§ 72. Mr. HAYESasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the representations made by His Majesty's Government to the Italian Government, respecting the Englishman, William Ellison, who has been sentenced by a Florence tribunal to a period of imprisonment, for an offence against Italian law, have been finally considered; and, if so, with what result?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONAs soon as the result of Mr. Ellison's appeal was known, His Majesty's Ambassador brought the matter to Signor Mussolini's attention, and I am glad to be able to say that Signor Mussolini at once, of his own initiative, submitted to the King of Italy a pardon for Mr. Ellison. The decree granting him a free pardon, but requiring him to leave Italy, was signed on the 11th instant.