HC Deb 25 July 1916 vol 84 c1478
1. Mr. KING

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the British Government has demanded of the Russian, Japanese, or Portuguese Governments that British subjects of military age resident in their territories should be returned to this country in order to take up military service?

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

The answer is in the negative.