§ 1. Colonel YATEasked the Secretary of State for India who are the Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hotchner who are described in the letter addressed by Sir Subramaniya Aiyer, K.C.I.E., to President Wilson as having graciously consented to leave their home in India in order to convey the letter to President Wilson personally in Washington; what position Mr. and Mrs. Hotchner occupied in India; of what nationality they are by birth; whether they travelled 281 from India to America on a British passport; whether they are now engaged on propaganda work on behalf of the Home Rule for India League in America or elsewhere; and whether they are to be permitted to return to India?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Montagu)I understand that Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hotchner are United States citizens by birth, who lived for some time at Adyar, in Madras, and co-operated in Mrs. Besant's theosophical work. They appear to be giving theosophical lectures in the United States. Mrs. Hotchner is said to be at the head of the American section of the Temple of the Rosy Cross or the brotherhood of the Mystic Star. Presumably they travelled last year with a United States passport visé by the authorities in India. The question of allowing their return to India would be considered by the Indian Government, if and when they applied for a passport visa.