§ 44. Mr. OUTHWAITEasked whether an instruction has been issued to the Press relating to criticism of the late Czar of Russia; and, if so can he state its purport?
§ Mr. BRACEThe Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a similar question on the 4th instant, stated that no such instructions had been issued. That answer still holds good.
§ Mr. OUTHWAITEWas the instruction issued from the Press Bureau by Sir E. T. Cook deprecating adverse criticism of the late Czar issued without Ministerial authority?