§ 39. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the Hungarian workers of Pecs, which is now in the occupation of the Serbian troops, have petitioned for the retention of the Serbian occupation so long as the present régime continues in Hungary; and if he will use the influence of Great Britain to prolong at present the Serbian occupation of the district of Karanga?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI understand that certain petitions have been received from workmen in the Pecs region asking 592 for the continuance of the Yugo-Slav occupation, but I have no information as to whether this represents the general feeling of the population of that province. In answer to the second part of the question, I would remind my hon. and gallant Friend that there could be no good reason for prolonging the occupation of Hungarian territory when once the Treaty of Peace with Hungary has come into force.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODWill the Government make any inquiry of the workpeople of Pecs and find out their opinion as to the retrocession of this district to the present Hungarian régime?
§ 73. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the Report of the British Labour delegation on the terror in Hungary; and will he call the attention of the British High Commissioner in Hungary to this Report and obtain his comments upon the Report?
§ Commander EYRES-MONSELLThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, but the Secretary of State has not yet had the time to study the Report or to decide what action could properly be taken in connection with it.
§ 74. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the allegations respecting the state of the Hungarian military prisons and particularly the internment camp at Hajmasker, His Majesty's Government will approach the Hungarian Government with a view to obtaining the supervision of some British or French civilian over these prisons?
§ Commander EYRES-MONSELLThe British High Commissioner at Budapest visited this camp early in May last, and reported on it in fairly favourable terms. He drew the attention of the Prime Minister of Hungary to various points in which he considered the conditions of the camp could be improved, and his observations met with a favourable reception. We have no later information regarding this camp. It is no part of the duty of His Majesty's Government to supervise the prisons of a foreign country, nor could they press upon a foreign government the appointment of British officials for such purpose.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODIs the hon. Gentleman aware that when the British High Commissioner went to Hajmaskar Camp the people whom it was not wished he should see were sent into barracks 24 and 3 in order to be out of the way of the inspection, and further is he aware that we have special responsibilities for these people in Hungary, because Sir Thomas Cunningham and Mr. Boehm arranged the terms of surrender of the Commune, and those terms have not been carried out?