HC Deb 09 November 1916 vol 87 cc369-70
3. Sir HENRY DALZIEL

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can explain the circumstances under which Dr. Scarlett Synge, a British subject, was permitted to pay a visit to the British prisoners' camps in Germany?

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

I understand that Dr. Synge was doing medical work in Serbia when it was invaded. She appears to have fraternised with the invaders and to have subse- quently obtained permission from the German authorities to visit a few of the British prisoners' camps in Germany.

Sir J. D. REES

Can the Noble Lord say whether Dr. Synge's records are worthy of credence?

Lord R. CECIL

I do not think too much inportance is to be attached to what Dr. Synge says. The Reports of the American Embassy on most of the camps have been presented, and they are the ones in which we have absolute confidence.

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