HC Deb 08 August 1916 vol 85 cc835-6
3. Sir R. COOPER

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has official information showing a recent shipment of 115,472 lbs. of trinitrotoluol from New York to Sweden; and, if so, have instructions been given to the Navy to permit such shipments to pass through to Sweden or other neutral countries in north-western Europe?

Lord R. CECIL

The answer to the first question is in the affirmative. The shipment was destined for the Swedish Government, and His Majesty's Government were informed in advance that it would be made. The answer to the second question is that no general instructions of the nature indicated have been issued.