§ MR. ANDERSONasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If any inquiry has been made into the complaints of Mr. William Campbell, of insult and outrage by the authorities of Rudolstadt and Weimar in August 1242 last, and if he will state the results of the inquiry or lay the papers upon the Table?
§ MR. BOURKEThe fullest inquiry has been made by the Foreign Office into this case, and no doubt the hon. Member for Glasgow has heard the result. After the investigation the German Government expressed their regret for what had occurred to Mr. Campbell; and Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Berlin conveyed this expression of regret to him, and suggested that he should accept it. This appears to the Secretary of State as complete satisfaction as could be expected in the circumstances of the case. The hon. Member asks me whether we will lay the Papers on the Table. It is not the usual practice to produce the Papers in cases of this kind; but the Foreign Office have no objection to produce them if they are really wanted. I think the hon. Member will see that there are objections to their production. Perhaps, however, he will confer with me on the subject.