§ SIR JOHN HAY (for Mr. R, N. FOWLER)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether, in view of the fact, as stated in the "Times," of British subjects being exposed to insults, and expelled without trial from the territory of the Republic of Switzerland, Her Majesty's Government will instruct Her Representative at Berne to obtain an explanation of the action of the authorities at Geneva?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEThe question whether there is ground for diplomatic intervention in relation to the occurrences in Switzerland referred to by the hon. Member has been submitted to the Law Officers of the Crown for their opinion, and pending their Report Her Majesty's Government do not propose to take any official action. But Her Majesty's Representative at Berne has unofficially represented to the Federal Government the complaints of certain British subjects against the authorities at Geneva, and it is understood that the latter have been invited to furnish a Report thereon.