HC Deb 04 July 1918 vol 107 cc1826-7
16. Mr. WATT

asked the Home Secretary whether he will furnish a copy of the report of the chief constable of Westcliff- on-Sea sent to his Department dealing with the pro-German activities of E. A. Meyer, a recently naturalised German, on which he was ordered out of that seaport, and who at present is employed daily on the London Stock Exchange?

Sir G. CAVE

No such report was sent to my Department. I have already informed the hon. Member that the order was made by the competent military authority.

Mr. WATT

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the pro-German activities of this gentleman are so pronounced that there is a daily risk of his being thrown out of the train by his fellow passengers? Is that the reason the police had to intervene?

Sir G. CAVE

No; I am not aware of that.