§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYasked the Prime Minister whether any steps have been taken to ensure that German officers charged with war crimes and now awaiting trial are not being allowed to leave Germany; and whether any instructions have been given to the British Ambassador in the matter?
§ Sir G. HEWARTThe Prime Minister has asked me to reply. The responsibility for taking steps necessary to make the trials effective rests with the German Government and the High Court at Leipzig which has undertaken to try the cases. The British Ambassador is fully seized of the matter