§ 69. Mr. A. SHORTasked the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the following British subjects: Charles Ashleigh, Sam Scarlett, James H. Manning, Richard Brazier, B. Lorton, William Moran, J. Oats, D. Buckley, T. Frazer, H. Lloyd, C. L. Lambert, P. M'Avoy, H. MacCosham, C. H. M'Kinnon, J. A. M'Donald, A. B Prashner, and D. Sheridan are now in Leavenworth Prison, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States of America, serving sentences of imprisonment ranging from five to twenty years, in some cases in permanent isolation; that these men, who one and all declared their innocence of the charge of hindering the. Government's war programme, were given an unsatisfactory form of trial; and whether, in view of the length and nature of the sentences, he will make representations on behalf of these British subjects to the United States Government?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODI have no information regarding the trial of the British subjects named in the question, but I am making inquiries.