32. Sir H. DALZIELasked the Postmaster-General how many persons of German extraction are employed in his departments at the General Post Office dealing with foreign telegrams and foreign telephone messages?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Joseph Pease)There are six British subjects who on one or both sides had German parentage and who are employed in the Cable Room, Central Telegraph Office, whose duty it is to deal with foreign telegrams. Five of them were born in England. The sixth came to England when he was two years old, thirty-seven years ago, and has not been to Germany since. There are no grounds of suspicion against any of them. Their periods of service vary from sixteen to thirty-five years. Foreign telephone messages are not dealt with by any person of German extraction.
Sir H. DALZIELCan the right hon. Gentleman say how many have been interned for some time, and why they were released?