§ Lieut.-Commander Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in connection with legal proceedings pending, he has been asked for, or intends to grant, a certificate that the Emperor of Ethiopia still enjoys the status of a sovereign?
§ Viscount CranborneI have been asked, in connection with legal proceedings now pending, to supply in the form of a certificate answers to certain questions concerning the present position of Ethiopia, one of which inquiries, "whether His Majesty's Government still recognise His Majesty Hailé Selassie I asde jure Emperor of Ethiopia." It is clearly not possible for me, pending the proceedings in Court, to say anything with regard to the answers which will be given.