§ 7. Mr. GINNELLasked whether, when consenting to the use of Mrs. Scott, recently deported, as carrier of a letter written in Hungarian from London to the Finance Commissioner of Hungary making a certain offer if Hungary would secede from Austria and join Russia, he was aware of the other uses previously and concurrently made of Mrs. Scott by Messrs. Rothschild; on what grounds the Foreign Office enabled Mrs. Scott to pass into and out of enemy countries once a month during eighteen months of war; and whether the American Embassy, through which legitimate communication with those countries was carried on, was kept informed of the uses being made of Mrs. Scott over the same ground?
§ Sir E. GREYThe Foreign Office have never employed or been responsible for the employment of Mrs. Scott as a messenger to Austria-Hungary, and I gather, 1871 on inquiry, that the firm of Rothschild have also never employed her. I am informed that she was at one time associated with the American Relief Committee, but that is not a matter for which His Majesty's Government have any responsibility.
§ Mr. GINNELLCan the right hon. Gentleman explain how Mrs. Scott has 'been enabled to pass into and out of enemy countries once a month for eighteen months of the War?
§ Sir E. GREYI have said that Mrs. Scott at one time was associated with the American Relief duties, and we have no responsibility for that.