§ 30. Brigadier-General CROFTasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the steamship "Canton" was loaded in New York in September, 1914, with bulk grain for Sweden and was diverted by His Majesty's Fleet to the port of Newcastle and there discharged and searched; whether ingots of copper were found concealed amongst the bulk grain; whether it has been established that the copper was loaded on cabled instructions of the firm of Goldstuck, Hainze, and Company; and whether any information has been placed before the authorities which shows that before shipping the copper as instructed the agent at New York for the said firm of Goldstuck, Hainze, and Company declared his intention of consulting with an Austrian named Panzer, a London member of the said firm, at that time in New York?
Mr. HARMSWORTHThe question of my hon. and gallant Friend appears to refer to a consignment of copper which will shortly form the subject of a decision in the Prize Court. As the matter is still sub judice it is clearly undesirable at this stage to give a detailed reply to the various suggestions made in this question.