor. Captain Karl von Müller, interned at Kegworth Camp, including: German memorandum threatening reprisals unless the conditions of his internment were improved. Confirmation by the British authorities that he had received suitable treatment. Report by Captain J Armstrong on the transfer of Captain von Müller by ship from Malta to England. Implementation by the German authorities of reprisals against interned British officers. Information provided by various British officers (names in docket nos.77697, 78566 and 89767) on German reprisals. German memorandum stating that the reprisals had been discontinued. Letter from Captain von Müller on the conditions of internment for German officers; decision by the Army Council that the letter could not be forwarded to the German Government. Protest by the British Government about the commencement of German reprisals without prior notification. Issue of towels to British prisoners in Germany. Baron Herbert von Pohl, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man, including: Request by Baron von Pohl to visit his sick mother in Germany. Decision by the Army Council that parole could not be given. Copy of a letter from Baron von Pohl relating to his mothers condition, with a medical attestation bearing an American consular seal. Request for Baron von Pohl to be exchanged for Mr George F Fisher, interned at Ruhleben Camp. Decision by the British Government that the exchange could not be permitted. Captain Rudolf Streek, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man: protest about the methods of the capture of his ship, the trawler Burgermeister Smidt , by the crew of the English trawler St George. Supply of motor car tyres for the US Embassy in Berlin, including: Loss of tyres in transit from Rotterdam by the American Express Company. Request by the Netherlands Minister in Berlin for spare tyres for the car used for visits to prison camps. Recovery of the tyres sent from Rotterdam. Arrangements for the payment and despatch of tyres from the UK. German memorandum on the shooting of the German missionary Palm at Shirati, German East Africa by an English soldier. Reported outbreak of typhus in internment camps in Germany; confirmation by the US Embassy that the reports were unfounded. Transfer of British prisoners, including Private D Golden, from Zossen to Danzig-Troyl. Indian prisoners interned in Germany, including: Delay in the despatch of correspondence from Zossen, with printed extracts from various letters provided by the Censor, Indian Mails, in France. German memorandum explaining that the delay was caused by problems in censoring the correspondence. Subahdar Major Sher Sing Rani interned at Clausthal: extract from a letter to Captain Mahdo Sing Rani on the conditions of his internment; information that he had been moved to Ströhen Camp. Report that Indian prisoners at Zossen were being transferred to Romania. Report of a visit of inspection to the internment camps at Zossen. Confirmation that a number of Indian prisoners had been transferred from Germany to the camp at Walachi, Romania. Request by the Secretary of State for India for a formal protest regarding the transfer of the prisoners, and for a visit of inspection to be made to the camp at Walachi. Letter from the German Ministry of War confirming that the prisoners were in good health. Captain F P Gulland: extract from a letter from his mother concerning conditions for interned Indian prisoners in Germany. Refusal by the German Government to provide information on the prevalence of tuberculosis among British prisoners. Karl Marnitz and Eduard Wolf, interned at Ahmednagar Camp, India: protest by the German Government about the punishments imposed on them. Approval for the transmission of money for the relief of German subjects in South Africa. Repatriation of prisoners, including: Proposal by the Swiss Government for the repatriation from Switzerland of prisoners who had recovered from tuberculosis. Rejection by the British Government of the proposal. Proposal by the British Government for a revision of the schedule of disabilities to facilitate the repatriation of invalid and incapacitated prisoners. German memorandum summarising procedures for the transfer of prisoners to Switzerland. Request for formal acceptance by the German Government of the terms of the revised schedule. Lieutenant F N Grimwade, including: Protest by the British Government about Lieutenant Grimwades detention in Germany, following his selection for transfer to Switzerland. Lieutenant Harvey Frost and Private Grant: statements regarding Lieutenant Grimwades court martial at Hannover. German memorandum stating that Lieutenant Grimwade would be transferred to Switzerland if found eligible by the Exchange Commission. Confirmation that he had been transferred to Switzerland. Report of an interview with Lieutenant Grimwade on his experiences while interned in Germany. British memorandum protesting about Lieutenant Grimwades treatment, with the reply from the German authorities. Code 1218 Files 11692-14717.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Shipment of apples to British prisoners at Döberitz. Report of a reciprocal agreement between France and Germany regarding the postponement of the punishment of prisoners, and consideration of a similar agreement between Germany and England. Repatriation of Reverend E Heider, a German missionary held as a prisoner in New Zealand. Dr Fritz Rohrer: request for information from the British Consulate at Zurich concerning the welfare and whereabouts of his daughter, Mrs Mary Veith. Subsequent information provided by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief , East Africa, on the re-marriage of Mrs Mary Veith (now known as Mrs Osman) and her residency in Mrogoro, German East Africa. Captain Thomas Ormston: enquiry by his wife concerning the welfare and whereabouts of her husband and the crew of his ship, the SS Shipcote. Mr Emil Burmeister: request to be allowed to receive monthly remittances from his agent in South Africa, as a British colonial subject resident in Germany. Mr Emil Böhme: agreement by the British Government for the transmission to him of a medal and letter from the United States Congress, during his internment at Knockaloe Camp on the Isle of Man. Captain Otto Prejawa: written complaint regarding the circumstances of his internment in the German prisoner of war camp at Liverpool, New South Wales. Karl Marnitz: complaint from the German Government regarding the severity of the punishment for his attempted escape from the prisoner of war camp at Ahmednagar in East Bombay, India. Request by Mr Herman Wertheim, a naturalised South African subject resident in Wiesbaden, Germany, for the safeguarding by the British authorities of shares deposited by him in the Dresden Bank in London. Decision not to authorise the despatch of foodstuffs to Mr Herman Wertheim in Germany. Captain Grenville Peek of the 9th Lancers: enquiries regarding his transfer from the prison camp at Heidelberg to Switzerland for medical treatment. Terms of the special agreement between Britain and Germany regarding the release of consular officers. Mr J Hofman: refusal of a request by the German Government for the return of a cheque taken from him during his detention at Stratford Camp. Enquiries regarding a request from Mr Wolfgang Dreiss, a German subject interned at Malta, to make arrangements connected with the management of the Hotel du Nil at Luxor. Daisy Toft (formerly Lüder): request for the German authorities to supply her with an official copy of the decree of divorce between herself and Karl Friedrich Lüder. Lieutenant Frederick Norton Grimwade: enquiries by his family concerning the decision of the German authorities to detain him him at the camp at Clausthal, despite his selection for transfer to Switzerland on medical grounds. Enquiries by the German Government regarding the whereabouts and welfare of Lieutenant Voigt, a German subject reported to have been captured by British forces in East Persia. Hirde Narain: enquiries concerning his son, Maharaj Narain Kaul, an Indian student detained in Germany at the outbreak of the war. Approval of the despatch of a consignment of wool to Bugler B J West, a prisoner interned at Döberitz, West Germany. Enquiries relating to Miss Louise Shaw, Miss Catherine Cleaverley, Miss Agnes Rourke and Mrs Black in the civilian internment camp at Holzminden in Germany. Confirmation that Mr W Hartnell, Chief Officer of the SS Brussels , and other crew members, were being held in Ruhleben Camp in Germany. Proposal for German prisoners of war held in France to be allowed to correspond with their compatriots interned in the United Kingdom. Enquiries regarding the welfare of Swiss citizens in the territory of German East Africa occupied by British forces. Increase in the rates of pay issued to British officers held as prisoners in Germany. Private C R Hutchinson: approval for the despatch of books to him at Hammelburg Camp in Germany. Allegations of the ill-treatment of British prisoners in certain German prison camps. Rudolf Ermrich and Paul Altenburg: enquiries about compensation from the British Government, following injuries allegedly sustained at the British prisoner of war camp at Rouen. Arrangements for the delivery of Red Cross parcels and Christmas presents to British prisoners in Germany during the Christmas season. Repatriation to South West Africa of the German nationals Heinrich Sindt, with his wife and child, and Hans Nurnberger, all formerly resident in Rio de Janeiro. Accidental shooting of Gustav Schulze, a German prisoner interned at Knockaloe camp on the Isle of Man. Code 1218 Files 172297-181006.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Request by the Technical Club at Douglas Detention Camp to receive certain technical periodicals; decision by the War Office to withhold permission. Oberleutnant der Reserve Wilhelm Brandt and Unteroffizier Werner Müller, including: Report by the British authorities that Oberleutnant Brandt had been acquitted at his trial before a military court. German memorandum requesting information on the whereabouts of Oberleutnant Brandt; confirmation that he was interned in Egypt. Unteroffizier Müller: sentence of three years penal servitude at Dar es Salaam military court. Geman memorandum protesting about the sentences passed on Unteroffizier Müller and Kapitänleutnant J Schutt. Transfer of German civilian prisoners from Pietermaritzburg to Kanus, South West Africa, including: Request by the German Government for a list of the prisoners; provision of the list (in docket no. 1099234) by the British authorities, and the reasons for their transfer. Mr Adolf Jelinek: copy of a letter complaining about the circumstances of the transfer and the conditions at Kanus. Report on conditions at Kanus Camp. Gustav Menk, a German prisoner interned in France: decision not to permit his transfer to British custody. Correspondence regarding lists of German prisoners repatriated from South Africa on SS Erna Woermann and SS Rufidgi. Allegations regarding the treatment of German prisoners in France after their capture, including: German memoranda alleging that officers had been robbed following their arrest, and threatening reprisals. Copy of a letter from German officers interned at Holyport Camp. British memorandum responding to the allegations, with comments from the War Office. Explanation of the reasons for the stoppage of correspondence rights for some German prisoners. Evidence from various German prisoners (names in docket no. 34583) of their alleged ill-treatment by British soldiers. Max Neukuchatz, a repatriated German subject: decision not to permit the transmission of certain forms to him from the UK. Oberleutnant Günther Voigt, interned at Ahmednagar Camp, India, including: Request for his transfer on health grounds to a hill station; decision not to permit the transfer. Claim for a refund of the money taken from him when captured in Persia. Issues of dual nationality, including: Dr Fritz Noetling, former German Consul at Hobart, Tasmania: information that he was a naturalised British subject. Request by the German authorities for Dr Noetlings repatriation, with claims that he held dual British and German nationality. Proposal by the German authorities for a reciprocal agreement on the repatriation of women and children possessing dual nationality, with a list (in docket no. 109623) of German children currently detained in the UK. Demand by certain naturalised British subjects of German origin interned in Australia for repatriation. Walter Grunewaldt and Florian Rohner, interned at Liverpool Camp, New South Wales, Australia: confirmation of their German nationality. Costs of repatriating German civilians, including: Rejection by the German Government of British proposals for refunding the costs of repatriation, with a sample enquiry form for the provision of details regarding the repatriation of uninterned German civilians. British memorandum suggesting alternative arrangements. Kapitän Carl Diercks: request by the German Embassy at The Hague for a refund of the costs of his repatriation. Claims made by German prisoners for compensation from the British Government, including: German memorandum requesting compensation for the loss of personal effects of prisoners during transportation from Tilbury to Le Havre, France. Allegations that possessions were removed from the prisoners at Brocton Camp prior to their departure, with lists of the prisoners names (in docket no. 76949) and the missing possessions. German memorandum protesting that German officers transferred to Switzerland were obliged to leave most of their luggage in England. Heinrich Ludwig Krüder, formerly interned at Ahmednagar, India: request by the German authorities for a copy of his death certificate. Personal effects of certain deceased German civilians, including: German memorandum requesting the return of personal effects, with particular reference to four cases (names in docket no. 41703) and a list of the personal effects of Mr Ernst Schirmer. Information that Mr Schirmer had removed his possessions when he was repatriated. Johannes Deistel: request by his widow for his possessions to be returned to Mülhausen, Germany. Code 1218 Files 26671-41703.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Reports of visits of inspection to the following internment camps and prison hospitals: St Georges Barracks, Bermuda (2 reports), with complaints from various prisoners. Colsterdale. Sandhill Park. Brocton Hospital. Nell Lane Hospital. Port Clarence. Penston. Rosyth. Glendevon. Kinlochleven. Rowrah. Newlandside. Dawyck. Bee Craigs. Wakerley. Dartford. Colney Hatch. Belmont Hospital (2 reports). Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland. Rochford Agricultural Depot. Richborough, Kent. Hendon. Lewisham Military Hospital. Winchester. Codford. Fovant. Larkhill. Sutton Veny. Upavon. Blandford. Milldown. Corton. Dorchester. Libury Hall. Pattishall. Shirley Rink, Southampton. Bevois Mount. Leigh. Knightwick. Shelsley-Walsh. Erdiston. Peopleton. Bulford. Hermitage. Bwlch, South Wales. Port Talbot. Stratford-on-Avon. Ross-on-Wye. Shirehampton. Kerry, North Wales. Banbury. Glendon. Douglas, Isle of Man. Knockaloe, Isle of Man. Pietermaritzburg Camp, South Africa: information on letters and parcels received at camp. Ahmednagar: refusal of the Government of Bombay to supply certain drugs to German military doctors interned at Ahmednagar, India; related correspondence from the India Office. Letter from Oberst [Colonel] Leibrock, interned at Donington (or Donnington) Hall. Pietermaritzburg Camp, South Africa: complaints from German prisoners interned at camp; report of riots at the camp. Oberstleutnant von Brunner: information on the delay in delivery of letters to prisoners at Coltersdale Camp. Paul Buchwald: allegations concerning the treatment of civilian prisoners when being repatriated to Germany. Verdala, Malta: observations by War Office on conditions in the internment camp at Verdala. Kapitänleutnant A Boecker: confirmation that parcels and letters had been delivered to him at Kegworth Camp. Transfer of funds by German Government to the German Aid Society in Johannesburg, South Africa. Max Heiduk, interned at Bermuda: enquiry about the non-delivery of a postcard to him. Ahmednagar: letter, with a number of signatures (in docket no. 198640) of prisoners interned in Ahmednagar Camp, India, enquiring about the non-receipt of mail from German East Africa. Ahmednagar: German memorandum requesting the evacuation of German prisoners from the internment camp at Ahmednagar, India. Amherst: complaint by German authorities about quantity and quality of food supplied to prisoners interned at Amherst, Canada. Statement of complaints provided by the German authorities regarding various British camps. Kapitänleutnant R Mühlbauer: request by German Government for the repayment of expenses incurred by him for medical treatment. Enquiries from the German Government regarding B H Rohls, a naturalised British citizen, and the internment of German civilians at Reading. Protest by the German Government against restrictions on the correspondence of prisoners interned at Ahmednagar and Kataphar in India. Donington Hall: allegations of dampness in the huts at Donington Hall internment camp for officers, with a printed copy of a Red Cross report (French language) dated June 1917. Code 1218 File 525 (papers 137007-end).

