§ 6. Lieut.-Colonel JAMESasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1356 whether his attention has been called to the treatment accorded to a Mr. H. V. Milne, an Englishman residing in Leamington, who, on 14th October, 1923, whilst on a walking tour, was arrested by the Serbian authorities at Struga, on the Albano-Serb frontier, and, though his passport was properly vise and in order, was detained in prison and under close surveillance for 48 hours, after which period he was given permission by the prefect to leave the country; and whether he will cause the fullest inquiries to be made into this case and obtain assurances from the Serbian Government that Englishmen travelling in Serbia, whether on business or pleasure, shall not again be subjected to similar indignities?
§ Mr. PONSONBYAs soon as this case was brought to the knowledge of His Majesty's late Government, His Majesty's Minister at Belgrade was instructed to lodge a protest with the Serb-Croat-Slovene Government against the treatment accorded to Mr. Milne. No reply having been received, when the matter was brought before me, His Majesty's Minister at Belgrade was instructed to call the attention of the Serb-Croat-Slovene Government again to the matter.