§ 8. Mr. EUGENE WASONasked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether any reply has yet been received from the American Ambassador in Germany as to the treatment of the thirty-nine British officers interned in Germany, in view of the change in the treatment of German submarine officers interned in this country?
§ Lord ROBERT CECILTelegraphic information has just been received through the United States Ambassador to the effect that steps will be taken at once to return the thirty-nine British officers to their former places of internment and a list of names and places will be sent as soon as the transfers take place.
§ Mr. KELLAWAYDoes the Noble Lord not consider a most unfortunate precedent has been created by the Government in allowing themselves to be blackmailed by Germany?
§ Lord ROBERT CECILI do not consider that the Government have been blackmailed.