§ 78. Mr. R. McNEILLasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the wide publicity that has been given on the Continent of Europe to the forcible stoppage of the Glasgow Relief Mission to Montenegro by the Serbian authorities and the manner in which the incident is cited as proof of the contempt with which 2601 the British Government is treated in the Adriatic; and whether, in view of the damage caused to British prestige by the Government's indifference to the fate of the mission and the probable loss of valuable property subscribed for by British charity, he will reconsider his decision to do nothing diplomatically or otherwise to remove the Serbian obstruction to the distribution of relief to the perishing Montenegrins?
Mr. HARMSWORTHThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. As regards the second part of the question, I have nothing to add to the reply I returned to my hon. and learned Friend on the 7th July.
§ Mr. McNEILLAs the hon. Gentleman says, in reply to the first part of the question, that he is not aware of this incident, may I ask whether it is the case that the Foreign Office have no means of knowing what appears to be widely published in the Continental Press?
Mr. HARMSWORTHAs far as I know, we have not received any information to the effect stated by my hon. and learned Friend in the first part of the question.
§ Mr. McNEILLDoes not that arise from the fact that the Foreign Office do not read the foreign newspapers?
§ Mr. A. HERBERTWill the hon. Gentleman consider the advisability of publishing a report?