§ 15. Captain PETER MACDONALDasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is now in a position to make any statement with regard to the recent imprisonment by the Argentine authorities of three officers from the British steamer "Baron Ogilvy"?
§ Sir J. SIMONHis Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Buenos Aires reports that two officers, not three, were arrested on a charge brought by two men, who were stowaways, that they had been ill-treated. The officers were detained in prison while the charge was investigated, and then released on the ground that the charge against them had not been established. The procedure throughout appears to have been in accordance with the local law. I may add that while under detention the officers enjoyed special privileges in the way of food and quarters and were assisted by a firm of British solicitors.