FOREIGN OFFICE INQUIRY.
STARTLING EVIDENCE EXPECTED.
ILL-TREATMENT OF EMBASSY OFFICIAL.
By Telegraph—Pres* Association—Copyright Australian ana Cable .Association LONDON. September 29. The 11 Morning Post ” states it is understood a court of inquiry, under the chairmanship of Lord Blanesburgli, formerly Lord J ustice Younger, will sit at the Foreign Office shortly to inquire into the complaint as to his treatment, made by Mr Walter Annesley Stewart. counsellor to the British Embassy at Rio de Janeiro since June, 1922. The evidence is likely to be of a remarkable nature. Stewart, who has arrived in London, alleges that he was removed from his home in Rio by Brazilian policemen, and detained in an asylum, but eventually was released and allowed to return to Britain. Sir John Tilley. British Ambassador to Brazil, is en route to London for the purpose of giving evidence. The Foreign Office, while declining to give details, says that., unfortunately, it is true that there have been some incidents in connection with Stewart and his post. It is added that Sir Maurice do Bunsen, a former Ambassador to several countries, has been invited to sit with Lord Blanesburgli. and it will be in the nature of a disciplinary inquiry.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17348, 1 October 1924, Page 4
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