HC Deb 19 October 1915 vol 74 cc1587-8
5. Mr. ANNAN BRYCE

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Lord Reading or any other member of the Loan Commission was permitted or authorised to discuss with the United States Government either the question of appeals from British Prize Courts to an international tribunal or the general question of what is called the freedom of the seas?

Lord ROBERT CECIL

The answer is in the negative.