§ MR. HOGAN (Tipperary, Mid)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the protracted residence in Toronto of the late Spanish. Minister to Washington and the activity of other Spanish agents sojourning in the Dominion, he can state what powers, if any, are possessed by Colonial Governments to prevent the hospitality of their soil being exploited in the interests of a particular belligerent; and whether a Colonial Government that expels such persons is liable to be sued for damages?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.This is a question which would be more properly addressed to the Attorney General, but it would not be desirable at the present time to express in answer to a Question in Parliament an opinion on such points as those which are raised by the honourable Member's Questions.