§ Viscount WOLMERasked the Secretary of State for War whether arrangements have been made for troops serving in Vladivostock to receive letters and parcels from home; why no letters have been received from the troops in Vladivostock by their relatives in England; whether casualties incurred on this front are reported to relatives in England; and when it will be possible to apply the demobilisation regulations to the men serving with this force?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLArrangements have been made for troops serving in Vladivostock to receive letters and parcels from home. I have no information that letters from troops in Vladivostock are not received by their relatives in England. A mail service from Vladivostock is in existence, and I should be glad to receive particulars of cases of relatives who have received no letters. I will then institute inquiries. The answer to the third part of the question is in the affirmative. As 1301W regards the last part of the question, it is not possible at present to say when men serving with this force will be demobilised as active operations are still proceeding in this theatre.