§ SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE (for Sir R. ASSHETON CROSS)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with reference to the illegal expulsion of certain Cuban refugees from Gibraltar, What steps have been taken to procure their release by the Spanish Government; and when any further Papers will be laid upon the table of the House?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICESir, a despatch has been addressed to Her Majesty's Minister at Madrid, for communication to the Spanish Government, stating the views of Her Majesty's Government on the case, and the grounds on which they still entertain the hope that the appeal made to the generosity of the Spanish Government on behalf of the prisoners will meet with a favourable response. No reply from the Spanish Government has yet been received. Further Papers will be laid on the Table at as early a date as possible.