§ 16. Sir ARTHUR MICHAEL SAMUELasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has arranged for the restoration to British owners of the remittances belonging to them recently detained in German banks while in transit from Budapest to London; and, if not, whether His Majesty's Government proposes to take further steps to obtain the restoration of these British-owned funds?
§ Mr. EDENMy right hon. Friend is clear that British bondholders have a very strong claim to the release of the funds to which my hon. Friend refers, and His Majesty's Ambassador in Berlin has again been instructed to press this point of view strongly on the German Government.
§ Sir A. M. SAMUELIn view of the statement made by the Under-Secretary, would it not be helpful if the Foreign Office issued a warning to British traders not to entrust their funds to German banks; if they do, they do so at their peril?