§ 46. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Prime Minister whether the recent visit of the secretary of State for India to Germany was undertaken for official purposes; and whether he and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs consulted with the Secretary of State for India prior to the visit as to the public pronouncements to be made on matters of policy affecting His Majesty's Government?
§ 48. Mr. JOHNSTONasked the Prime Minister whether the Secretary of State for India was engaged in any official mission on behalf of His Majesty's Government during his recent visit to Berlin?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo, Sir; the visit of my Noble Friend was a purely private one.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYHas the attention of the right hon. Gentleman been called to the reports of his Noble Friend's speeches in the German Press and their repercussions in. the French Press, and will he see that his denial is given some publicity, at any rate, in the English papers?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have seen nothing that my Noble Friend said except general sentiments as to the desirability of living on peaceable terms with our neighbours.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYThen was it only in his private capacity that his Noble Friend the Secretary of State for India was advocating a German-Franco-British alliance against Russia?
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYBecause it is not the policy of the Government.