§ MR. GRETTON (Rutland)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the protracted delay in settling cases of the naval prizes which arose during the Russo-Japanese War, he will instruct our representatives at the Hague to bring the matter before the Peace Conference, with a view to arriving at some early decision.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. RUNCIMAN, Dewsbury; for Sir Edward Grey)It is outside the scope of the Conference at present sitting at the Hague to investigate specific incidents that occurred during the Russo-Japanese War and act as a tribunal for dealing with them, but important questions of principle, to which these incidents gave rise, are engaging the attention of the Conference.