“Order for internment British between 17 and 55 has gone into effect. This does not apply to clericals, doctors, or women, or to British subjects from colonies or protectorates where Germans are not interned. German Government wishes to receive official information regarding such colonies, as it understands Germans are interned in South Africa. Germany is willing to release men over 45 if England will do so. Germans over 45, except officers, have no compulsory military obligations.” American Embassy, London, Nov. 9, 1914. _Memorandum by Sir Edward Grey._ The American Ambassador asked me to-day whether the American Embassy would be allowed, as reports were being made in Germany about the treatment of German civilians in England, to send someone to visit the Germans interned in Newbury and Newcastle. The Ambassador also said that he had received specific complaints from Germans interned in Queensferry. He has given me the following copy of a letter from the American Ambassador in Berlin. The object of the Ambassador’s enquiry is simply, by bringing out the facts, to prevent false statements from doing harm in Germany, and at the same time, I assume, to contribute to the remedying of any grievances that may exist. The American Ambassador in Berlin is, I know, doing all in his power to secure good treatment for British subjects in Germany, and I think that it would be desirable to let the American Embassy here have full information as to our treatment of Germans. I have, etc., E. GREY. Foreign Office, November 13, 1914. _Mr. Gerard to Mr. Page._ American Embassy, Berlin. November 8, 1914.