§ LORD ROBERT MONTAGUsaid, he rose to ask, Whether the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs can now inform the House whether the statement, which has appeared in The Times, that 400 Swedes have been taken by the Germans and received no quarter is true; and also whether the Swedes are taking part in the war with the Danes?
§ MR. LAYARDreplied, that he was happy to inform the House that he believed there was no foundation for the report that the Swedes had been killed in cold blood. The Foreign Office had telegraphed both to Copenhagen and Berlin on the subject, and it appeared that several Swedes, both men and officers, had been killed, but they were in the Danish service and were the Danish uniform. Several Swedes had also been taken, and Prince Frederick Charles had ordered them to be tried by court martial, but he hoped that that order would be rescinded by subsequent orders from Berlin.