§ 94. Mr. RONALD McNEILLasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to a statement published in Belgrade with regard to the condition of the people in Montenegro to the effect that the people in that country are half-naked, half the population starving, and thousands of Montenegrin children bare-footed and in rags, and that in such circumstances it is easy to understand how the Montenegrins, humiliated and suffering, take refuge in the mountains and ask for the return of their king and the restoration of their independence; and whether he has information showing the accuracy or otherwise of this statement made by Serbians opposed to the policy of their Government?
Mr. HARMSWORTHI should be obliged if my hon. and learned Friend would inform me of the nature and date of the published statement to which he refers, and if possible, of the authority on which such statement is made. I shall then be happy to have it considered. At the present moment I am unable to answer his question.
§ Mr. McNEILLI understand that according to the rules it is not competent for a Member to quote from a newspaper. I made it as clear as possible that it was published in the Press in Belgrade, and how am I to give my hon. Friend further information as to the authority on which the statement is made.