HC Deb 08 February 1915 vol 69 cc218-9
1. Mr. CROOKS

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any steps are being taken with regard to William Lonsdale, a British soldier, now a prisoner in Germany, who was recently sentenced to death for striking a German official who had insulted Lonsdale, the sentence afterwards being commuted to twenty years' imprisonment?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Mr. Tennant)

My right hon. Friend has asked me to answer this question. The answer is in the negative.

Mr. CROOKS

Do you intend to do anything? I call it an atrocious outrage!