Austria-Hungary: Prisoners, including: Henry di Boher Andjel (known as Angelo): transmission...

FO 383/250

1917

Austria-Hungary: Prisoners, including:

Henry di Boher Andjel (known as Angelo): transmission of a payment to him from Constantinople.

Mr Oswald Partington MP: enquiry about the possible release of Mr Henry W Davis, Mrs Mary Davis and their family, interned at Salzburg.

Exchange and repatriation of prisoners, including:

• Proposal by the Austro-Hungarian authorities for the exchange of Captain Charles Wilson, detained in Austria, for Flag-Lieutenant Maglic and First Lieutenant von Georgevits.
• Report of a visit by Lieutenant A C Fahnauer to Lieutenant Maglic in the Northern General Hospital, Leicester.
• Parliamentary question by Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck on the decision by the British Government not to accept the proposal; explanation that this was due to a policy decision to abandon individual exchanges.
• Consideration of the case of Captain Stanley Wilson MP, interned in Austria.
• Decision by the Austro-Hungarian Government to release Captain Wilson without requesting a reciprocal exchange.
• Printed report of an interview with Captain Wilson on his experiences while interned in Austria.
• Decision by the British Government to repatriate Lieutenant Konstantin Maglic; arrangements for him to sail to the Netherlands.
• Agreement by the Home Office, the War Office and the Admiralty for the proposed exchange of Lieutenant Guido von Georgevits and Lieutenant Hans Brandeis for Colonel Napier.
• Release of Lieutenant Georgevits and Lieutenant Brandeis by the British authorities.
• Mrs Anna Prosch: report of her death in Austria to Mrs Paula Leigh in London.
• Confirmation of the remission of sentences imposed on Austro-Hungarian prisoners in Allied custody, following the reciprocal agreement of 1 January 1917.
• Parliamentary question by Mr Edmund Harvey MP on the amnesty to prisoners declared by the Emperor of Austria, Karl I.

Mrs J Wilkinson: request for assistance in recovering the personal effects of her son, Mr F S Wilkinson, who had recently died in Prague.

Mr Herbert Weller, interned as a British subject in Hungary: request for proof of his nationality.

Wenzel Fingoust, an Austrian prisoner interned at Liverpool Camp, New South Wales: report by the Commonwealth Defence Department of Australia on allegations of his ill-treatment.

Recommendation for the establishment of a telegraph service between the United Kingdom and Austria-Hungary for the benefit of prisoners and interned civilians.

John Horvat (or Harvatt), a Hungarian subject who had been interned in Ontario, Canada: request by the Swedish Legation in London for an authenticated copy of his death certificate.

Captain Corrado Carniglia: request for approval by the British Government for the proposed exchange of his brother, Lieutenant Giobatta Carniglia, interned in Austria, for a German officer from SS Emden.

Suspension of activities on behalf of Austro-Hungarian prisoners by the American Consul in Barbados, following the severance of diplomatic relations between America and Austria-Hungary.

Transfer of the representation of the interests of Austro-Hungarian prisoners in Australia to the Swedish Embassy.

Death of the Austrian subject, Max Dockl, at Knockaloe Camp: request by the Swedish Legation in London for a copy of his death certificate.

Permission for Austro-Hungarian prisoners interned in India to send remittances of money to their families.

Correspondence on policy in Canada and the United Kingdom on the sending of remittances by Austro-Hungarian prisoners to their families.

Max Pollock, an Austrian subject interned in Malta: enquiries by the War Department in Washington about his possible release.

Transmission of Foreign Office notes from the American Embassy in Vienna to the Spanish Embassy.

A Wacks, an Austrian subject interned at Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: request for a remittance.

Proposal by the War Cabinet for using Austrian prisoners from Italy for labour purposes in France and the United Kingdom.

Josef Lecker, an Austrian subject interned at Alexandra Palace: request for his repatriation.

Mr Harry Ross, confined in Vienna: complaint about the non-delivery of mail.

Josef Leo Bak: confirmation that he was repatriated to Austria as being unfit for military service, and that no undertaking had been given by him not to take up arms.

Mrs Mary J Gauci, resident in Budapest: request for money from her solicitor, Mr Albert Salomone, in Malta.

Mr William T Hutchinson, a British subject confined at Vienna: arrangements by Mrs Ruth Care for sending money to him.

Lieutenant Arpad Horn, interned at Donnington Hall and later at Dyffryn Aled: complaint about his treatment and enquiry about arrears of pay.

Reciprocal agreement for officer prisoners to take unescorted walks on temporary parole.

Terms of punishment of officer prisoners in the United Kingdom for attempted escape.

Identification of deceased Austro-Hungarian soldiers: request for information on the names of their regiments and parishes to be included.

Mr John W Hall: enquiry about the payment of remittances to Rudolph Kirchel, interned at Knockaloe Camp.

Wilhelm Gellner, interned at Knockaloe Camp: decision that he was not eligible for repatriation, following a medical examination.

Miss Julia Wright, resident in Vienna: enquiry about the welfare of her mother, Mrs Mary Wright, in Norfolk.

Mr Henry Ross, Mr John Henry Huber and Mr John Hewitt, employed in the British Division of the Spanish Embassy in Vienna: arrangements for sending and receiving mail.

Leo Zuker, an Austrian subject interned in Egypt: decision that he was not eligible for repatriation.

Mr John William Chamberlain, a British subject interned at Ruhleben Camp near Berlin, including:

• Application for the repatriation of his wife and daughters, Nelly and Florence Chamberlain, to the United Kingdom from Vienna.
• Question of the nationality of Miss Nellie Chamberlain.
• Decision by Mrs Chamberlain not to return to the United Kingdom.

Code 1203 Files 57590-145740.

Files 57590-145740.

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