§ 57. Sir R. COOPERasked if Krahn, who has been employed as a clerk under the War Office, was convicted at Birmingham in 1913, sentenced to five years' imprisonment and recommended for deportation; and, if so, can he say why this recommendation was not carried out?
§ Sir G. CAVEThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, and to the second that inquiries subsequent to this man's conviction showed that he was not an alien, but a British subject, born in London, and therefore could not be expelled from the United Kingdom.
§ Sir R. COOPERDoes not the fact that this man was recommended for deportation indicate that he was not considered safe to be at large, especially in war time in a Government Department?
§ Sir G. CAVEYou cannot expel a British subject at all.