§ Mr. KINGasked the Home Secretary on what date was George Tchitcherine interned; whether it was at the instance of, or with the expressed approval of, Constantine Dimitrivitch Nabokoff that the internment was made; and whether he will state the nature of the evidence and the names of the informants that he relied on in making this internment order?
§ Sir G. CAVETchitcherine was interned on the 25th August, 1917. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative. As regards the last part of the question, the evidence consisted chiefly of Tchitcherine's own statements and writings.
§ Mr. SNOWDENasked the Home Secretary whether the cases of Louis Ferdinand Kehrhahn and John Hodgson have recently been considered by the Advisory Committee, or whether it is his independent judgment that leads him to consider that neither Kehrhahn nor Hodgson can safely be released?
§ Sir G. CAVEI refer to the Advisory Committee for reconsideration only those cases in which there appears to be someprimâ facie ground for thinking that continued detention is no longer necessary. In the cases of the two men mentioned in the question I was satisfied, after consultation with the military authorities, that release was not desirable in the interest of public safety and the defence of the realm, and accordingly I did not ask the Committee to reconsider their previous decision.