§ BARON HENRY DE WORMSasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he is aware that Mr. Lewisohn has been granted a new passport by the Foreign Office, and that such passport has been viséd with the words "Bon pour la Russié" by the Russian Consul General in London; whether Mr. Lewisohn, who is obliged to proceed immediately to Russia on urgent business, will be allowed, on the strength of such passport and visa, to stay there for such time as he may find necessary 1928 for the transaction of his business, and during his stay there be accorded the protection enjoyed by all other British subjects travelling in Russia; and, whether the Correspondence which has taken place between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of Russia relative to Mr. Lewisohn's illegal expulsion from St. Petersburg will now be laid upon the Table of the House?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKE, in reply, said, it was the case that Mr. Lewisohn had been granted a new passport which had been viséd by the Russian Consul General. Her Majesty's Government would, of course, continue to claim for all British subjects their Treaty rights. The question what were the rights of foreign Jewish subjects had been under discussion between Her Majesty's Government and the Russian Government, as it had long been the subject of correspondence between the Russian and the United States Governments. The Correspondence on the subject was not yet complete, but the first portion of it was put on the Table a week or two ago, and the remainder would be published as soon as complete.
§ BARON HENRY DE WORMS, in consequence of the answer of the hon. Baronet, said, that, being in hopes that the representations which had been made and which he trusted would be made to the Court of Russia on behalf of Mr. Lewisohn would have the effect of insuring to that gentleman the protection to which he was entitled, he would postpone the Motion of which he had given Notice on the subject until next Session.