§ SIR WILLIAM BULL (Hammersmith)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the arrest and detention in Odessa of Mr. Luxenburg, a British merchant; and whether His Majesty's Government is taking any action in the matter.
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§ MR. MITCHELL-THOMSON (Lanarkshire, N. W.)To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any official information with regard to the position of Mr. Luxenburg, who is reported to have boon imprisoned at Odessa without trial; whether Mr. Luxenburg is a British subject; and, if so, what steps are being taken to secure that he shall receive either trial or release.
§ MR. FLETCHER (Hampstead)To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps have been or are being taken to learn the offence charged against Mr. Nicholas Luxenburg, a naturalised British subject, who has been arrested under orders given by the Russian Government at St. Petersburg to their representatives at Odessa, and cast into prison; and whether the Russian Government have given to our Government satisfactory information justifying Mr. Luxenburg's detention.
§ MR. LAIDLAW (Renfrewshire, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if Mr. Nicholas Luxenburg a British subject, who was arrested at Odessa on a charge of carrying seditious and criminal literature, has been released; what explanation, if any, has been received from the Russian authorities; and if he will press for compensation being paid to Mr. Luxenburg.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. RUNCIMAN,; for Sir EDWARD GREY) DewsburyThe attention of my right hon. friend was called to the case of Mr. Luxenburg, a naturalised British subject of German origin, born at Warsaw, and His Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburg was instructed to make representations to the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs on the subject. It would appear that Mr. Luxenburg was arrested by order of the competent authorities, by virtue of the provisions of the law on the state of siege actually in vigour at Odessa, on the charge of revolutionary propaganda in Russia. It appears that, his sister is a well-known revolutionary. A special inquiry was opened, and "'Sir A. Nicolson now reports that Mr. Luxenburg has been released. No further details have as yet been received, and my right hon. friend is unable to make any statement on the question of compensation.