§ 8. Captain CUNNINGHAM-REIDasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what steps are usually taken in the event of foreign war vessels, whose crew is suspected of including persons who are infringing the Foreign Enlistment Act, entering British naval ports?
The FIRST LORD of the ADMIRALTY (Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell)So far as I am aware, there has been no case of a foreign war vessel entering a British naval port in such circumstances. I would, however, remind my hon. and gallant Friend that the ordinary rules of international law with regard to jurs- 294 diction over war vessels of a foreign Power in a British port would not admit of any action being taken as regards persons on board.