§ 83. Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Under-Secretary for War whether he has ordered the release of one Schlangenweit, the late German Consul at Manchester, who had been interned for some months; and, if so, will he say why this course has been adopted?
Mr. PRIMROSEThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. Schlangenweit was one of the twelve German Consular officials detained in the United Kingdom whose exchange was recently agreed to for an equivalent number of British officials and other civilians detained in Germany.
§ Mr. NEEDHAMMay I ask whether before the release of Captain Schlangenweit was ordered the local authorities in Manchester were asked to give their views as to the advisability or otherwise of the proposal to release him?
§ Sir J. RANDLESIs it not a fact that Captain Schlangenweit resigned his Consulship some weeks before war broke out?