§ Mr. WATTasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Consul and Vice-Consuls in Finland paid the expenses of many of the British refugees from Russia and facilitated their journeys to this country, and that many of these refugees find themselves at present unable to repay, as promised, these Consuls in Finland; and will his Department repay such money to the Consuls?
§ Lord R. CECILIt is part of the regular duty of British Consular officers to repatriate distressed British subjects; if these persons are unable themselves to refund the amount advanced to them the charge is borne by Foreign Office funds.