Germany: Prisoners, including: Repatriation of German women from Britain. Money belonging to deceased British soldiers. Alleged internment of German subjects in East Africa. Otto Lodter, German subject interned at Lofthouse Park, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Otto Sprenger, German subject interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man: his application for release and repatriation. Relief of wives of prisoners interned in Germany. Private G F Browning, Northumberland Fusiliers: sentenced to ten years imprisonment for being drunk and assaulting an unteroffizier. Doctor Karl Müller, lately interned at Alexandra Palace, London, and repatriated: return of his confiscated Mauser pistol. Employment of German prisoners at St Mellons, near Cardiff, Glamorgan. Doctor Josef Assmuth, Professor of Zoology at Bombay University, German subject formerly interned in Britain: return of his confiscated scientific collections. Crews of British steamships Calypso and Aaro : enquiries as to their fate. Paul Gierham, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man: his financial affairs. Leopold Zechnall, German subject, formerly interned at Wakefield, Yorkshire, employed in German Division of US Embassy in place of Pastor Kruger. Ernst Mayer, interned at Windhuk (Windhoek), former German South West Africa: request for repatriation because of illness. German prisoners in Japan. Augustus von Cabrera, German subject, deceased: his estate. Fritz Klaus, German sailor, interned at Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada: shot dead by Canadian soldier. Baroness von Meyern-Hohenburg, a German subject: cessation of her pension paid from the Bengal Military Fund. W Ellison and G Ettlinger, British subjects: their attempted escape from Ruhleben and imprisonment in the Stadtvogtei. Doctor Albert Coulthard, lecturer in chemistry at the Hackney Institute, London: his request for his salary. Private A Hattersley, West Yorkshire Regiment: enquiry as to his whereabouts. Philip Bridge, British civilian interned at Militaer Gewahrsam, Berlin: request for relief. J Hellmich, German subject, interned at the German Hospital, Dalston, London: judged not eligible for repatriation. Berthold Hans Hauschild, interned at Alexandra Palace, London: repatriation on grounds of health refused. Gunner Harry Fitch (original name Otto Fritch), 30th Middlesex Regiment: request by his father, Henry Fritsch, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man, that his son be discharged from British Army; reply from War Office that the boy was anyway discharged, being under age. Doctor A E Taylor, of the US Embassy, Berlin: request for permission to visit prisoner camps in Britain. Men of 1st Newfoundland Regiment, believed to be prisoners in Germany: enquiries for them. Secretary Heerling, German diplomat: storage of his furniture at Peckham, London. Funds of the Apostolic Prefecture of Adamaua, Cameroons, seized by British troops. Shipments of tea and cocoa from Britain to Germany. Hermann Schiller, German subject living in Britain: permission given for his letter to be forwarded to the Imperial German Foreign Office. Letter from Persian Minister in Berlin to Persian Minister in London. Payment of prisoners employed in hospital work. Kurt Hofrichter, German Pole interned at Alexandra Palace, London. Alleged restrictions on correspondence of German prisoners in Canada. Passage money taken from German subjects on the steamship Golconda , sailing from London to Rotterdam. Code 1218 Files 151595-163489.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Repatriation of German and Austrian subjects: question of HM Government paying expenses. Luggage: arrangements for transportation and recovery and question of reciprocity for exchange arrangements, with specific individual enquiries from British subjects regarding recovery of their luggage left in Germany, and vice-versa from German subjects regarding luggage left in UK, including: Louis Levy, of Liverpool. Miss Newitt, of Harleseden, Middlesex. Thomas Cook & Son: request that representations be made to German government to allow luggage to be brought to England. Home Office, Board of Trade and Treasury views on arrangements and question of reciprocal arrangements. Mr W Niemeyer, of Orange Free State, South Africa, previously interned in Germany: communication from the Zeeland Steamship Company. J Rankine Wilson, of Riding Mill, Northumberland. Miss G L Sheppard: enquiry from B R Pitt of Clapham on her behalf. Miss F Riddel, of Polloksfields, Glasgow. Miss Constance Lett of York, former governess in Berlin. Miss Nellie Harston, of Lichfield. Anne Lucie Baehr, of Frankfurt-Oder. Pastor Wartemburg, late minister of the German Church, Cleveland Street, London, deported from UK. Margarete Gross, of Bayer oder Oberfranken. The Hon Mrs Herbert Gibbs, regarding luggage left behind in Germany at outbreak of war; also queries regarding her two sisters, the Miss Crutchleys, formerly of Hamburg. Miss Ada B Clark, of Grantown on Spey. Release of luggage and household effects of enemy consular officials: German government terms of agreement for release. Release of luggage in enemy countries: Treasury objections arising out of practical working of proposed agreement; proposal for alternative agreement. Exchange of consular and personal effects: French government views. Trial of Cyril Crawford at Hamburg, following arrest of him and his father, Rev George W Crawford, late British chaplain at Hamburg, for espionage: communications from his uncle, A E Bredin Crawford of Eastbourne; return to England of Rev and Mrs Crawford, and removal of Cyril Crawford to Ruhleben following suspension of charges. German colony at Dar-es-Salaam. German subjects in Togoland. Moravian missionaries in German East Africa. Christmas presents for prisoners in Germany: enquiries from The Church Army regarding arrangements; question of exemption from Customs and other charges; arrival of parcels for Döberitz camp. German Embassy expenses: question of payment; ground rents; sums due regarding general expenditure and rent. Religious support for prisoners of war, including: Spiritual ministrations for British prisoners in Germany. Assistance to be given by clergy to prisoners of war: decree issued by the Pope. Spiritual ministrations to German prisoners of war in UK. (dockets include lists of camps, clergy and individuals, including Bishop Hubert Bury; Rev James W Thomas; Dutch pastor Rev L H K Bleeker; Rev Scholten of Islington; Venerable William Edgar Nies, archdeacon of the American Episcopal Churches in Europe; Rev H H Williams, British chaplain in Berlin). German cruiser Leipzig : names of survivors. German subjects arrested at Basra and Bahrain, and deported to India and interned at Ahmednagar: Mr Gloye, acting German consul at Basra, and employees of the Hamburg firm of Robert Wönckhaus & Co (Mr Melsen, Mr Hofmann, Mr Danneiser and Mr Reuter), and representative of the Baghdad Railway, Mr Lange; also case of George Harling of Alfhausen, Hanover, engaged in import and export business at Bahrain, protesting against capture. Code 1218 File 1078-1842.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Receipt and return of parcels sent to British prisoners in Germany including cases of pilfering and non-delivery. Pay and treatment of First Lieutenant zur See d. R. Breithaupt, prisoner in New South Wales. Gifts of alcoholic drinks allowed in German internment camps and reciprocal arrangement in British camps. Detention of Count Paul Wolff-Metternich in the UK. Repatriation of Professor Dr A Peter of Amani, South West Africa, Director of the Botanical Gardens at Gottingen. Transmission to Switzerland of trunk of Lieutenant d. Reserve E. Radtke. Repatriation of Reserve Ernst Heinrich Weiss of Colaba Hospital, Bombay. Suggestion by Mrs Townsend, wife of Major E N Townsend, interned at Crefeld, that visits of relatives be restricted to allow for more prisoners in the camp. Oaths administered to prisoners of war in German East Africa concerning parole. Treatment of German civilians and property in the Cameroons and Togoland. Sentence of imprisonment passed on Captain Desmond D. Barry of the Highland Light Infantry interned in Wesel, and ensuing case. Detention at Fort Napier of the lawyer, Arnold Weisse of Lüderitzbucht. Receipt of parcels by prisoners serving imprisonment sentences. Care of British interests in Germany and German interests in Australia by US Consul. Pension for wife of Robert Parkinson, prisoner at Dülmen. Proof of existence of Driver Harold Sugden. Parcels for Russian prisoners in Germany. Enquiry from Henry D. Bell concerning delivery of parcels to his son Lieutenant R M Bell, of 2nd Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers, interned at Friedberg. Enquiry from French Ministry of War concerning a pro-German French soldier named Batte (or Batt). Exchange of Captain Foulkes, 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, interned at Gutersloh for German prisoner of war. Death of Private J Greenwood, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and other soldiers at Dülmen and subsequent investigation and inspection. Relief of indigent East African prisoners at Ahmednagar. Remittance to Herr von Busse, interned at Ahmednagar. Code 1218 Files 62216 (papers 218713-end)-74659.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Provision of information on trial proceedings and sentencing of British and German prisoners, including: Captain Arnold Bleckley: request for information from the German Government on the sentence passed on him. Assurance by the British Government that information would be provided relating to cases involving German prisoners, and request for a reciprocal arrangement. Agreement by the German Government for a reciprocal exchange of information. Proposal for a reciprocal arrangement for the exchange of information on the dates of trials. British regulations on the employment of a defence counsel by an accused prisoner. Second Lieutenant Edward Bennington: report by Dr Hoekstra of the proceedings of his court martial at Hanover. Proposals for the transfer of British prisoners to Switzerland, including: Correspondence regarding forms received from the Spanish Embassy in London recommending the transfer of certain British prisoners. Interest of the King of Spain in certain cases. Opinion of the British Government that the transfer of prisoners should be their responsibility; expression of thanks to the King of Spain for his assistance. Explanation by the Spanish Embassy of the circumstances of the King of Spains involvement. Provision of false teeth for British prisoners, including: Private S Thornley, interned at Dülmen Camp. Private A Records, interned at Stendal Camp. Repatriation of refugees from the Cameroons, including; Arrangements for the repatriation of Chalgo, alias Mateo, from Madrid, Spain, to Duala (Douala), Cameroon. Question of payment of the costs of his repatriation. Arrangements for the transfer of refugees from Cape Town, South Africa, to Sierra Leone. Allegations of crimes committed by certain German prisoners, including Leopold Kuntz, against Cameroon nationals. Arrangements for the despatch of parcels to prisoners, including: Proposal by the American Express Company for a request to be made to the German Government for the grant of safe passage to a ship carrying supplies for British prisoners. Proposal for the establishment of a reserve food depot at Rotterdam in the Netherlands; subsequent proposal to establish a food depot in Bergen, Norway. Arrangements for the transmission of letters and parcels to German prisoners in the UK. Supply of flour to the Prisoners Bread Bureau in Copenhagen, Denmark. Request for permission for the British Red Cross Society to send flour and other supplies to Bergen, Norway. Effects of interruptions to sailings to the Netherlands on the delivery of letters and parcels to prisoners. Mr Henry Hadley, including: Account of the circumstances of his death while returning by train from Germany to the UK. Protest by the British Government about the sale of Mr Hadleys personal effects to pay for his medical treatment. Request by the German Government for the repatriation of certain German missionaries (names in docket no.32138) interned at Ras-el-Tin, Egypt. Prisoner exchanges, including: Petition, signed by various former prisoners of Ruhleben Camp, requesting the release of all British and German civilian prisoners. Mr MacCallum Scott and Sir Henry Craik: parliamentary questions on government policy relating to prisoner exchanges. Mr Frank Craston: letter recommending the release of German prisoners. Lord Gainford: parliamentary question regarding prisoner exchanges, with printed extracts from Hansard covering debates in the House of Lords on 20 March 1917. Minutes of a meeting of the Prisoners of War Sub-Committee of the War Cabinet on 16 March 1917. Mr Pennefather and Mr Joynson-Hicks: parliamentary questions regarding prisoner exchanges, and printed extracts from Hansard dated 4 April 1917. Petition from the Captains Committee at Islington Camp requesting repatriation to Germany (names of petitioners in docket no.105786). Letters from the International Committee of Aid for Civilian Prisoners in Zurich and the Ruhleben Prisoners Release Committee. Owald Kinscher, interned at Lofthouse Park Camp: letter requesting the release of civilian prisoners. Sergeant S Acheson: request for information from the German Government following reports that he had been killed in action. Welfare of British wounded prisoners in Hamburg Hospital, including: Request for food parcels for the prisoners. List of newly-arrived British prisoners (in docket no.35881). Letters from various relatives of the prisoners (names in docket no.42914) addressed to the American Consul General in Hamburg. Mr Frederick Brown: enquiry about the validity of a letter from the US Consulate in Hamburg concerning a visit to his son in hospital. List of names of British prisoners (in docket no.57085 and 100543)) known to have been in the Eppendorfer Hospital in Hamburg, but omitted from the official German list. List of names (in docket no.97489) of British prisoners interned in two hospitals in Hamburg. Payments to interned German subjects, including: Agreement for the Swiss Legation in London to continue to make payments in the UK, and arrangements for the transfer of funds from Switzerland. Payments to destitute German civilians in South Africa by the Swiss Legation in Cape Town. Arrangements for payments to prisoners in India by the Swiss Consul at Bombay. Mr C Auffinger, interned at Ahmednagar, India: request for the transmission of documents to him by the Anglo-Austrian Bank in London. Provision of financial aid to prisoners in German East Africa. Sanction for payments to various prisoners (names in docket no.244968) interned at Ahmednagar Camp, India Code 1218 Files 28046-35184.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Proposal by the Vatican that prisoners who had been held for more than 18 months and who were fathers of four children should be interned in Switzerland, and thus returned to their native countries. Opening of sealed tins of meat or other food sent to British prisoners. Ten German youths detained in Britain (named in docket no.144692). German subjects released from Australia who proceed via China to the USA, where they are given false passports before returning to Germany: investigations into practice. Remittance of allowances by the Norddeutscher Lloyd Company of Bremen to support their ships officers who are interned in Australia. Carl Denker, German ships officer interned at Wakefield, Yorkshire: medically unfit for work at sea; approval for his repatriation, and special exchange for an officer of the British Mercantile Marine interned in Germany. Heinrich Sippel and Jacob Schorr: their petition on behalf of the interned crew of the German steamship Prinz Adalbert ; Foreign Office will not allow their release; German crews not to be shown the same consideration as Austrian ones. Bureau International de la Paix, Berne, Switzerland. Baroness Marthe von Carnap: her enquiry about the welfare of her two sons by a previous marriage, the Egyptian princes Ibrahim Fazil and Said Fazil. Supply of alcoholic liquor to officer prisoners. Damage to German property in the Cameroons. Funds for assistance of British prisoners in Germany. James George Bachmann, an infant: his mother, Mrs McGonigal, desires his return from Germany to Britain. Lance Corporal C G G Dibble, 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment: enquiry as to his fate. Capture of the British steamship Eskimo by German authorities: enquiries for female passengers and crew. Captain Arnold H Bleckly, 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, sentenced by court martial to imprisonment for attempting to escape from Crefeld. Hans Krützfeld, Secretary of the late German Consulate at Lourenço Marques, Mozambique: his internment in Natal, Union of South Africa. Pastor Hasenkamp, of the German Evangelical Parish of Swakopmund, former German South West Africa: permission granted to proceed to Capetown, Union of South Africa, for medical treatment. Gifts sent to prisoners by godparents in neutral countries. Code 1218 Files 144077-151469.