§ 38. Mr. KINGasked whether a number of Finnish pilots have resigned their duties and their places have been filled by inexperienced men, many recruited from the Caspian Sea, and that in consequence there has been difficulty and delay in shipping reaching Finnish ports; whether he can give any explanation of this state of affairs; whether it is likely to continue; 574 and whether he has approached the Russian Government on the subject?
§ Mr. ACLANDThe answer to the first part of the question is, generally speaking, in the affirmative, but no complaints as to the effects on shipping have been received for over a year. As to the last portion of the question I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which was returned on the 26th March, 1912, to the hon. Member for Stirling Burghs to the effect that there are no grounds which justify representations to the Russian Government.