§ Major Sir B. FALLE (by Private Notice)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether his attention has been drawn to the statement which has been widely circulated that the naval authorities have been intercepting and forwarding by wireless direct to the Admiralty messages intended for publication in the Press; if so, whether he can make any statement on the subject?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Colonel Sir J. Craig)I understand that the question relates to a statement that Press messages from Tangier have been intercepted by the naval authorities at Gibraltar. While the censorship was in force all messages were, of course, intercepted and investigated. Since then no such messages have been intercepted and forwarded by wireless direct to the Admiralty.