§ Captain BARNETTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the firm of Weiss, Biheller and Brooks, Limited, carrying on business in London and the United States, now consists only of two naturalised Austrians; whether this firm is closely associated in offices and management with Rothschild, Meyer and Company, a New York firm of alien enemy origin; whether Weiss, Biheller and Brook, Limited, has on 652W more than one occasion of late received preferential treatment as regards shipping space from the British authorities in New York; and, if so, for what reason?
§ Mr. WARDLEThe answer to the first two parts of this question is in the affirmative, except that I have no information that the firm of Rothschild, Meyer and Company, of New York, is of alien enemy origin. The last part of the question should be addressed to the Minister of Shipping.