§ Lieut.-Commander Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to statements in the Government-controlled Press of Germany that the Spanish war has occasioned a deflection of Portuguese policy from Great Britain towards Germany, and that Portugal has thrown off the fetters of her connection with Great Britain; and whether he has any statement to make?
§ Viscount CranborneThe answer to the first part of the question is No, Sir. The hon. and gallant Gentleman's apprehensions will, however, have been allayed by the very cordial terms in which the Portuguese Prime Minister was reported to have referred last week to the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance and by His Excellency's statement that the Alliance continues on a solid basis.