§ Mr. KINGasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Rene Keller, of 12, Little Goodge Street, London, W. 1, has been in this country for years before August, 1914, that he holds Identity Book 178,547 that he offered to serve in the British Army and was accepted for possible service in the Army Service Corps, and that on 21st April he received a letter from Major T. Daw, of the Central London Recruiting Depot, stating curtly that he could not be accepted in the British Army; and whether, in view of the desirability of enlisting friendly aliens to fight in our ranks, he will give instructions that such treatment towards friendly aliens shall cease?
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§ Mr. MACPHERSONRene Keller is an "insomnia" from the French Army, and as representations had been made by the French military authorities for his return to France in order that he might fulfil his military obligations in that country, the recruiting officer at the Central London Depot was informed that this man could not be accepted for service in the British Army.