§ LORD C. BERESFORD (York)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the case of the "Jeannette"-"Falkenberg" collision is settled; if so, whether there is any appeal, and to whom should the appeal be made; and whether Her Majesty's Government will make further inquiries from the German Government on this case?
§ MR. BRODRICKThe case was tried before the Marine Court at Bremerhaven, and judgment was given on the 3rd May 1898, in favour of the "Falkenberg." The master, who was also the registered owner of the "Jeannette," declined to appeal from this decision on the ground of expense, and Her Majesty's Ambassador at Berlin, who was consulted, stated that in these circumstances it would be useless to make any representations to the German Government on the subject, as he was confident that the reply would be that the master might have appealed, but that, having failed to do so, the German Government could not interfere administratively in a matter which had formed the subject of a judicial decision.