§ 25. Sir W. DAVISONasked the Prime Minister what was the result of the representations which were made by the British delegates at Genoa to the representatives of the Russian Soviet Government with regard to the failure of the Soviet Government to make the reparation demanded by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for the outrageous treatment accorded to Mrs. Stan Harding, a British subject, during her 1666 imprisonment on a false charge for five months by the orders of the Russian Soviet Government, who had given her a safe-conduct to visit Russia?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Lloyd George)The negotiations at Genoa with the Soviet Government did not reach a stage where individual claims could be brought forward for consideration, and it was, therefore, impossible to discuss the ease of Mrs. Stan Harding. There may be opportunities at the forthcoming Conference at The Hague for the presentation of such claims.
§ Sir W. DAVISONDoes not the right hon. Gentleman think that it. is most desirable that these outrages on British subjects should be gone into, and the grievances of Britishers redressed before we go into those of others?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThere are several other cases, including this, which we are pledged to bring forward.
§ Sir W. DAVISONDoes not the right hon. Gentleman see that this case, which has been in abeyance for many months, should be attended to?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThere are many cases which are much older than this and just as grave as this one.