Mr. LLEWELYN WILLIAMSasked the Prime Minister whether Sir Sidney Low is editor of the Wireless Press Service at 324W the Ministry of Information; whether in the course of his duties Sir Sidney Low has to exercise his discretion as to the use to be made of American material for propaganda in Allied and neutral countries; whether on 23rd April Sir Sidney Low published a letter in the "Times" repeating the gist of attacks made in the Senate of the United States on President Wilson's administration by his political opponents, and endorsing those attacks as proving that we must rely exclusively on our own efforts and man-power; whether he is aware that this letter has been extensively used by the German wireless and other German propaganda departments as upholding the German contention that the Allies have been disappointed in their hopes of American help; what answer Sir Sidney Low sent through the wireless press to rebut this exploitation of his own letter; and whether, considering all the circumstances, it is proposed that Sir Sidney Low should continue in charge of the wireless propaganda of this country in the interest of America and the Allies?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe answer to the first and second parts of the question is in the affirmative. As to Sir Sidney Low's letter in the "Times" of 23rd April, that was written and published before he had any connection with the Ministry of Information and the Wireless Service. There was nothing in that letter to support the suggestion of an attack upon President Wilson or the military capacity of the United States, and the Government has no information that it has been used by the German propaganda department in the manner alleged.