§ BARON HENRY DE WORMSasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is true that the Russian Government has not made any complaint as to the conduct of Mr. Lewisohn during his stay in Russia, and that the sole cause of his expulsion from that Country was that endorsed on his passport, viz. that he is a Jew; whether both the legal adviser of Her Majesty's Embassy at St. Petersburg and the Law Officers of the Crown have declared that the expulsion of Mr. Lewisohn from St. Petersburg was illegal; if so, whether any representations have been made to the Russian Government on the subject, and with what result; and, whether Mr. Lewisohn will now be permitted to go to Russia for purposes connected with his ordinary business as a London merchant, and be enabled to claim the protection accorded to all other British subjects in that Country who are not Jews?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKESir, it is true that the Russian Government have made no complaint against Mr. Lewisohn, and that we are not aware of any reason for his expulsion, except the fact of his being a Jew. Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires has, under instructions from Earl Granville, addressed a Note to the Russian Government calling their attention to the proceedings in Mr. Lewisohn's case; but although Mr. Wyndham has reported a conversation on the subject, no written answer has yet been received. I am not in a position, therefore, at present to state whether Mr. Lewisohn will be allowed to return to Russia.
§ BARON HENRY DE WORMSWill the Papers be laid on the Table?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEYes, Sir. I have promised that they will be produced; but they cannot be laid on the Table until the Correspondence now going on is completed.