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Pay of four German officers detained on HMT Canada : request for payment of salaries as captured officers, from Johannes Schlüter, Robert Karbiner, Robert von Schlieben, Friedrich Fuhr; includes signed letter from officers (in docket no. 269). Pay of officer prisoners of war: German government lists (in German) of German civilians interned in England who should be treated as officers. Officials from German protectorates: German government request that superior officials should be treated as officers rather than civilian prisoners. German officers of the reserve taken prisoner in UK. Treatment of captured Belgian official in Belgian Congo. German subjects to be treated as officers: case of Dr Jacobs, prisoner transferred from Ceylon to Australia; also Bodo Mertens and Peter von Boetticher, detained in HM overseas dominions. Treatment of Otto Froitzheim and Hans Kaiser, interned as civilian prisoners at Wakefield, and Lt Fritz Fuhrmann, interned in England. Hermann Eubell, retired officer at Ahmednagar, India. Paul Bauer and Markus Ried, lieutenants of the reserve. Wolf von Trotha, German subject interned at Wakefield. Interned British ships: funds and wages to be paid to dependents of seamen interned at Hamburg and German ports; includes lists of vessels, and names of masters. George Frederick Fischer, British subject interned in Germany at Ruhleben: execution of power of attorney in respect of trust property in England. German doctors in Spain: German representations regarding their possible return to Germany. Prince Salm Salm, a captain in the German regiment of the Gardes du Corps: arrangements for his transfer from South Africa to Gibraltar with his wife, Princess Salm Salm, (Marie Cristina, Archduchess of Austria), daughter of Archduke Frederick and a cousin of HM the King of Spain, and her maid; proposed exchange of Prince Salm Salm for two British officers; movements in Gibraltar of Princess Salm Salm. Lt Col H McMicking, 2nd Royal Scots, wounded prisoner in Germany: enquiry from Mrs Alice Graves of Norfolk regarding his possible exchange. Arrest of Germans at New Mecklenburg: allegations of their being whipped at Rabaul, New Britain [Papua New Guinea], in response to their whipping of a Methodist missionary (Reverend Mr Cox); enquiries with Governor General of Commonwealth of Australia; later report (in docket no. 32008). Officers and crew of captured enemy vessels Wega , Alberttine , Fehrbellin and Romulus : release reports, listing individual names and details (in docket no. 10509). Germans killed in Isle of Man detention camp riot in November 1914: German request for particulars of four individuals killed; enquiry whether one was Ludwig Bauer, a confectioner of Brixton, London; includes list of individuals and details (in docket no. 14764). Richard Kwilecki, German subject in Australia: enquiries regarding his whereabouts. Von Gudenburgs in South West Africa: enquiries regarding whereabouts of Frau Freifrau Freya Wolff von Gudenburg and Thilo Freiherr von Gudenburg and family. Code 1218 File 269-584.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Letters from USA to German soldiers addressed to Northern France. Contraband: suspicious consignments to Amsterdam by Dutch vessel SS Danae. Rent owing on a premises lately occupied by an interned alien enemy: enquiry from William Whiteley Ltd, auction, land and estate offices, of London, on behalf of a client. Gold souvenir medals ordered from England by Mr A M L Betts, British subject interned at Ruhleben: arrangements for transmission via US Embassy, Berlin. Badges or medals for Ruhleben prisoners: resolution passed by 3,000 camp members against allocation of relief funds to purchase of medals. Present for commandant, Blankenburg camp, Berlin: request from Mrs Gordon for permission to send the commandant an inscribed gold pencil case as a mark of appreciation for kindness shown to her husband Colonel Gordon VC, prisoner at camp. Pay and treatment of German officer interned in UK: Dr Werdin, assistant surgeon of the German Army. Pay of officer prisoners of war in Germany: enquiries from Mrs Lucy B Jackson of Kemerton, Gloucestershire, in respect of her husband Colonel Jackson. Johannes Buschmann, German subject interned at Knockaloe camp, Isle of Man: request for release as only 16 years old, and for compensation to pay passage to USA. Mr M Bettenstadt, deported from England: history of his case; report that German Consul at Vlissingen will not recognise him as a German subject; request that he may be recalled to England; decision of UK authorities that deportation order cannot be withdrawn; petitions for reconsideration of decision. Moravian missionaries in South Africa: comments on statement in Dutch newspaper that all missionaries of the Moravian Brotherhood in South Africa had been ordered to prepare to be interned. British Red Cross and Order of St John: enquiries on behalf of Mrs Plunkett, wife of paralysed husband living at Hanover, and Mrs Morris in respect of her son, C V Morris, interned at Ruhleben. Exchange of German notes for English money: request from wife of English employee of James Keiller & Son Ltd of Dundee, now interned in Ruhleben. Dr Hupka and Mrs Hupka, German subjects interned in Ceylon: application for extension of relief; arrangements for transfer to Australia; inability of Mrs Hupka to travel. Alleged bad treatment of consular officials who had since been exchanged: individual cases, including Herr Grimm and Oscar Lerch. F F Bruchhaus, formerly German Consular Secretary at Durban: treatment at Pietermaritzburg; claim for release on grounds of ill-health. Oscar Lerch, German Consular Secretary: treatment at Singapore. Miss Cunliffe, of Worplesdon St Mary, near Guildford, Surrey: grant of an emergency passport to return to England from Rotterdam. German South West Africa: pay of surrendered German officers; treatment of German civil and military officials. Henry Hector Williams, Army Service Corps driver, interned at Ruhleben. Private E McEwen, Scots Guards: investigation into reported shooting by German sentry at Gottingen camp, Hanover. Mrs Louise Rudolph, in Germany, wife a German subject living in Sydney, Australia: request for relief and transmission of remittance from Sydney. Internment in UK inhabitants of Schleswig. Wives of German officers and soldiers from Togoland. Release of seamen from Ruhleben. Money due under agreement to Mrs Mary Amelia Goldschmidt, naturalised British subject, widow of Samuel Goldschmidt. Payment of Count Bonifacius von Hatzfeld: payment of property taxes due on his estate in British Columbia. Letters taken from lady of German nationality at Hull while on her way to Germany: arrangements for their return. Communication with Prince Bulow regarding a book he was writing about his mission to Italy. Signalling from Sir Alfred Monds house. Compilation of lists of German prisoners of war. Prisoners of war at Pietermaritzburg. Application of term prisoner of war for listing of interned civilians. Enquiry forms: application of terms on forms. British Red Cross and Order of St John: enquiries regarding possible release of two German doctors, Dr Eugen Drouven, interned in Hong Kong, and Dr Richard Häffner, interned in Gibraltar; and possible exchange of Private Joseph Fitzsimmons, Royal Irish Regiment, prisoner of war at Sennelager. Detention of Dr Richard Häffner (or Haeffner). Release of Dr Eugen Drouven. Release of Edwin Williams, British subject interned at Ruhleben, in exchange for Julius Wegeler. Document for signature of Maria Valeria Florentina Roesch, née Dillon, in Germany. Phthysis amongst British prisoners in German camp. Code 1218 File 93312-99280.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Internment of German prisoners from the German colonies, including: Request by the General Welfare Committee at Knockaloe Camp that civilian prisoners due to be repatriated should not be temporarily transferred to a military camp. Lieutenant Paul Baer: complaint by the German authorities about the delay in transferring him to Switzerland. Request for interned German troops from the Cameroons and Togo to be placed in military camps. German memorandum alleging that officers and non-commissioned officers captured in the German colonies were being excluded from internment in the Netherlands; British reply refuting the allegations. Combatant status of certain prisoners at Knockaloe Camp. Johannes Rehse, interned at Knockaloe Camp, and Karl Kauss, interned at Lofthouse Park: request for their transfer to the Netherlands. Heinrich Bolle, interned at Knockaloe Camp: decision not to allow his transfer to the Netherlands; subsequent confirmation of his non-combatant status. Correspondence concerning lists of former German colonial troops eligible for transfer to the Netherlands. Lieutenants Kaiser, Hermans and Haeuseler: request for their transfer to the Netherlands. Otto Kallweit: confirmation that he had been moved to a camp for combatant prisoners, and would be transferred to the Netherlands. Heinrich Bauch: confirmation that he had been transferred to a camp for combatant prisoners. List (in docket no. 108819) of German prisoners eligible for transfer to the Netherlands. Johannes Rehse, interned at Knockaloe Camp: enquiry about his transfer to a military camp and removal to the Netherlands. Information on the civilian status of certain German prisoners (names in docket no. 111465). German memoranda enquiring about Sergeant Otto Kallweit and other interned prisoners (names in docket no. 119625) who were eligible for military status. Samoan camps: appointment of Mr J Helg to inspect internment camps in Samoa containing German prisoners; protest by the German authorities about the existence of the camps. Oberleutnant Lothar Marcks, interned at Trial Bay, Australia, including: Letters to the Swiss Consul in Sydney recommending the repatriation of a number of German prisoners (names in docket nos. 9131 and 19465) on health grounds. Sergeant Rudolf Albert Ebelt: information that he was no longer eligible for repatriation on health grounds. Permission for the transmission to Germany of the letters from Oberleutnant Marcks. German prisoners from the former colony of German New Guinea, including: Deportation of former employees of the Pacific Phosphate Company from the island of Nauru. George Taeufert: confirmation that he had been deported from German New Guinea and was interned at Trial Bay, New South Wales. German memorandum notifying the British Government of the detention of six British civilians as a reprisal for the detention of German officials (names in docket no. 67397). Reports on actions leading to the surrender of Nauru and the deportation of German prisoners, with lists (in docket no. 75585) of prisoners who had been deported or interned, a list (in docket no. 75585) of prisoners and passengers on SS Messina , and a list (in docket no. 75585) of German subjects sent from New Guinea to Australia. Statistics relating to Commerce, Native Tax, Population, Live Stock and Agriculture, etc., in connection with the Late German New Guinea Possessions. (Parliamentary Command Paper C.15195). European War. Correspondence respecting Military Operations against German Possessions in the Western Pacific. (Parliamentary Command Paper C.16383). German memorandum protesting about the internment of prisoners on Samoa, and and requesting the return from Australia of German subjects deported from Nauru and New Guinea. Report by the Principal Medical Officer of Samoa on the internment camp at Samoa. German memorandum on German subjects in Nauru and New Guinea, with a copy of the British reply. Mr Karl Hanssen, interned at Motuihi Camp, Auckland, New Zealand: series of letters to the American Consul at Apia, Samoa, on issues relating to his business, the Deutsche Handels & Plantagen-Gesellschaft, in Apia, Samoa, and the health of a fellow prisoner, Mr Paul Voget. Report of an inspection of the internment camp at Apia, Samoa, with a list of German prisoners interned in the camp (in docket no. 111719). Arrangements for the transfer of German prisoners from Samoa to New Zealand; question of relief payments. Agreement by the Australian Government for the proposed repatriation of certain German colonial officials (names in docket no. 115181), formerly of New Guinea. Mr R P Berking, interned at Motuihi, Auckland, New Zealand: copy of a letter requesting permission for himself and thirteen other married interned prisoners (names in docket no. 116454) to return to their homes in Samoa. List (in docket no. 10150) of German subjects transferred from Nauru to Australia. German memorandum requesting information on an internment camp for German subjects at Rabaul, New Guinea. Report of the attempted escape of German prisoners from the internment camp at Apia, Samoa. Code 1218 Files 9123-10150.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Indian seamen (Lascars) interned at Parchim in Germany. Declaration of neutrality by German civilians interned in the UK. Forms of enquiry for relatives in Germany requesting information about German civilians interned in the British Empire. Transfer of the body of Prince Frederick Carl of Prussia for internment in Germany. Payments to German East African troops interned at Ahmednagar. Transmission of correspondence of persons in occupied territories to Germany. Request by the German Government for the release of Andreas Holst and Erich Helmich, arrested on neutral territory. Sentence passed on Kurt Thomas, prisoner at Ahmednagar. Secret letter from Lieutenant R R W Jackson interned at Crefeld prisoner of war camp, describing conditions. Conveyance of parcels etc. for German prisoners in UK. Supply of uniforms etc. to prisoners of war. Marking of graves of enemy soldiers dying in the area of operations and prisoners of war dying in the UK. Sum due to Avery Hancox and other repatriated British prisoners. Request by US Senator for numbers of German prisoners in UK and France and transfer of prisoners to USA. Transfer of prisoners of war to Canada to supply labour. Expenses of repatriation of German civilian prisoners. Payments to German prisoners held by the British in France. Rev. Karl Steck, interned in Australia. Request for transfer of Professor Dr. Schroeder and Dr. Becker, interned in Shiraz, Persia (Iran) to a better supplied camp due to ill-health. Request for the safe passage of German missionary Wilhelm Neuberg and his wife and two children, interned at Blantyre, British Nyasaland to the USA. Repatriation of five members of German Sanitary Personnel from East Africa. Formation of officers camp at Freiburg. Proposals by the Red Cross for the exchange of prisoners. Treatment of Askaris by British in German East Africa. Treatment of German subjects arrested in West Africa and transported to UK, including sworn depositions by Felix Cohn, Hugo Ebeling, Anna Lucie Baehr, Else Haensel and Bertha Wilhelmina Therese Getrud Hein, née Lummert. Feeding of German prisoners in UK with bread and flour from Holland. Requests for repatriation of prisoners under 17 years of age: Cadet Donald F Macfadyen, born 29 October 1900, of the ship Brecknockshire interned at Brandenburg Alfred Broomfield Clulee, born 13 December 1900, of the ship Otaki Arrangement for despatch of food parcels to officers at Crefeld through an individual named Mr Van Vredenburch rather than from relatives. Code 1218 Files 87711-100563.

