§ 6. Mr. LYLEasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government can confirm the information that, although the Soviet Govern- 1090 ment had declared that the death penalty had been abolished, quite recently 227 people were shot by commissaries armed with revolvers at a railway station on the Irinorskaia Railway.
§ Sir H. GREENWOODI have received no official confirmation of the report referred to.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYWill the details of this wonderful revolver episode be brought to the notice of the Minister of War?