§ 84. Mr. DAYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received a report of the incident in which an aeroplane, the "Hanno," belonging to Imperial Airways and piloted by Captain Walter Rogers, landed at Mesylam, in Libya, and was put under armed guard, the pilot and crew being told to consider themselves under arrest, despite the fact that the working permits of these men and their craft to fly over Italian territory were all in order; whether he has made any representation on this matter to the Italian authorities; and will he make a statement?
§ Viscount CRANBORNEHis Majesty's Government have very recently received a report regarding the incident referred to by the hon. Member, and instructions are being sent forthwith to His Majesty's Ambassador at Rome to make representations on the subject to the Italian Government.
§ Mr. DAYWill the Noble Lord also consider protesting against the pilot and crew of this aeroplane being paraded before the native troops?
§ Viscount CRANBORNEWe had better await the results of the representations.