§ 6. 6. Mr. BOTTOMLEYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that letters are now coming in to this country, passed by the Censor, from Austrian firms soliciting a renewal of business with English manufacturers with whom they dealt prior to the War; and, of so, whether he will give instructions that such letters shall not in future be passed?
Captain GUEST (Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury)My right hon. Friend has asked me to answer this question. The letter which my hon. Friend has in mind was from a firm in the territory of the new Czecho-Slovakian Republic, and was quite properly passed by the Censor in accordance with the general licence of the 11th instant allowing trade with Czecho-Slovakia.