§ Major ANSTRUTHER-GRAYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether British subjects inheriting land in Poland and the western governments of Russia are obliged to sell their land within three years, while German subjects are allowed to retain their land for 10 1969 years; and whether he will endeavour to secure equally good treatment for British subjects?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir Edward Grey)The Imperial Ukaz of 14th March, 1887, by which I understand that these cases are still regulated, makes no distinction between foreign subjects of different nationalities who inherit land in the Kingdom of Poland, the Baltic Provinces, and the Western Government of Russia, as regards the time allowed them for the sale of their real property, which is three years in every case where that property has been acquired by indirect inheritance or by intestacy. As far as I am aware, this law is applied to all nationalities alike, but I will ask His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at St. Petersburg to report on the subject.