GERMAN PRISONERS SCHEME
Evesham people have been wondering when the German Prisoners, who had been promised to Evesham, were going to arrive. An admirable scheme had been arranged, a committee appointed, and barracks were got ready and actually certified as meeting the requirements of the authorities. Now the whole scheme is hung up, because the authorities begun de novo. Practically all the work that has been done locally seems to be thrown away. The Board of Agriculture are now circularising the County war-Agricultural Committees, through whom the German prisoners will be employed, on the subject of a scheme which has been prepared by the Board in conjunction with the Army Council for the employment of prisoners of war. All this is most disheartening. Everything was ready at Evesham, but officilism has blocked the way. We can only hope that Mr T W Pearkes, who is the chairman of the Worcestershire War Agricultural Committee, will be able to take steps as quickly as possible to get things going again, on the lines already agreed upon.