§ 97. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether naturalised British subjects of German origin now serving in His Majesty's Army will be affected by the inquiry now proceeding as to alien enemies, or whether, in the case of men against whom no charge or suspicion of disloyalty exists, they will be permitted to continue their services in His Majesty's Army?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the hon. Member for Brentford on the 1st instant. Combatant officers, unless employed in a Government office, will not be affected by the inquiry.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODThen do the British Army consider that people serving in it, although they may be of German origin, make good soldiers?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONwas understood to reply in the affirmative.