MR. J. LOWTHER (Kent, Thanet)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the public appeal recently issued by the Lord Mayor of London, on behalf (amongst others) of the funds administered by the Jewish Board of Guardians, to special collections having been ordered throughout the synagogues in England in aid of destitute aliens, for whose relief large sums have been otherwise contributed by charitable persons in this country; and whether, as such facts are widely circulated in an exaggerated form throughout Europe, thereby tending to attract still larger numbers to swell the ranks of the unemployed in this country, it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to take any practical steps to avert such result?
§ SIR E. GREYWe are in consultation with the Board of Trade with a view to issuing a warning through our Consuls abroad, such as has been issued on previous occasions. The object of such a warning would be to discourage alien immigration by pointing out that the labour market is overstocked, and that expectations on the part of poor immigrants, that their condition would be bettered in England, are likely to be disappointed.