Germany: Prisoners, including: German women and children in Hong Kong: treatment; includes list of German and Austrian families interned in Kowloon (in docket no. 58552). German subject, aged over 55 years of age, detained at Rottnest, Western Australia: question of entitlement to release. Personal effects of German prisoners of war in South Africa. Treatment of German prisoners in Trinidad. Treatment of enemy aliens in South Africa. Disposal of German subjects from German South West Africa. Release and repatriation of German subjects under 17 years of age and over 55 years, in detention camps. Inspection reports on prisoner of war camps in London: Alexandra Palace and Stratford; includes black/white ground plan of Alexandra Palace (in docket no. 67335). Treatment of German prisoners in UK: report on various camps after visit of inspection by Edward G Lowry, Special Attaché in Charge (German Division), US Embassy, London (in docket no. 67983). Measures against Germans in UK. Repatriation of German males from UK. Ignacz Rosenbluth, German prisoner of war in South Africa: deposit of property in a bank and placed to his credit on his release. Internment of German subjects in UK. Repatriation of German subjects from South Africa: proposed draft stating particulars of means necessary for repatriation. Treatment of enemy aliens in South Africa: reports of anti-German disturbances and proposed government action; includes several press reports from the Cape Times , 13-15 May 1915. Repatriation of enemy aliens from colonies and self-governing dominions. Treatment of German subjects and property in the Cameroons. Treatment of German prisoners at Singapore. Mrs Edith Hering, German subject arrested and imprisoned at Edinburgh: sentence passed. Treatment of German prisoners at Rottnest, Western Australia. Transfer of German subjects from Singapore to Liverpool, Australia. Anglo-French forces in the Cameroons: German complaint regarding their conduct. Treatment of German prisoners in the Straits Settlements. Treatment of German prisoners in Liverpool camp, near Sydney, New South Wales. German civilians interned at Ahmednagar, India: regulations; German allegation that prisoners only allowed to write in English. German prisoners in Togoland and Dahomey: alleged cruelties. German prisoners camps in UK: further reports by Edward G Lowry, Special Attaché in Charge (German Division), US Embassy, London (in docket no. 102948). Treatment of German prisoners at Liverpool, New South Wales: includes printed copy of Manual of War Precautions , Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence, 1915 (in docket no. 104429). Complaints of prisoners at Knockaloe camp, Isle of Man. Treatment of prisoners at Alexandra Palace, London: complaint by Colonel Friedrich, Officer in Charge of Prisoners of War Department, Prussian Ministry of War, and investigation by Edward G Lowry, Special Attaché in Charge (German Division), US Embassy, London. Conditions in prisoners camps at Ragama and Ahmednagar, India. German prisoners of war at Bermuda: claims of prisoners for pay and release on undertaking not to join armed forces. Code 1218 File 263 (papers 54247-112033).

Germany: Prisoners, including: German prisoners interned and detained by British: enquiries regarding whereabouts and possible release, including: Hans Zwingauer, detained at Wakefield: consideration of claim for release as member of German Medical Personnel. Detention of four German clergymen in Australia: Pastor Treuz; Pastor Schafhirt, Pastor Frank, and Pastor Gutekunst. Germans detained in Malta in violation of agreement. Franz Steier, detained at Shrewsbury. E Helmich and A Holst, detained in India. Detention of Germans in England in violation of agreement: includes forms of enquiry for individual prisoners, Fürst von Wahlstatt Blücher, Eduard Borger, Hans Domschke, Ernst Fricke, Dr Richard Häffner, Dr Hermann Hammann, Johann Oskar Krafft, Jakob Leisner, Dr Nolte, Mr Roese, Jakob Schäfer. Albert Lindemann, German invalid civilian in South Africa. Dr Schultz, German ex-Governor of Samoa, interned as prisoner of war in New Zealand. Detention of missionaries in British possessions. German boys interned at Lancaster. Helmuth Reinhardt, detained in England: request for release and permission to proceed to the US; subsequently refused. Gustav Weber, formerly District Judge, German New Guinea: return to Germany. Detention of Germans entitled to release: Otto Grosse and Dr Kain, detained in Malta. James Zutraven, German invalid civilian interned in London. Ernest Wermecke, cashier to United States Steel Products Company, interned in London. Dr Müller and Dr Werner, German physicians detained in Australia following their removal from Singapore. Dr Ernst Simon, detained in Maritzburg, South Africa. General exchange of missionaries. Pastor Paul Coerper, late military chaplain at Luderitzbucht: return to Germany from South Africa. Walter Steffens, detained at Lofthouse Park, Wakefield. August Landler, detained in England: request for release and permission to proceed to the US; subsequently refused. Germans under 17 years detained at Lancaster. Johann Krafft. German missionary detained at Ahmednagar, India. Albert Lichtenstern, repatriation from Tilbury for Rotterdam. Rudolf Bleyer, interned in UK. Count Stolberg, interned in Ireland at Oldcastle, County Meath. Georg Mondorf, interned in UK: refusal of request for a permit to proceed to Venezuela. Baron Louis von Horst: question of his release on grounds of US nationality. Repatriation of enemy subjects from South Africa. Mr Wilmsen, dispensing chemist detained in South Africa. Fritz Finsterbusch, 16 year old sailor detained in UK. German subjects over 55 years returning to Germany. Repatriation of German subjects from UK. Carl Müller, detained at Edinburgh Castle. Hans Rost, 16 year old cabin boy, interned at Handforth. Release of German subjects in South Africa: Edmund Fleming; Leopold Pahl; Franz Muller. German missionaries in India. Oscar Ehlers, detained in UK: request for release as a Dominican citizen. Expenses incurred in repatriation of Germans. Matthieu Ottenwaelder, detained on Isle of Man: enquiry from his sister, Mrs Emilie des Fossis of New York City. John Meyong, detained at Knockaloe, Isle of Man. Code 1218 File 122 (papers 102741-end).

Germany: Prisoners, including: German prisoners in British or British Empire custody, including: Sentences passed on German prisoners at Pietermaritzburg, Union of South Africa. Ration scale at Pietermaritzburg Camp. Reports on internment camps at Alexandra Palace, London; Frith Hill, near Frimley, Surrey; Leigh, Lancashire; Dorchester; and Donington Hall, Derbyshire. Internment camp at Knockaloe, Isle of Man: adverse German press cuttings from Kölnische Zeitung of 16 July 1916 and National Zeitung of 19 July 1916. Reports by US Embassy officials on their visits from 31 August to 6 September 1916 and on 28 and 29 November 1916 (the latter including the Isle of Man Insane Asylum and the Private General Hospital, Isle of Man). Detention barracks at Trial Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Otto Mueller: his alleged ill-treatment while detained in Canada. Printed despatch from the Government of India concerning the treatment of German subjects at Ahmednagar Camp. Lieutenant Thomas von Grote: his sentence remitted by the Army Council; returned to internment in the officers camp at Holyport, Berkshire. Camp for civilian prisoners at Glendairy, Barbados, West Indies. Labour of German prisoners in Canada. Treatment of German prisoners in Jamaica and South Australia. Reports on working camps at Lentran, Inverness-shire; Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; Kinlochleven, Argyllshire; Redesdale, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland; Healeyfield, Castleside, Durham; Newlandside, Stanhope, Durham. Treatment of German soldiers serving punishment sentences. Report on place of internment for alien civilians at Gainsborough Road, Hackney Wick, London. Housing of German prisoners in Britain: insistence by German Government that barracks replace tents, otherwise reprisals to be taken. Medical and dental treatment of prisoners in Canada. Internment camp at Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Treatment of German prisoners in hospitals in Britain. Restrictions on visitors interviews at Liverpool Camp, New South Wales, Australia. Report on outbreak of gastro-intestinal disorder at Lower Southern Hospital at Dartford, Kent; US Embassy visits to hospitals at Dartford and Devonport requested. Flogging of Germans at Rabaul, New Britain. Gefreiter Julius Koch and Unteroffizier Heinrich Brinkmann: their complaints about conditions of punishment for attempting to escape refuted by War Office. Internment camp at Torrens Island, South Australia. Code 1218 File 591 (papers 180902-end).

Germany: Prisoners, including: German prisoners in British or British Empire custody, including: German prisoners at Lofthouse Park, Wakefield: delay in their receipt of correspondence. Disciplinary measures taken at Dorchester Camp. Memorandum on Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man. Flogging of Germans at Rabaul, New Britain, in punishment for assaulting the Reverend Dr Cox. Internment camp at Tenom, North Borneo. August Arndt and Adolf Kempe, sentenced for escaping. Alleged ill-treatment of German women and children in Britain: detailed report in tabular form by Home Office regarding each allegation. Postal arrangements for prisoners. Lieutenant Dix and Lieutenant Nothnagel: return of their swords. Transfer of German prisoners and interned civilians from Hong Kong to Australia. Interned Germans at Alexandra Palace, London. Report by US Embassy staff on their visit to the four camps for civilian prisoners at Knockaloe, Isle of Man. Treatment of Germans brought to Britain from Africa. Reports on internment camps at Douglas, Isle of Man, and at Stobs, near Hawick, Roxburghshire. Request for free parcel postage to prisoners. Conditions in prisoners camps at Stratford, London, and in Malta. Postal regulations for prisoners interned in South West Africa. Flogging of Germans at the prisoners camp at Torrens Island, South Australia. Officer prisoners camps at Holyport, Berkshire, and Handforth, Cheshire. Alleged ill-treatment of German prisoners in Canada; reports on camps. Reports on prisoners camps at Eastcote, Northamptonshire; Leigh, Lancashire; and Cornwallis Road, Upper Holloway, London. Prisoners camps in India at Ahmednagar and Belgaum. Request by the Reverend A O T Hellerström to visit prisoners camps. International Committee of the Red Cross, printed report (in French) of its representatives visits to camps at Dorchester, Donington Hall, Frith Hill, Handforth, Leigh, Knockaloe and Douglas. Hospital for wounded prisoners at Dartford, Kent. Gosch Loy Ehlers, interned at Oldcastle Camp, County Meath, Ireland. Code 1218 File 591 (to paper 58828).

Germany: Prisoners, including: German prisoners in British or British Empire custody, including: Flogging of Germans at Rabaul, New Britain: medical report and legal opinion. Reports on prisoners camps at Wakefield, Yorkshire; Donington Hall, Leicestershire; Dyffryn Aled, Abergele, Denbighshire, Wales; Handforth, Cheshire; Douglas, Isle of Man; and Knockaloe, Isle of Man. Transfer of prisoners under sentence from Isle of Man to Liverpool. Internment camps at Malta and Stratford, London: complaints by internees. Internment of German women and children in India. Treatment of German prisoners at the camp at Trial Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Conditions in the internment camp at Tenom, North Borneo. Punishment for attempted escapes from places of internment. Correspondence of German prisoners at Ahmednagar, India; and complaints about the camp. Printed despatch from the Government of India concerning the treatment of German subjects at Ahmednagar. Employment of Germans interned in Canada. Treatment of German prisoners in Canada; example of Amherst Camp, Nova Scotia. Punishment of German prisoners in South Africa. Internment camp at Liverpool, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Work voluntarily undertaken by German civilian prisoners. Lieutenant Thomas von Grote: his attempted escape from internment at Holyport, Berkshire, and sentence of nine months imprisonment at Chelmsford Detention Barracks. His protestation against long sentence. Report on Libury Hall German Farm Colony, Ware, Hertfordshire. Otto Schwerbrock, interned at Ahmednagar Camp, India: sentenced to two years hard labour for being drunk and violent and resisting arrest. Treatment of German civilians in the Civilian Internment Camp at Fort Henry, near Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Provision of food at Pietermaritzburg Camp, Union of South Africa. Conditions at the Lower Southern Hospital for prisoners at Dartford, Kent. Food supplied to prisoners at Wakefield. Publication of reports on prisoners camps in Britain. Treatment of German civilians on board steamship Akassa , while being transported from Nigeria, Dahomey, Togoland and the Gold Coast to Liverpool, England. Treatment of German prisoners in Jamaica. Restriction of conversation at Liverpool Camp, New South Wales, Australia. Report on prisoners working stations in the Isle of Man. Code 1218 File 591 (papers 59444-180079).

