Lieutenant-Colonel Sir F. HALLasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if, in view of the criticism which has been passed upon the action of certain naval officers during the War, he will publish as a Parliamentary Paper any instructions issued by the Admiralty which have a bearing upon the incidents which led up to the escape of the "Goeben" in the Mediterranean, and the results of the battles of Cape Coronel and Jutland, so that it may be possible to gauge the extent to which the strategy employed in these engagements was controlled and limited by those having no first-hand knowledge of what was occurring on the spot?
§ Mr. LONGAs regards the "Goeben," I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the full reply which I gave when the subject was raised on the Motion for the Adjournment on the 15th April. As regards the Cape Coronel and Jutland battles, I do not think the time has yet come to publish the Papers. The whole matter is under consideration.