§ 2. Major MILNERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the stateless position of refugees from Germany, he will bring the matter before the League of Nations with a view to the grant to them of international passports through the Nansen Office?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe hon. and gallant Member is, I think, under a misapprehension; the refugees from Germany to whom, I understand, this question refers, are German nationals who possess German national passports, and are therefore not technically Stateless persons, with whom the Nansen Office might be called upon to deal.
§ Mr. LANSBURYWill the Foreign Office consider the case of those German nationals who have fled the country without passports, who, if they return, will be in danger of death, and who are therefore in effect Stateless persons? Does the right hon. Gentleman not see that it is a misapprehension under which the authorities are labouring in thinking that the people with whom we are concerned possess passports?
§ Mr. BALDWINI will bring my right hon. Friend's observations to the notice of the Foreign Office.
§ Major MilnerDoes the right hon. Gentleman not appreciate that the initiative should be taken by someone, and, that being so, cannot the British Government take that initiative?
§ Mr. JANNERWill my right hon. Friend also take into consideration the position of those, particularly Jewish people, in Germany whose passports have been taken from them in many cities?