§ Lieut.-Commander Fletcherasked the Prime Minister whether, as the landing of munitions at Cadiz by the German military transport "August Schultz" and at Laroche by four German merchant ships is a violation of the policy of non-intervention in Spain, which it is the object of the Non-Intervention Committee, of which Germany is a member, to secure, any protest will be addressed to the German Government?
§ Mr. ButlerHis Majesty's Government have no evidence of the incidents referred to. The question does not therefore arise.
§ Lieut.-Commander Fletcherasked the Prime Minister what reply it is proposed to send to the Note of the Spanish Ambassador appealing to the traditional public uprightness of the British Government and asking that Government to use its influence to stop the continued bombing of the Spanish civil population by General Franco's airmen?
§ Mr. ButlerAs the reply to the Spanish Ambassador's Note has not yet been despatched I am unable to make a statement.
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§ Lieut.-Commander Fletcherasked the Prime Minister whether it is on account of any proved instances of inhumanity in the exercise of aerial warfare that the British Government has addressed a note to the Spanish Government urging humanity in the use of the air weapon?
§ Mr. ButlerNo such appeal on this score has been made to the Spanish Government during the course of this year.