Germany: Prisoners, including: German civilians interned in German East Africa, including: Petition from various German prisoners interned at Ahmednagar, India, concerning the welfare of their wives and children in German East Africa. German memorandum protesting about the treatment of members of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission. Karl Koerfer: enquiry about his son, Franz Karl Koerfer, formerly with the Catholic Mission at Nagalama, Uganda; information that Franz Koerfer was in the Care Mission in Wilhemstal. Request by the German authorities for the repatriation of certain German civilians (names in docket no.151944). List of German prisoners interned at Tanga (names in docket no.153627). Arrival of German women and children from East Africa at Pretoria, South Africa, and recommendation for the transfer to South Africa of the remaining German civilians on health grounds. Otto Weber: request for the repatriation of his wife, Hete Weber, and their child, Marie Weber; later request for details of their address and permission to send money and clothing. Alleged sale by the British authorities of property belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Mission. Question of the repatriation of elderly German subjects. Provision of funds for medicine and supplies for destitute German subjects; confirmation that money for this purpose had been transferred to the Swiss Legation at Cape Town, South Africa. Information on the numbers of German civilians resident in German East Africa and Nyasaland. Proposal by the German authorities for the use of a neutral ship for the repatriation of German subjects from neutral tropical countries; opposition to this proposal by the British Government. Herr Köstlin and Herr Jedding: request for funds from banks in Germany. German memorandum on currency issues in occupied countries in Europe; request for information on British policy regarding legal tender in German East Africa. Dr Nave: request for the repatriation of his wife from Dar es Salaam. Proposal for the repatriation of German civilians from New Zealand. Frau Schnee: letter requesting the release of Red Cross funds for the benefit of women and children in the colony. Question of the use of SS Gelria for the repatriation of German prisoners. Request for the repatriation of sick and elderly German prisoners from Australia; information that no ship could be provided for this purpose. Mrs Martha Tuaillon, interned at Dar es Salaam: request to be transferred to South Africa or Europe on health grounds. Mrs Cornelie Orth, interned at Dar es Salaam: request for the women and children in the region to be transferred to a healthier climate. Report of the arrival of a number of German women and children at Liverpool, having been repatriated from former German colonies. Hete Weber: permission for her to receive money from her husband, Otto Weber. Dr Helmuth Listemann, interned at Ahmednagar, India: enquiry about his welfare. Dr Richard Kuenzer, former German Consul at Drama, Greece, including: Report of the detention of Dr Kuenzer in Egypt and Malta, with a covering letter from Sir Reginald Wingate. Suggestion that Dr Kuenzer could represent the interests of other German prisoners interned in Malta; opinion of the War Office that the Swiss Government should appoint a representative. Request by Dr Kuenzer for compensation for personal possessions allegedly removed from his trunk. Proposal by the German Government for Dr Kuenzer to be exchanged for a British subject; decision by the British Government not to accept the proposal. Letter from Dr Kuenzer concerning Otto Klein and Otto Stolze. Fritz Wronka: payment to him at St Clemens Camp, Malta. Opinion of the Army Council that Dr Kuenzer was performing genuine consular duties, and was therefore eligible for repatriation; proposal for his exchange for Mr J H Irvin. Agreement by the German Government for a British subject acting in the consular service of a neutral country to represent the interests of German prisoners in Malta; proposal for the appointment of Mr Gollcher, the Danish Consul in Malta. Proposal by the Danish Red Cross to send three English-speaking lecturers to visit internment camps in Germany containing British prisoners. Captain H Hopper of SS Brantingham : enquiry by his wife, Mrs J Hopper, about her husbands welfare and whereabouts. German memorandum stating that SS Brantingham had been sunk by a German submarine, following the removal of the crews from the ship. List of German ministers of religion interned in Australia (in docket no.85337), with additional information on some of the named individuals. Mr Oscar Plate of Messrs Lohmann and Company, Agents of the North German Lloyd Company: transmission of a message to Berlin requesting funds for employees of the company interned in Australia. Code 1218 Files 7520 (papers 148087-end)-8554.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Exchange of incapacitated prisoners and medical personnel, including: Dr Otto Glantz, physician in medical service of German Government and the German Army, interned in New Zealand: application for release (docket nos. 162432, 164927, 169633, 182659). Schedule of disabilities for incapacitated exchange. Return of British incapacitated prisoners from Germany. Repatriation of wounded German prisoners. Representations for release of prisoners of war. Repatriation of German sanitary personnel from South Africa. Capt Cecil Morley, wounded prisoner, interned at Mainz: enquiry from his wife, Mrs Morley of Southsea (docket no. 169680). Exchange of incapacitated prisoners in overseas possessions. Colonel Earle, wounded prisoner in Germany: enquiries from his brother, Lionel Earle of Westminster (docket nos. 173507, 175804, 201194). Repatriation of German medical personnel from South West Africa. Wounded British prisoners in Germany. Incapacitated prisoners of war: question of exchange of 2nd Lieut Gerard Goschen, Grenadier Guards (docket nos. 175064, 177383, 178080, 189188). Capt Henry Talbot, 11th Hussars, wounded prisoner at Wurzburg: enquiry from his father, Edmund Talbot of London, regarding possible exchange for Baron von Freyburg, prisoner at Donnington Hall (docket no. 177520). Dr Hugo Zieschank, German doctor in Samoa: application to return to Germany; also applications from other Germans in Samoa, including Ludovica Schultze (docket no. 178838). Oberarzt Schweizer, German medical officer, repatriated from South Africa: possible exchange for Surgeon E C Holtom (docket nos. 180348, 190645). Dr Ernst Strauss, German Naval doctor, interned at Holyport: application for exchange for three Royal Army Medical Corps officers detained by Germans (docket no. 180644). Capt Ion Barry George, prisoner at Crefeld: assistance towards release, having missed previous repatriation train due to a fit; enquiry from his sister, May Knox-Browne of County Mayo, Ireland (docket no. 182931). Exchange of incapacitated German prisoners now interned in Australia. Repatriation of German civilian doctors. Detention of German medical personnel on board ss Rufidji. Johannes Hagemann, prisoner of war at Lofthouse Park: claim for release as member of German sanitary personnel (docket no. 183941). Lieut Ernst Kieckhoefer, German colonial force of German East Africa, severely wounded prisoner in Ahmednagar (docket no. 183954). Capt D A Laird, Royal Army Medical Corps, prisoner of war at Gütersloh (docket no. 189076). Major H E Priestley and Capt Vidal, Royal Army Medical Corps, detained at Wittenburg (docket nos. 189248, 197674). Detention of British medical officers in Germany. German sanitary officers in UK. Cost of repatriation of German medical and sanitary personnel from South Africa. Repatriation of German civilian doctors. [ NOTE : several dockets include lists of prisoners, or make reference to individuals, including docket nos. 179848, 182436 (all German), and 199105]. Code 1218 File 35580 (papers 162432-end).

Germany: Prisoners, including: Estate of the late Charles Dutscher, naturalised British subject of Sierra Leone: he had privileges of British subject only within the Settlement. When he returned to Germany in 1905 he must be regarded as having resumed German nationality. Assets of West Afrikanische Handels Gesellschaft cannot be remitted to family in Germany, and the firm cannot be allowed to resume business, as from 1905 it was a German firm managed from Germany. Applications for release of Germans interned in Britain or in British overseas territories, including: Herman Giebler technically entitled to return to Germany on grounds of being 16 when he applied to do so; so must be allowed to do so even though he will no doubt bear arms against Britain. Josef Hofman, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man: he cannot be granted a permit to go to United States of America as the issue of such permits is suspended. Dr Eugen Drouven: Governor of Hong Kong given instructions to release him. Richard Kube, and officers and crew of the steamship Prinz Adalbert ; case has been repeatedly considered, but release cannot be granted. Henry Corn, interned at Wakefield, Yorkshire: granted permit to proceed to United States. Ernst Sauer, interned at Alexandra Palace, London: does not wish to return to Germany even if he were eligible. Richard Hein, of the steamship Bethania , interned at Jamaica then at Amherst, Canada: requests to go to United States for cure by specialists of paralysis caused by gunshot wound in arm, inflicted by guard in Jamaica. Internment of German civilian doctors at Lofthouse Park Camp, Wakefield, Yorkshire: Doctors Richard Häffner, Richard Nolte, Ludwig Schwermer and P T Freytag. Dr Häffners repatriation agreed to as a special case. Internment of ten German physicians at Stratford Camp, East London: Doctors Casimir Casper, Gerhard Bartram, Karl Hoch, Franz Thalwizer, Georg Richter, Berthold Baneth, Martin Ficker, Fritz Goldberg, Ed Gimper, and Siebert. Not entitled to repatriation. Eight to be transferred to Lofthouse Park, Wakefield, the other two to Alexandra Palace. Kaspar Joseph Vogel: his release cannot be authorised. His son Williem E Vogel appeals. Professor G A Bredow, sculptor, arrested at sea and interned at Gibraltar then at Douglas, Isle of Man, then at Wakefield, Yorkshire; Home Office refuse him a permit to proceed to the Argentine. Dr L Siebert, interned at Stratford, East London. Max Kypke, superintendent of Phoenix Ceramic Works, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA, arrested at sea and interned at Edinburgh Castle. His release cannot be authorised. Mrs Reiser, an English woman married to a German, asks British to ask French to release her husband from internment in the Ile dYeu, Vendée, France, so that he can live with her at their home in Bordeaux; request refused. Ludwig Lichtenstadter, interned at Lofthouse Park Camp, Wakefield, Yorkshire: United States Ambassador asks for his release to proceed to United States to marry his fiancée Miss Edith Cohen and observe absolute neutrality. Request refused. Hans von Chorus: his release cannot be authorised. Dr Adolf Muller: Governor General of Australia decides he cannot be released from internment there because of unsatisfactory conduct in connection with imprisonment of Captain J Anderson, master of the steamship Messina at Nauru, Pacific Ocean. Baron Louis Anton von Horst, interned in the German Hospital, Dalston, London. Jacob Kirchoff (alias Kant), interned in Canada. Reverend Theodor Meyner, a German missionary, interned. Repatriation of German and Austrian missionaries from India. H Brammer, First Officer of the German steamship Eleonore Woermann, protests about contravention of international law in manner of his arrest; interned at Lofthouse Park Camp, Wakefield. Count Eg. Beissel von Gymnich, interned at Lofthouse Park Camp, Wakefield: claims that his poor health merits his repatriation. List of 18 German internees with decisions on their cases (names given in dockets nos.33310 and 40076). Freiherr von Türckheim-Baden, interned at Douglas Private Camp, Isle of Man: claims that his poor health merits his repatriation. P Ernst Goretzki, Catholic priest sent from Togoland to Stratford Camp, East London: requests repatriation as he is suffering from malaria. Willi Haas, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man: aged 15, applies for repatriation. Karl Gonser and Hermann Bense, interned at Knockaloe Camp Isle of Man: both arrested in Portuguese West Africa and claim wrongful arrest. Andreas Holst, interned at Ahmednagar Camp, India: requests release. Friedrich Wolfgang Donath: cannot be released as he is a ships boy over 17. Ernst Friedrich O H von Ortenberg: was released from internment at Gibraltar on 17 March 1915. Repatriation of German civilians from HM Colonies. German subjects entitled to release under agreements. Dr Richard Daub, interned at Ahmednagar, India: claims repatriation as a member of the German Red Cross. Repatriation of civilian prisoners captured by naval authorities. Four prisoners interned at Stratford Camp, East London: Carl Koettgen, Hans Titel, Carl Henry Meyer, and Ernst von Bärensprung. Carl Gadgens, interned at Knockaloe Camp. Heinz Klinge, interned at Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. Kurt Wollheim: his release cannot be authorised. Transport of repatriated German civilians to the Netherlands. Richard Heckmann, interned at Lofthouse Park, Wakefield, with concurrence of French Government: Algerian Government enquire about his present situation. List of 12 German internees applying for release (names given in docket no.56512). List of 12 German internees applying for release (names given in docket no.56513). Fr Gerntholz, captain of German steamship, interned at Knockaloe Camp. Oscar Ehlers, employee of firm of Boultons at Maracaibo, Venezuela, removed from steamship off Gibraltar and interned in Britain: representation for his release from his employer John Boulton of Venezuela. Adolf Vielhauer and Rudolf Widmaier, German missionaries arrested at Bali, Cameroons, and interned at Alexandra Palace, London. Max Truckenbrod and Erwin Petermann, both interned in Britain: medical certificates forwarded. Dr Johannes R Hemmen, interned in Britain: his release cannot be authorised. Otto Reimers, interned at Edinburgh: deported from Japan and worked for active enemy organisation; his release cannot be authorised. Rudolf von Wülfing, interned at Lofthouse Park, Wakefield. Walter Apetz, interned at Lofthouse Park, Wakefield. Code 1218 Files 77-151 (to paper 75788).

