§ Mr. SPOORasked the Home Secretary whether a number of Russian political emigrants were recently arrested and interned in Brixton prison, and then deported; whether five of these men are now interned in a camp at Fort Chanok, Dardanelles; if so, why; and whether it is the intention of the Government to hand these men over to General Denikin?
Mr. DUDLEY WARDI have been asked to reply to this question. I must refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend on the 1st May to a question by the hon. and gallant Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Colonel Wedgwood). The Russian subjects recently deported were not ordinary Russian political emigrants but offenders against the laws of this country or otherwise undesirable. They were all sympathisers with the Bolshevist Government, and were deported fox the purpose of being landed at Odessa. The Admiralty have, I understand, received a report that difficulties arose as to disembarking these men at Odessa, and that they have been interned at the Dardanelles. A full report is being asked for.