§ Mr. KINGasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether any authority has been received from the Russian Government and acted upon in this country to compel Russian subjects in the United Kingdom to join the British or any other Army?
§ Mr. TENNANTRussian subjects residing abroad have been given by the Russian Government the option of serving either in the forces of the Allies or in the Russian Army, and if they fail to offer themselves for enlistment they are considered as deserters. No instructions have been issued by the War Office that Russian subjects in the United Kingdom shall be compelled to join the British Army.