§ Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for War whether he can see his way to recommend that the prerogative of mercy be exercised in the case of fifty-four Jewish soldiers sentenced for mutiny in Palestine in 1918, especially in view of the fact that they were volunteers from America
§ Mr. FORSTERThe court-martial proceedings in these cases have only just been received and are at present being reviewed. I will write to the hon. and gallant Member on the matter as soon as possible.