4. MALCOLMasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the French, German, and Russian Governments have each recently attached to their Legations at Berne a diplomatic representative to deal exclusively with questions regarding the treatment of prisoners; and whether he will consider the advisability of attaching to the British Legation a secretary of equivalent rank for the same specific purpose?
§ Lord R. CECILThe only information in my possession with regard to the first part of the question is that already communicated to me by my hon. Friend; I think that correspondence with the German Government respecting the treatment of prisoners of war must for many reasons, which I shall be happy to explain to my hon. Friend, continue to be conducted through the United States Ambassador at Berlin.