75. Lieut.-Colonel MALONEasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information to show that the alleged atrocities committed by the Serbians in Montenegro have been exaggerated in this country; and whether Count de Salis, in his Report, has stated that the majority of people in Montenegro prefer fusion with Jugo-Slavia rather than autonomy under a separate government or kingdom?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODHis Majesty's Government are aware of allegations of the destruction of thousands of houses by fire in Montenegro and other similar stories. Such accounts as have been received from authentic sources show that the facts have been greatly exaggerated. I cannot divulge the contents of Count de Salis' confidential report; but I may say at once that I have reason to know that, in Count de Salis' opinion, the majority of the people in Montenegro prefer fusion with Jugo-Slavia to autonomy under a separate kingdom.