BRITAIN.
THE WAR IN PARLIAMENT. QUESTIONS, ANSWERED. London, May 24. Questioned in the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil denied that Britain had consented to give a safe passage to 15,000 tons of German dye-stuffs to America. He added that the Government consented to pa ss two cargoes last year, but nothing had resulted. America had since made further proposals, but the Government had not yet replied. Mr. Asquith announced that Lord Selborne would introduce in the House of Lords to-morrow a Bill providing for land settlement for soldiers and sailors. Mr. Tennant said that the evidence of returned prisoners showed that Germany had not observed the dietary scale, and that many would have starved without parcels from England. Replying to the suggestion of re-: prisals, he said they might have grave consequences, and there was no reason why we should follow a bad example. Mr. Norton Griffiths will ask whether, in view of the suggested postponement of the Paris Conference, Mr. Asquith is asking the Commonwealth to extend Mr. Hughes' leave.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 May 1916, Page 5
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