Germany: Prisoners, including: Erwin Alfred Klug, Austrian subject, former electrical engineer with Messrs Siemens Brothers, Madras, India: his internment at Ahmednagar Camp; his escapes; and his death in a railway tunnel in Goa, Portuguese India. Transfer of officer prisoners from one camp to another. Payment of salary to German colonial officials interned in Britain. Receipt of drugs and medicines by prisoners. Supply of boots to prisoners in Germany. Lieutenant J R Wilkinson, 3rd Lancashire Fusiliers, interned at Gnadenfrei-Schlesien: his sudden death, and his fathers request for return of his personal effects. George Early, exchanged civilian prisoner: his efforts to cash a banknote for 1,000 German marks. Major Maitland Makgill Crichton, 10th Gordon Highlanders, killed during the Battle of Loos: his widows request to erect an iron memorial cross on his grave; request regretfully refused. Repatriation of invalid civilians. James Zimmermann and Ernest Bucher, Swiss subjects in German East Africa: enquiries concerning them. Affairs in German East Africa, including: Arrest and release of missionaries. Cardinals de Belmonte and Bournes interests on behalf of members of the Congrégation du Saint Esprit. Kamna Rubber Estate Ltd: safety of property and employees. Welfare of British subjects, including Archdeacon D J Rees, G H Prytz, James Scott-Brown and William Lock. Release by Belgian troops of British subjects from Tabora (with lists of surnames in dockets no. 233296 and 253891). Donation by Imperial Tobacco Company of shipment of tobacco for British prisoners in Germany. August Eckstein and Fräulein Gretchen Stahl: certificate of their marriage at Neustadt am Aisch, Bavaria. Richard Kuenzer, former German Consul in Macedonia, interned at Ras-el-Tin Camp, Alexandria, Egypt. Food and clothing for British prisoners in Germany; treatment of them. Allied soldiers and civilians interned in Germany, including French, Serbians, Belgians, Japanese, Portuguese and Russians. Replenishment of British Emergency Relief Fund in Berlin. Siegfried Schlomer, interned at Islington, London. Hermann Steinke, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man. Ernst Hans Davidsen, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man: released on parole for one week in March 1916 to visit his dying wife in Glamorganshire; Home Office advise against his being paroled again. C Schneberger, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man: his objection to his son being enlisted into the British Army. Martin Joachim: remittances to be made to account of his wife Mrs Sophie Joachim in Amsterdam. Alleged conditions of imprisonment of German subjects at Reading: HM Government maintain that Reading Gaol is not a camp for prisoners of war and contains many persons who are not enemy aliens; those who are, are guilty of grave acts of espionage and their identities cannot be disclosed; but US Embassy may investigate conditions under which German civilians are detained there. Sergeant John Bryce, Gordon Highlanders, imprisoned for refusing to take over command of squad from a superior non-commissioned officer on instructions of Camp Sergeant-Major: German Government uphold verdict of Court Martial. Jules Leon, of Cologne (Köln): recovery of money advanced to him from British Emergency Relief Fund. Code 1218 Files 103262-111245.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Dr Walter Sulzbach, interned in Ahmednagar: possible transfer as prisoner of war from India to England. Visits to camps in UK by Mr C Damm, District Secretary, National Sailors and Firemans Union, London, on behalf of Danish Labour Unions. Clarence Leonard Millar, aged 15 years, scholar in Saarbrucken: enquiries from his mother, Clara C Millar of Leicester, regarding his possible repatriation to UK. Escape of two German officers from Donington Hall: Otto Thelan (or Theilan), flying corps, and Hans Keilach (or Keilhack, or Keilack), naval officer; possibility of them having reached Rotterdam; possible arrival in Spain; report of their recapture and trial by military court. Sergeant DArcy A Latimer, wounded Canadian soldier, prisoner of war at Giessen: request for x-ray examination. Edward Abram Daniel Allchin, missing British subject in Belgium: enquiries to Belgian authorities regarding his possible whereabouts; reports of him being wounded, and his death and burial at Adinkerke; enquiry from his mother, Mrs B Allchin of Cape Town, requesting information regarding his precise identity and his personal effects. Mr G K Gude of the Malacological Society of London: request to send a paper pamphlet to Dr C Boettger, member of the Society in Frankfurt. Captain E R von der Osten, British-Canadian subject, prisoner in Germany, and his wife Mrs Lilian von der Osten: information from Private A W Maunders, former prisoner, now in 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, regarding ill-treatment; referral of allegation to German authorities. Transport to Germany of property of German women from the Cameroons. Sergeant R W Barrett, Northants Yeomanry, deceased in Germany: recovery of his personal property. Philip Nutt, of the firm David Nutt, publishers of New Oxford Street, London: enquiries regarding his personal property in Hamburg. Fryer children: Walter Herman Fryer, aged 12 years, and Helene Frances Fryer, aged 10 years, in Rotterdam, children of interned German father with their mother living in London; enquiries regarding their possible return to UK. Escape from Germany of Sergeant Alfred Birley, 1st Gloucestershire Regiment, and Private Sidney Haworth, Coldstream Guards. Brig-General Bradley, prisoner in Germany: enquiries from his wife, Mrs Alice Bradley of Portman Square, London, regarding his possible internment in a neutral country. Parcel of cloth for suit to Ruhleben prisoner. Clothing for W P Goodale, British civilian prisoner of war interned in Ruhleben. Mrs F H Ward, of Catford, wife of British subject interned in Ruhleben: request for assistance following discontinuance of relief from National Relief Fund. Madame Mabel von Ferentheil (née Beresford), in Brunswick, Germany: request for relief; arrangements for payment of annuity. Letter for transmission to Lady MacDonald from Mr F Thiel, Consul General, German Foreign Office, Berlin, regarding a missing German officer, Baron von Ketelhodt. Mrs Berta Hiller and family in UK: request from husband, Robert Hiller, British civil prisoner of war interned in Ruhleben, for relief for his family destitute in Stepney; enquiries regarding nationality of Mr Hiller; report that he was over age when his father was naturalised and so was not a British subject. Mrs Elina Sara Smith, in St Thomas, Danish West Indies: information from her husband, James Smith, coloured British subject interned in Ruhleben, regarding her destitute condition; request for relief. Mrs Elsa Johnston, German-born wife of British subject: application for assistance; reported that she was separated from her husband, Charles H Johnston of Highgate, London; arrangements for payments under terms of separation order. Treatment of British prisoners in Germany: report of booklet on sale in neutral countries. Original correspondence received at HM Consulate General, Lourenco Marques, from Tanga, German East Africa. Missionaries detained in German East Africa from The Universities Mission to Central Africa. Army List for Geneva Bureau. German Consulate General at Singapore: alleged sale of building containing archives and personal effects of the Consul-General. Removal of prisoners: Togoland; includes printed copy of Gold Coast Colony ordinance no 13 of 1915, Removal of Prisoners (Togoland) Ordinance, 1915 (in docket no. 139718). Removal of prisoners from and to the Cameroons; includes printed copy of Gold Coast Colony ordinance no 26 of 1915, Removal of Prisoners (Cameroons) Ordinance, 1915 (in docket no. 183496). Fugitive offenders: Togoland; includes printed copy of Gold Coast Colony ordinance no 14 of 1915, Fugitive Offenders (Togoland) Ordinance, 1915 (in docket no. 139797). Otto Metzger, US declarant, actor playing in London before outbreak of war, now in Germany: request for shipment of two trunks to Berlin. Mr C Mendelson, British subject interned at Ruhleben: claim for damage to personal belongings. Mrs A M Griffin, of Kingstown, Ireland: enquiry regarding welfare of her daughter, Miss Griffin (Soeur Dominique), at the Convent de Ste. Chrétienne, Jorcy-Sedan, under German occupation. Mrs Elsa Schluckwerder, residing in Berlin; request for permission to return to her husband, Alfred Schluckwerder, and three young children in German South West Africa via Cape Town and England. Ferdinand Schott, former German Consul at Gibraltar: order for a waterproof coat; enquiries regarding his apparent liberty; report that he was a British-born subject. British civilians interned in Germany and Austria: transfer of lists from Prisoners of War Help Committee of English prisoners of war interned, other than those at Ruhleben; includes lists of individuals (in docket no. 140687). Helene Schmidt, aged 8 years, staying in Wilmslow, Cheshire: request for advice and assistance for her uncle, Emilio Colsmann, a pro-German Peruvian long resident in Germany, to come to UK to fetch the child home to Germany. Mrs Eichenberg, wife of a German subject interned at Pontmain (Mayenne): request for permission to come to UK to visit her mother, Mrs Moffat, in Glasgow. W Ziggelkow, German prisoner of war at Lofthouse Park Camp, Wakefield: request for receipt for £2785 claimed to have been handed over to Captain Craven at Bouthe, Sierra Leone. Professor F Sefton Delmer, British subject residing in Berlin: proposed exchange for Herr Freytag, interned at Lofthouse Park Camp, Wakefield. Mrs Margrieta Beer, residing in Rome, English-born widow of a German subject: request to return to UK. Mrs R Bacon of Great Yarmouth: enquiry how her husband, E B Bacon, in Ruhleben may send money to her. Rifleman John Mulley, consumptive prisoner at Döberitz: possibility of him being a suitable subject for exchange; request by W E Denison, Director of Halifax Courier Ltd, for assistance to secure a war service badge; includes printed list of recipients of parcels (in docket no. 142122); enquiries into Mulleys health. Paul Hirschfeld, late German Embassy, London: question of payment of taxes on building and inhabited house duty. Herman Dittmar, prisoner at Knockaloe, Isle of Man: enquiries regarding his claim to 23 years uninterrupted residence in US and intention to become a US citizen; HM Government agreement that he may be released on condition he proceeds immediately to the United States. Dr Seitz, late Governor of German South West Africa: proposed exchange for Brig-General C E Bradley or Mr W Butterworth; investigation into claim that Dr Seitz had retained diamonds belonging to the Protectorate Government. Code 1218 File 134067-142158.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Correspondence between interned German subjects and their families, including: Oberstleutnant Hübener, interned at Verdala Barracks, Malta: enquiry about the suspension of correspondence with his family in German East Africa. Major Gideon von Grawert, interned at Verdala Barracks, Malta: request for news of his wife, Frau Wanda von Grawert, at Mahenge, German East Africa; subsequent information that Frau von Grawert and her two children had been transferred to Marseilles, France. German memorandum about delays in the delivery of mail from German subjects in German East Africa and their relatives interned in Egypt. Request by the Vatican for improved facilities for correspondence between German prisoners interned in Alexandria, Egypt, and their relatives in German East Africa. Information that correspondence between German subjects in the German colonies and German subjects elsewhere had been stopped as a reprisal for the restrictions placed on correspondence by Belgian subjects. Erich Koethe, interned at Ahmednagar, India: request that he and other prisoners in the camp should be allowed to receive news from their families in German East Africa. Correspondence concerning the transmission to the German Government of a petition from prisoners at Ahmednagar Camp, India, regarding the prohibition of postal communications with German East Africa. Carl Beckendorf, interned at Malta: transmission of a message to his wife, Frau Marthe Beckendorf, via the British Consul at Cape Town, South Africa. Letter addressed to Erich Koethe, a German subject interned at Ahmednagar, India, which was not delivered due to censorship issues. Printed copies of official correspondence following a request from Otto Heinemann, interned at Ahmednagar, India, for information about his wife, Margaret Heinemann, resident at Amani, German East Africa; similar correspondence from H Schulze, A Livengtel and H Rehse at Ahmednagar. Pastor Mensching and Christian Hedde, interned at Ahmednagar: copies of letters requesting information on their families in German East Africa. Correspondence concerning the transmission of photographs from German subjects interned in Malta to their wives (names in docket no. 115294) in German East Africa. Code 1218 Files 10514-13383.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Cases for consideration for possible exchange or release of prisoners, particularly consular officials, including: Albert Brill, formerly Consular Agent for Germany at Madras. Detention of German and Austro-Hungarian consular officers in India: Foreign and Political Department report. H J Nelson Hawkins, civilian interned in Germany. German consular officials in Egypt, in particular case of Franz Blassig. German consular officers detained by British Government: Hans Schuler, former German consul at Calcutta; also Erich Ottens, Arthur Harnack, Johann Fette, and Emil Bucholski. Karl Veit (or Carl Veit), arrested in Aden and interned at Ahmednagar: request that he be permitted to leave for a neutral country, as he was formerly German Vice-Consul at Djibuti. F J Reinecke, late acting German Consul at Bassein, interned in India. Enemy subjects employed by US authorities in Egypt. Reinhart Freudenberg, late German Consul at Colombo, interned in Australia. Henry John Lorch, interned in Ruhleben. Arthur Harnack, formerly employed in German Consulate General at Capetown. Albert Mau, German subject, late Austro-Hungarian Consul at Zanzibar. Emil Bucholski and Ernst Koehler: no claim to repatriation under consular exchange as secretaries to German Consuls in provincial towns. F W Steege, manager of Standard Bank of South Africa, Hamburg, interned in Germany: proposed exchange for Erich Ottens, late German Deputy Vice-Consul at Salisbury, Rhodesia, interned at Pietermaritzburg. Exchange of German officials interned in Australia. Herr Listeman, late German Consul at Bushire, interned in India. E H L Mummenhoff, British consular official interned at Ruhleben. J Moresby-White, British civilian prisoner interned in Ruhleben: possible exchange for interned German consul official, Arthur Harnack. Alfred Suhl, German subject, former Austro-Hungarian Consul at Penang, held in UK: exchange for Richard Wolf Gordon, British subject residing at Wurzburg. Proposed exchange of Mr Lean and Mr Schill, invalided German consular officials. Stanley Lambert, proposed exchange for a German consular officer. Erich F Ottens, former German Vice-Consul in Rhodesia: proposed repatriation to Germany. Franz Blassig, former German consular official: exchange for Mr Ashley (or Asley). Exchange of German consular officials detained in HM Dominions. H J N Hawkins, released prisoner: enquiries concerning possible information regarding his date of arrival in UK. Code 1218 File 85 (papers 113833-112036).

Germany: Prisoners, including: Captain Alfred Hoffman, German Commercial Attaché at Athens, including: Arrest of Captain Hoffman on charges of espionage, and internment at Verdala Camp, Malta. Internment at Ruhleben Camp of John Platt and Harry Faulkner as a reprisal. German memorandum requesting the release of Captain Hoffman in exchange for Mr Platt and Mr Faulkner. Punishment of interned prisoners for attempted escape, including: German memorandum requesting that lighter sentences should be imposed, and threatening reprisals. British response to the German memorandum. Ensign Ernst von Schweinichen: information regarding his trial and imprisonment for attempting to escape from Dorchester Camp. Julius Zorn, confined at Rouen for attempting to escape: claim by the German authorities that he was not allowed to receive mail. British response that Mr Zorn had been released from confinement, and that no restrictions had been placed on his correspondence. Emil Schmidt: enquiry by the German authorities about his arrest and sentence, following his escape from internment at Alexandra Palace. Leutnant zur See Emil Lehmann and Georg von Streng: request by the German authorities for information on their attempted escape and subsequent punishment. Lieutenant G Greene, imprisoned at Crefeld Camp: letters regarding his sentence for attempted escape. Recommendation by the War Office for a review of sentences passed on certain German prisoners in Australia for attempting to escape (names in docket no.104451); subsequent remission of sentences. Second Lieutenant A C Collier: letter from his mother Mrs A H Collier about his sentence of imprisonment for allegedly attempting to escape from Hannover-Münden Camp. Lieutenant G S M Insall VC, imprisoned at Crefeld Camp: letter from his father, Mr Gilbert Insall, about his sons sentence of solitary confinement; information that Lieutenant Insall had been transferred to Ströhen. Lieutenant S E Buckley: opinions on British policy regarding the punishment of German prisoners for attempted escape. Mr Joynson-Hicks MP: parliamentary questions about the solitary confinement of certain British officers in Germany. Government of India: policy on the sentences imposed on prisoners for attempting to escape, and on their rights to send and receive correspondence. Captain G B Somerville, formerly interned at Crefeld Camp: enquiries about his whereabouts and welfare; information from his mother that he was interned at Ströhen Camp. Leutnant Otto Thelen and Leutnant Lehmann: enquiry regarding the sentences passed on them for attempting to escape from Chelmsford Barracks; confirmation that no proceedings had been taken against them. Army Council Instruction No 1209 of 1917: Prisoners of War - Instructions to Military Courts Assembled for the Trial of Prisoners of War. Despatch from the Australian Government on the sentencing of escaped German prisoners, with a list of names (in docket no.166294). German memorandum proposing the extension of paragraph 16 of the draft Hague Agreement on the punishment of escaped prisoners to include civilians; views of various government departments and of the Dominion governments. M J Murphy RN interned at Brandenburg, and Captain R May interned at Clausthal: discrepancies in the sentences which they received for attempting to escape. Rifleman Charles Reynolds, interned at Friedrichsfeld: enquiry into a report that he had been prevented from sending letters. Enquiry by the German authorities about the sentences passed on certain German officers who attempted to escape from Kegworth Camp. Michael Murphy and Joseph Appleby, naval prisoners interned at Brandenburg: enquiries regarding the reported death of Murphy and the trial of Appleby. Provision of money to German prisoners held in France, including: Request by the Red Cross Society in Frankfurt for an increase in the sums allocated to prisoners. Response by the War Office that the restrictions were related to the private means of individual prisoners. Dr Seitz, former Governor General of South West Africa, including: Proposal for his exchange with Brigadier General Clarence Bruce. Rejection by the German Government of the proposal: suggestion for Captain Tomlinson or Lieutenant Colonel McMicking to be exchanged in his place. Rejection by the British Government of these proposals. Frau Klara Muche and her daughter Frau Elizabeth Gothein, including: Protest by the German authorities about the internment in separate camps of Frau Muche and Frau Gothein in Nyasaland. Information from the Government of Nyasaland that Frau Muche had been transferred from Blantyre, Nyasaland, to South Africa pending repatriation. Internment of prisoners in German East Africa, including: Mr Theodor Meyer: complaint about the deportation of German ministers and missionaries from Nyasaland, and the conditions of their internment at Mombasa, Kenya. Information on the location of concentration camps holding German prisoners in German East Africa. Lists of British prisoners interned in German East Africa, together with the names of some British Indian troops (in docket no.50409). German memoranda requesting a list of camps where German prisoners were interned, the names of the prisoners and details of arrangements for the repatriation of civilian prisoners. Request by the German authorities for information on conditions at the camp at Ahmednagar, India, and for the evacuation of German prisoners from the camp. British policy on the repatriation of women and children from German East Africa. German memorandum requesting information on proposals to transfer German women and children from German East Africa to Pretoria, South Africa. Arrangements for the transfer of money by the German Government for the relief of German women and children detained in German East Africa. British memorandum on the problems of repatriating civilian prisoners due to German submarine activity. Request for the repatriation of the wife of Lieutenant von Gynz-Rekowsky, Fraulein von Steinaecker and the three children of the late Lieutenant Vogel from Nairobi, Kenya. Staff Surgeon Philipps: request for medical supplies to be sent to Wilhelmstal District. British memorandum denying the establishment of a new internment camp near Bombay, India. Question of the status of German currency in German East Africa. List of German civilian residents, organised by district (in docket no.145082). Request by the German authorities for the repatriation of German civilians transferred from German East Africa to Ahmednagar, India. Code 1218 Files 7192-7520 (to paper 145512).

