27. Captain TUDOR-REESasked the Prime Minister whether he has consulted the Law Officers of the Crown as to whether it is possible for extradition proceedings to be commenced against the ex-Kaiser; and, if so, with what result?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe Law Officers took part in discussions in the Cabinet at the time of the correspondence with the Dutch Government.
Mr. PALMERMay I ask whether the Prime Minister had received the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown when, at the general election, he promised to "fetch him out"?
§ Mr. GRITTENDoes the right hon. Gentleman still adhere to the opinion he gave in answer to a question of mine last week, that the term of the ex-Kaiser's holiday among his Dutch friends is to be commensurate with the term of his life?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI said that that probably might be the case.
§ Mr. BILLINGIs it not a fact that the Government never had the slightest intention of trying the ex-Kaiser, for secret political reasons?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWIt is not a fact.