§ MR. JENNINGS (Stockport)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the Government has received any information as to the accuracy of the statements made in the Moscow Gazette and other Russian papers to the effect that societies are being formed for assisting an extensive "emigration of the most indigent class of Russian Hebrews to the United Kingdom"; that steamers from the Baltic "will begin conveying these emigrants to London almost immediately"; and that "60,000 are likely to be landed here before next winter"; and whether the Government will take into consideration the desirability of exercising some check over this wholesale importation of destitute aliens, should it be persisted in?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. H. SMITH,) Strand, WestminsterWe have not received any information as to the accuracy of the statements referred to, but we have asked for a Report by telegraph on the subject. It would be undesirable to make any statement as to the views of Her Majesty's Government until we have some facts to go upon.