§ 12. Mr. B. PETOasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many cases of imprisonment and ill-treatment of British subjects in Soviet Russia out of the number referred to in Lord Emmott's Interim Report, 1920, were taken up singly with the Soviet Government in 1922; who were the individuals affected; and how many of them have since received compensation, and what amount?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINYes, Sir. Two of the cases referred to in Lord Emmott's Report of 1920 were taken up with the Soviet Government in 1922—those of Mr. Charles Davison and Mr. Joseph Martin. Mrs. Davison has received £10,000 from the Soviet Government as compensation for her husband's death.
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINYes, Sir.
§ 14. Major-General Sir ALFRED KNOXasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will press the claims submitted to the Claims Department on the 13th June by Miss Olga Charnock, a British subject and a member of the staff of the British Consulate in Moscow, who since the 4th August, 1918, has suffered front paralysis produced by the shock of her father's arrest by Cheka agents in Moscow on that date?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINYes, Sir. Miss Charnock's claim will be presented to the Soviet Government together with other claims registered with the Russian Claims Department of the Board of Trade as soon as a suitable opportunity offers.