Germany: Prisoners, including: British merchant seamen and officers interned in Germany, including Definition of ranks or ratings in the Merchant Navy which would qualify as having officer status. Captain Buyers and Chief Engineer William Baser of SS Yarrowdale , interned in Germany: recommendation for their repatriation on grounds of health and age. Mr Thomas Burns, interned at Brandenburg Camp: request by his wife, Mrs A Burns, for his transfer to an officers camp. Arrangements for payments to interned officers of the Mercantile Marine Service by the Netherlands Legation in Berlin. Advice from the Admiralty on allowances to be paid to British Mercantile Marine Officers, and confirmation of their non-combatant status. Mr D Y Muir and Mr W A J Welsh, interned at Karlsruhe Camp: payments to them from the British India Steam Navigation Company. The Imperial Merchant Service Guild: letter enquiring about the welfare of interned merchant seamen and officers. Captain Allenson of SS Goldmond , interned at Schloss Celle: claim by the British Government that his ship was not an armed liner. Cadet Akerman of SS Mount Temple , interned in Germany: decision not to agree to his release in exchange for six ships boys interned in the UK. Mr R Cooper: request for the transfer of his son, a cadet from SS Otaki , to a camp containing other officers and cadets. Internment of the crew of the schooner Jean at Güstrow, Mecklenburg, with a list of names (in docket no.169205). Forced employment of British merchant seamen at Lubeck and Stettin: recommendation for a formal complaint to be made. Captain Robert Glasper and Chief Officer Alfred Hirst: arrangements for payments to them while interned at Brandenburg. Captain G A Mackenzie, interned at Karlsuhe, and Captain J Clarke, interned at Augustabad: request for subsistence payments. Captain William Oliver of SS Clan Mactavish , interned at Hameln Camp: enquiry about the possibility of his release, with a manuscript copy of his marriage certificate (in docket no.192511). Confirmation that payments would be made by the British Government to British Mercantile Marine Officers interned in Germany. Mr Whiting of SS Eskimo , interned at Altdamm Camp: enquiry from his wife about the possibility of his release. Enquiries about the transfer of Mercantile Marine Officers from SS Voltaire and SS Lestris , currently interned at Brandenburg Camp, to an officers camp. Mr B A Shute, former Purser of SS Esmeraldas , interned at Brandenburg Camp: request for officer status to be granted to various ranks of prisoners from the Merchant Navy interned in the camp. Notification of the transfer of a number of Mercantile Marine Officers from Brandenburg Camp to officers camps. Captain J Mathie, Captain William Oliver, Mr Robert Knox and Mr A G Macpherson: enquiries regarding their repatriation. Agreement by the German Government to proposals regarding rates of pay for certain ranks of the British Mercantile Marine Service. List (in docket no.213131) of merchant seamen and officers interned at Wahmbeck Camp. Enquiry about the status of British fishermen captured from unarmed fishing vessels. Captain Edgar Burke of the schooner Jean , interned at Brandenburg Camp: letter requesting his transfer to a neutral country. Captain J C Murray interned at Karlsruhe Camp: information that his allowance had been stopped. Conditions of internment of cadets and apprentices, and attempts to arrange the exchange of Cadet Akerman, interned in Germany. Enquiries regarding Cadet L Morrish, Cadet J Holman and Cadet H Brown, interned at Brandenburg Camp, with a printed circular produced by the General Post Office in March 1917, titled Communication with Prisoners of War Interned Abroad. Captain Moynihan and Captain J M Pearson, interned at Wahmbeck Camp: enquiries regarding payments and repatriation. Captain J E Williams: request for transfer to Switzerland on medical grounds. Correspondence regarding a proposal for the reciprocal exchange of all British and German merchant seamen. Agreement for reciprocal payments to be made to officers of the British and German Mercantile Marine Services. Captain J O Evans, interned at Brandenburg Camp: request for his transfer to an officers camp. List (in docket no.238768) of officers of the Mercantile Marine Service eligible for transfer to officers camps, giving details of name, rank, ship and place of internment. Captain A D Burroughs, interned at Stroken Camp: request for his transfer to a neutral country. Dr Fritz Schyzer: appointment to a post in the Swiss Legation in London. Support for Sir Roger Casement by certain British prisoners, including: Information that thirty British prisoners who had supported his cause had been transferred to Dantzig (Danzig), Germany. Gunner Carr: allegations that he received preferential treatment from the German authorities. Private P J Forde: allegations of his support for Sir Roger Casement. Mr Watt MP: parliamentary question about an agreement between France and Germany on the transfer to Switzerland of prisoners who were fathers of families; related enquiry from the Australian Government on behalf of Oberleutnant Lothar Marcks, an interned German prisoner. Mr Emil von der Osten, a Canadian subject interned at Crefeld Camp, including: Question of his possible transfer to a civilian camp. Mrs Lillian von der Osten: application for an emergency British passport (the form with a photograph is in docket no.165356). Mr Edward Page Gaston, including: Letters from Mr Gaston offering his services to the British Government, with an article from The Literary Digest outlining his work on behalf of British prisoners in Germany. Correspondence concerning a proposed libel action by Mr Gaston against Mr Gerard, the American Ambassador in Berlin. Information that Mr Gerard had not withdrawn charges made against Mr Gaston; discussion with Sir George Lewis on arrangements for payment of the costs of the libel action. Deportation of Swiss missionaries from German East Africa to India, including: Enquiry (French language) on their behalf from the Swiss Legation in London, giving their names and other information (in docket no.43000). Report that the missionaries were interned at Ahmednagar Camp, India; subsequent information that three of the missionaries were still in Africa, having been moved from Killindini-Mombasa Camp, Kenya, to Dar es Salaam, German East Africa. Father Liborias Leutenegger: report that he was resident at Namupa, Lindi, German East Africa. Dr Kastl: letter for transmission to the German Government requesting funds to be sent to him at Windhoek, German South West Africa. Code 1218 Files 40483 (papers 141364-end)-43001.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Baron Ludwig Freiherr von Türcke, German subject: detention under civil control at Yeravda prison, near Poona, Burma. Sgt-Major C J M Elliott, 1st Royal West Surrey Regiment, interned at Friedrichsfeld: promotion in rank; request that German authorities be informed so that he may receive officer privileges; removal to officers camp at Crefeld. Commodore W Henderson, late Naval Attaché, Berlin: liability for payment of rent of his flat in Berlin. Relief for prisoners: donations for British prisoners in Germany, from the London Fish Trade Association. F W Clifford Lewis, invalid civilian prisoner in the hospital at Paderborn: request for information and representations for his release, from his mother Mrs M Lewis of East Dulwich, London; consideration of possible exchange. Dr Schumacher, German doctor with German colonial troops in German East Africa, allegedly shot and killed by British troops: protest from German Government of death being a gross offence according to Geneva Convention. Mrs Johnson, of Warren Street, London: anonymous allegation of her being a German spy. Charles G F Reed, German subject, resided in England for 37 years: proposed employment as chief accountant in the German Division at the US Embassy, London. Mrs S Milton Hart, in Holland, Dutch-born wife of Mr S Milton-Hart, lecturer at Berlin University, now interned at Ruhleben: application for a monthly allowance until end of war. Mrs Stephen, of Mentone: request to HM Consul at Nice for advance to send to Germany for relief of her daughter, Miss Dorothea Stephen in Munich. The late Commander Erdmann, of German cruiser Bluecher : request from German Government at instance of his widow that his body be placed in a zinc-lined coffin, for transportation to Germany at end of war; reply from UK authorities that he had been buried with full military honours and they were unable to grant facilities to disinter the body. German prisoners taken by Japanese at Kiaochow and Tsingtau. Captain Harte, German prisoner of war at Dyffryn Aled camp: censorship of correspondence concerning Dr Rooseboom and Herr von Boenigk in The Hague. Return of destitute British subjects from Germany. British refugees from Germany: supervision of relief. Exchange of consuls, Royal Army Medical Corps, and invalid civilians: correspondence from John B Jackson, US Embassy, Berlin. Johann Willemsen, sailor Dutch Navy, and G A M Klitzke, pensioner from Dutch Colonial Army, both born in Germany of German parents: detention in Ceylon following removal from Dutch ships in Colombo harbour; subsequent release; accounts of circumstances of arrests; general question of removal of enemy subjects from neutral vessels. Otto Roese, manager of London branch of the Deutsche Bank: request that he and his family be permitted to leave UK for Germany. Mrs Margarethe Perschke, in Dresden, wife of Frank F Perschke, of Beckenham, Kent: application for British passport. Ernest Wilhelm Schaaf, naturalised British subject living in Germany: application for British passport. Mr E Waring, British subject, employed in Germany, now interned at Ruhleben: claim for compensation for financial losses, and for monthly allowance for his family in Sheffield. Mr C F Just, Canadian Trade Commissioner, recently exchanged: request for return of his prismatic field glasses; German refusal for return until field glasses of exchanged Germans returned by UK authorities. Lord Acton, HM late Chargé dAffaires at Darmstadt, now in Berne: enquiry regarding recovery of furniture and personal effects still in Darmstadt; suggestion by Lord Acton that his property be exchanged for effects in London of Baron Kuhlmann, formerly Councillor of German Embassy in London, now German Minister at The Hague. Mrs Stocks, in Berne, Switzerland, widow of Sgt-Major Charles Henry Stocks, late Royal Engineers: request for issue of passport necessary for residing in Switzerland; includes service details for Sgt-Major Stocks (in docket no. 32136). Legal documentation: enquiries by Warren, Murton & Miller, solicitors of London, on behalf of Miss N C Bowen of Brentwood, Essex, daughter of the late General G B Bowen, Indian Army, in receipt of pension from Madras Military Fund; application for power of attorney regarding the disposal of her flat and furniture in Germany, executed in favour of her brother-in-law, Mr H Münchhausen of Berlin. Mutilation of wounded German prisoners: allegations in sworn statement made by Robert F Meyer, resident of Chicago, Illinois, previously a private in the Grenadier Guards (under name, Frederick Myer). Ernest White, of Northwich, son of Rev W H White, retired clergyman of Scarborough: enquiries regarding his house and belongings in Leipzig which he had heard were to be sold for arrears of rent and debt; question of redress and safeguarding of his property. Code 1218 File 23997-32354.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Baden civilian prisoners in UK, including: List of civil interned Baden prisoners in England: request from Fraulein von Cranach, member of Badische Gefangenenfuersorge of Freiburg. Baden civilian prisoners interned in UK: inability of War Office to accede to request for list due to possible inaccuracies. List of interned civilians in UK who are natives of the Grand Duchy of Baden: request to British Red Cross Society for desired information. Sentences passed on German subjects in Samoa, including: Franz Pfeil, German subject of military age, arrested at Apia, Samoa, and subsequently transported. Request by Governor of New Zealand for advice regarding uniformity of sentencing. Sentences on German subjects in Samoa: includes list of German subjects convicted by military courts (in docket no. 139001). Reported remission of sentence on Franz Pfeil. Sentences on German subjects in Samoa: includes list of German subjects convicted by military courts, and also list of British and American subjects (in docket no. 157114). Baron Eugene Louis Bernard von Schneider, German subject, including: Attempts to be domiciled outside London: question of whether his statements may be substantiated. Petition for his release from Knockaloe camp, Isle of Man. Consideration of his application for exemption from internment: Advisory Committee view that application was not considered justifiable. German civilians detained at Singapore. Count Victor von Westarp, German arrested from Dutch vessel: request for release as he was bearing a safe certificate granted by HM Consul General, Rio. Exchange agreement with German Government. German East Africa and missionaries, including: Exchange of civilians detained in German East Africa and British East Africa: includes list of members of Universities Mission interned in German East Africa (in docket no. 92451). Members of the Mission in German East Africa: includes list of members of The Universities Mission to Central Africa (in docket no. 97293). Release of women and clergy from German East Africa. Members of the Church Missionary Society in German East Africa. Repatriation of British subjects from German East Africa. Church Missionary Society: communication with their missionaries in German East Africa. Return of civilians to UK from infected camps in Germany. German prisoners revolt at Douglas camp, Isle of Man. Ferdinand Gloze, prisoner of war at Wakefield, former acting German Consul in Nigeria: arrangements for transmission of his documents. J L Hall, German military deserter: arrival in UK at Newcastle; refusal for him and his family to land in UK. V Haag, British subject: transfer from Ruhleben to Stadtvogtei prison, Berlin. Compensation claim by Mrs Bradley of High Barnet, Hertfordshire, regarding treatment of her husband, General Bradley, in Germany: question of legal assistance. John MacLinks, British subject interned at Stadtvogtei-Gefängnis, Berlin: letter for transmission to Mr Valentine Williams of the Daily Mail regarding arrangements for his belongings in London. Financial allowance as compensation for internment: application from J A Hall of South Shields for hardships during time of arrest and internment in Germany. Expulsion of German subjects from UK: Dutch Government request for information as most deported Germans would return to Germany via the Netherlands. Madame de Abreu, alleged Brazilian citizen residing in Cassel: request for permission from HM Government to receive a monthly remittance from Messieurs Syers of Liverpool. Transfer of insurance policies: request from F W Haydon, British subject interned at Ruhleben. Transfer of German insurance policies to British companies: Board of Trade denial of proposed arrangement. Reported murder of German in Belgian Congo. Letters addressed to US Consul, Berlin. Rent of HM Legation and Consulate General at Munich. Scientific material left at Rabaul by an expedition sent to German New Guinea to investigate local diseases: request by German Foreign Ministry for its recovery and return; decision of Australian Government to retain material until end of war. Insurance premium of Theodor Voigt, a German subject previously domiciled in London, now returned to Germany: request by Mr Voigt for payment of premium. Sentences passed on Germans Mr Hahn and Mr Müller, convicted in London for espionage: Hahn sentenced to seven years penal servitude; Müller sentenced to death; verification that Müller was not Otto Müller of Adelebsen or Tell Muller, Swiss subject. Reported shooting of German missionary H Palm in vicinity of Lake Victoria, by British: investigation into circumstances; report that he was shot during military operations and was a reservist bearing arms. Capt von Klewitz and Lieut Mayer, German officers interned in concentration camp at Liverpool, near Sydney, Australia: possible transfer to England. Karl F Melchers and Otto Moeller, German subjects interned at Edinburgh: complaints respecting arrest and detention flowing their removal from a neutral Danish vessel; investigation into circumstances; consideration of regulations regarding removal of enemy subjects from neutral vessels. Code 1218 File 77354-84759.