HC Deb 01 January 1913 vol 46 cc375-6W
Mr. CARR-GOMM

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has received any recent information from the Peruvian Government or from the British Vice-Consul at Iquitos with reference to the present position of the Peruvian Amazon Rubber Company and its officials, and, if so, whether he can give any information to the House upon this matter?

Mr. ACLAND

I am considering the question of publishing Mr. Mitchell's Report, but it must first be communicated to the Peruvian Government. I have learnt from His Majesty's Minister at Lima that orders have been issued for the arrest of Se[...]ors Julio Arana and Juan Vega as accessories of the crimes in the Putumayo, that Senor Arana has exercised his legal right of appeal against the order of arrest, and that the Peruvian Government, who are anxious to do what they can in the matter, are considering what is the best course they can adopt.