§ 1. Mr. KINGasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the agreement with the Russian Government for the return to Russia of Russian subjects of military age unwilling to serve in the British Army provides that the cost of transportation shall be provided by the Russian or the British Government; whether transported Russians will be forced to provide food, bedding, etc., for the voyage at their own expense; and whether, in view of the Russian Government not having asked for the return of any Russians in the British Empire, inquiry will now be made whether the transport of untrained men or of munitions, equipment, coal, and food is the more welcome to the Russian Government?
§ The MINISTER of BLOCKADE (Lord Robert Cecil)I have nothing to add to the reply which was returned to the hon. Member on this subject on 7th February.