Lieut.-Colonel THORNEasked the Secretary of State for War whether he can state whether he has any official information to the effect that General Denikin has issued a manifesto to the Russian people on the following lines: that he intends a reconstruction of a powerful united individable Russia; a convocation of the people's assembly based on universal suffrage; the decentralisation by means of wide regional autonomy and liberal local self-government; guarantees of full, civil and religious freedom; immediate agrarian reform with a view to meeting the demands of men of the working classes; and immediate labour legislation securing the working classes from exploitation by the Government or capital; and what art; the Government's intentions on the matter?
Mr. HARMSWORTHThe answer is in the affirmative. As regards the last part of the question, it is not clear that His Majesty's Government are called upon to take any particular action.