§ MR. KING (Cheshire, Knutsford)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that, on 9th January, postcards, signed T. Ll. Fennell, Captain 3rd V.B. Cheshire Regiment, were issued to all the men of the battalion, urging them to be present at a meeting convened by the Knutsford Working Men's Conservative Association for 13th January, to hear an address by Lord Newton in favour of compulsory military training; and whether such conduct on the part of a Volunteer officer is in compliance with the King's Regulations.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The facts are as stated, and notice has been taken of what was a contravention of the King's Regulations.