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Arrangement for payments by the German Government on behalf of German civilians interned in various camps in the British dominions. Proposed reciprocal agreement regarding the treatment of interned midshipmen, including: German proposal that midshipmen should be treated as officers. Midshipman Raymond Prest, interned at Karlsruhe Camp: enquiry from Mr J Prest about his son; confirmation by the German authorities that he was receiving officers pay. Kurt Jöhl, interned at Colsterdale Camp: confirmation that he was receiving regular payments. Enquiry about payments for food made by two cadets of SS Yarrowdale interned at the officers camp at Crefeld. Otto Gunther: request by German authorities for the return of his body following his death at the internment camp at Leigh. German reserve officers, including: Werner Kirchhof: notification by the German authorities of his promotion to Leutnant der Reserve, and arrangements for him to be transferred to an officers camp. Alexander Camerle and Anton Gerl: information that they had been transferred from Liverpool, New South Wales, to Shanghai. Payments to German reserve officers at Wakefield Camp. Payments to German reserve officers at Verdala Camp, Malta. Naval Lieutenant of the Reserve A Gotthardt, interned at Trial Bay, New South Wales: confirmation that he was receiving officers pay. Transfer of British officer prisoners to Switzerland, including: Major P G Petavel: detention in Germany as a reprisal. Lieutenant Colonel C M Stephenson: release to Switzerland in exchange for Lieutenant Kuhn. Major C J Simpson: arrangements for his transfer to Switzerland. Detention of certain British officers due to be transferred to Switzerland: enquiry from Lady Stair. Arrival of various British officers in Switzerland (names in docket no. 15388). Refusal by the German authorities to transfer four British officers (names in docket no. 23560) to Switzerland, following their examination at Villingen. Further detention of British officers as a reprisal. Captain Button: enquiry from his wife, Mrs Elizabeth Button, about the reasons for the continued detention of her husband. Major P G Petavel, interned at Villingen: enquiry from his brother, Mr J E Petavel. Dr Pfeiffer: reasons for his detention in the UK. Paul Kürschner: rejection of his appeal for medical transfer to Switzerland; information that Karl Kirshner had been transferred. Proposal by the German Government for the transfer of Captain Button and two other British officers to Switzerland in exchange for Dr Pfeiffer and Dr Strauss. German memorandum explaining the reasons for the non-transfer of Major Bailey, Major Petavel, Captain Button and Commander Whitfield to Switzerland. Mademoiselle de Treuilh of the French Red Cross: information on the ill-health of Major Petavel, and allegations of the ill-treatment of British prisoners by the Germans at Le Cateau-Cambrésis. Reverend Johann Fuchs, interned at Ahmednagar, India: decision by the Government of India not to repatriate him. References to matters relating to prisoners in the foreign press: English translations of articles, with a photograph of various British prisoners, including Captain Button, Colonel Stephenson and Lord Stair (in docket no. 24107). Costs of the repatriation of Dr Glantz and Dr Zieschank from New Zealand. German nationals in New Guinea, including: Allegations of breaches of the terms of capitulation and the ill-treatment of German nationals. List of German subjects transferred from Nauru to Australia (in docket no. 17957), with an amended list in docket no. 125990; provision of funds for them by the German Government. Protest by the German authorities about the deportation of German subjects from Nauru and New Guinea: request for information from the Australian Government. German reprisals resulting from the detention of six German colonial officials (names in docket no. 180137). European War: Correspondence respecting Military Operations against German Possessions in the Western Pacific : Parliamentary command paper [Cd. 7975] dated November 1915. Repatriation of sick and incapacitated German prisoners, including: Arrival of the hospital ship St Denys at the Hook of Holland. Repatriation of German prisoners fom German South West Africa. Travel arrangements for mentally ill prisoners. List of injured British prisoners to be repatriated from Germany (in docket no. 5229). Proposed dates for the exchange of incapacitated prisoners. Arrangements for the transfer of German prisoners on the hospital ship St Denys to the Hook of Holland, and for its return the following day with British prisoners. Request for German assurance that the ship would be immune from attack on both voyages. Proposal to carry out the transfers using Dutch paddle-steamers, as the immunity of the hospital ships could not be guaranteed. Miss Rose Vulliamy: permission for her to travel from the Netherlands to the UK. Draft press notice on the reciprocal repatriation of incapacitated prisoners. Suspension of the proposed repatriation of combatant and civilian prisoners, due to the threat of unrestrained submarine warfare. Code 1218 Files 1967-3175 (to paper 35783).

Germany: Prisoners, including: Applications for release of Germans interned in Britain or in British overseas territories, including: Petitions of 12 German medical men interned at Lofthouse Park, Wakefield: Doctors A Trautmann, Casimir Casper, Fritz Goldberg, Martin Ficker, Karl Hoch, H Fieberti, Ed Goecker, Carl Greiff, Georg Richter, Adolf Rosenbaum, Richard Nolte, and Gerhard Bartram. Herr von Krosigk and Martin Spremberg, interned. Hans Keffel, interned in Britain on military grounds because he is a skilled engineer. Count Stolberg, interned at Oldcastle, Co Meath, Ireland. Matthieu Ottenwaelder, interned in Britain: permission sought for him to proceed to United States. Baron Louis Anton von Horst, interned in Britain; his health poor; requests made for him to be allowed to go to United States. Reply given that he is in the German Hospital, Dalston, London, where he receives every care and attention. Herbert Samuel, Home Secretary, writes to Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, on 17 May 1916, confidentially enclosing Metropolitan Police Report on von Horst dated 7 September 1914. Person behind his appeals is Miss Lilian Troy, Irish-American journalist; he associates with strike leader Ben Tillett, suffragettes Mrs Drummond and Miss Annie Kenney, and Irish trades union leader Jim Larkin. Dr Adam Breuer, repatriated in April 1916. Repatriation of certain classes of civilians from German East Africa. Carl Koettgen, interned in Britain, and found fit for military service: his release cannot be authorised. Rudolf von Wülfing, interned at Lofthouse Park, Wakefield: found not unfit for military service; his release cannot be authorised. Winfried Wickert and Theodor Meyner, interned German missionaries; both repatriated in May 1916. Oscar George Ehlers: Baring Brothers & Co Ltd forward documents relating to his birth, on direction of Messrs H L Boulton Jr & Co of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Karl Koettgen, Hans Titel, Carl Henry Meyer: their release cannot be authorised. Baron Ernst von Baerensprung: he has lost one leg but is still considered not unfit for military service; his release cannot be authorised. Dr Richard Daub, interned at Ahmednagar, India: he was not a practising qualified physician, and was in India at outbreak of war; his release cannot be authorised. Georg Webendorfer: Governor General of Australia says application for his release cannot be considered pending result of investigation into enemy trading. Hans Rost, Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander Kleckel, Arthur Goldschmidt: applications for their release. Goldschmidt examined and found not eligible for repatriation. Dr Walter Gellhorn, interned at Edinburgh Castle; Dr Siebert and Dr Friedrich Gerhard Bertram [ sic; recte Bartram], both interned at Stratford, London: Agreement for mutual release of medical men does not apply to them. Erich Possehl, interned at Somes Island, near Wellington, New Zealand. Adolf Vielhauer and Rudolf Widmaier, missionaries interned at Alexandra Palace, apply for repatriation. Willi Haas, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man. Heinrich Klockgether, Oskar Bernt, M Jörgensen, Friedrich Schmitting, Carl Wollinsky, and Johannes Engel: applications for release. Otto Reimers, interned at Edinburgh: aged 67, losing sight; question of his repatriation. List of 9 German internees applying for release (names given in docket no.106070). Doctors Baneth and Thalwitzer, transferred to Alexandra Palace, London. Hans Keffel, interned because his special qualifications render him useful to any Army. Miss Gustava Bütow, repatriated to Germany from South Africa on 15 October 1915; and Anton von Dessauer, not eligible for repatriation because he is fit for military service. Dr Reinhold Grimm. John Booth, interned at Ahmednagar Camp, India: aged 52 or 53, owner of a plantation in German East Africa. Requests release because of malaria and mutilated hand. British Government say he could be released if Germans agreed to lower age limit. List of 7 German internees applying for release (names given in docket no.112098). Karl Fritz Hinrich Gottlieb Albers, interned at Douglas, Isle of Man: aged 17. Dr Theodor Lenders, interned at Ahmednagar Camp, India: was arrested in Persia when actively engaged in anti-British propaganda. Viceroy did not inform Foreign Office, who have promised German Government his release. Edgar von Schrader, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle if Man: has been found fit for military service and therefore cannot be released. Baron Herbert F von Pohl, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Peel, Isle of Man: needs medical supervision from oculist; examined and found not eligible for repatriation. Pastor Richard Handmann, Georg Wilhelm Wagener, Ernst Wilhelm Henning, David Jurkat, Hermann Zimmermann, H P A Geppert and other German missionaries taken from the steamship Golconda at Tilbury, Essex, and interned at Alexandra Palace. Five civilians from South Africa (Schultz, Jansen, Kreuzmann, Ozegovich and Jurgens) to be repatriated. All repatriated in June 1916 with exception of Geppart and Farrenkopf. Anton Kuhn, interned. Richard Heckmann, interned at the German Hospital in Dalston: seeks release on medical grounds. Emil E Nachmann, interned at Douglas, Isle of Man: his sister in the United States would pay for his passage there. Doctor Kurt Spaltowski: has been found fit for military service and therefore cannot be released. Repatriation of militarily unfit civilians from overseas dominions. Doctor Hertz, naturalised as a British subject in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: interned at Liverpool, New South Wales, because he is disaffected and disloyal. Dr Adolf Muller leaves Sydney, Australia, for San Francisco. Georg Seredzun, German non-commissioned officer of the reserve: captured in the Cameroons and interned in Britain in a mental asylum. Code 1218 File 151 (papers 76411-142909).

Germany: Prisoners, containing: Agreement between the United States and Germany concerning the treatment accorded prisoners of war as signed at Berne, Switzerland on 11 November 1918. Whereabouts of the British Indian prisoners left by the Germans in Romania. Request of a complete list of British Indian prisoners of war in German captivity. Despatch of a list of British Indian prisoners of war transported from Germany to Romania. German request for a list of German prisoners of war captured in the Autumn of 1918 in Turkey (Palestine and Syria). German troops captured on the Palestine front being sent to Ahmednagar and Egypt, not to India. Work of British medical student Rene Dubois for prisoners of war. Whereabouts of Private E Oppy (number 7514) from the Australian Imperial Force. Handcuffing of German civilian prisoner Friederich Quade. Payment of allowances to German prisoners in Egypt. Allegations of ill-treatment of German women and children in German East Africa. Establishment of Danish Red Cross in London. Several requests from the Danish Red Cross to visit German prisoners, send them books and conduct educational work in prisoners of war companies. Exchange of Austrian and German currency at pre-war rate. Rate of exchange for the mark given to French prisoners of war returning from Germany. Sergeant J L Wilkie prisoner in Hameln camp, suspected of theft. Possible repatriation of German monks and nuns from the Natal Mission in Africa. Despatch from South Africa stating that it is not intended to expel any of the German monks and nuns from Natal. Protest from the prisoners of war interned at Camp Park Hall Oswestry against their prolonged internment. Repatriation of prisoners from Alsace and Lorraine interned in British Dominions and in British working camps and hospitals in France. Influenza epidemic in an internment camp at Aus in German South West Africa. Arrival in Rotterdam of members of the German Colonial Troops who were interned at Aus. List of German prisoners of war who died of Spanish Influenza at Aus. Code 1218 Files 2144-2983.