HC Deb 24 July 1918 vol 108 cc1785-6
15. Colonel WEDGWOOD

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether German schools in Palestine are still working; whether Germans are not interned, and will he make inquiries to hasten the full Report?

Mr. BALFOUR

As I informed my hon. and gallant Friend a fortnight ago, all German schools have been taken over, and all male adults interned. I will make further inquiries about the full Report.

Colonel WEDGWOOD

The answer given to me a week ago, not a fortnight ago, stated that the right hon. Gentleman had no information on the point. Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the German papers say that these Germans are still in Jerusalem and that their schools are still working?

Mr. BALFOUR

I have copied out the answer given on the subject nearly a week ago.

Colonel WEDGWOOD

You said a week ago that you had asked for a Report but had not got it. Have you no further information?

Mr. BALFOUR

In the answer to which I have referred, it was stated, not by me but by the Assistant Secretary of State, that all the German schools had been taken over and all male adults interned. That is evidently quite inconsistent with the Report which my hon. Friend appears to have obtained from the German papers. I am making further inquiries about the full Report.