HC Deb 04 January 1916 vol 77 c806
25. Sir J. D. REES

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any of the German ships now detained at United States ports are to be sold to Scandinavian Governments and delivered at Scandinavian ports with the consent of the British Foreign Office on behalf of His Majesty's Government?

The UNDER-SECRETARY Of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord Robert Cecil)

His Majesty's Government have no knowledge of any such arrangement.