Major NEWMANasked the Home Secretary whether the condition of an uninterned enemy alien named Wohlgemuth, of Church Crescent, Muswell Hill, N., who was recently shot by his wife, is now such that he can give some account of himself; whether such account shows that he came to England in 1887, is a qualified doctor, and is besides a sausage-skin manufacturer and an experimental chemist carrying out Government work; and, having regard to the evidence of his love of country given by his wife, should he be still alive and recover is it intended to allow him to continue his manufacturing and experimental work in an internment camp and not at Muswell Hill?
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§ Mr. HEWINSThe person named is not an alien enemy. He is a British subject, having been granted naturalisation in 1897. I am informed that he came to this country in 1887, that he holds the honorary degree of Doctor of Science at University College, that he is a partner in a firm of sausage-skin dealers, and that he has had contracts with the Admiralty for gold-beaters' skin. He still lies in hospital in a serious condition. Before he is discharged from hospital full inquiry will be made as to the foundation, if any, for the accusations of disloyalty to this country made against him by his wife, who is charged with shooting him, and any action that may be called for in the public interest will be taken.