§ Lieut-Colonel MOORE-BRABAZONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the recognition, under Articles 65 and 66 of the Treaty of Lausanne, of the rights of Turkish 726W nationals to their private property in territory formerly Turkish, the same recognition will be given to Turkish nationals in respect of their private property in Egypt which, under the Treaty of Lausanne, is not receiving the benefit of that Treaty, and is to be detached from Turkey as from the 5th November, 1914; whether any, and what, private property in Egypt held by Egyptian or Turkish owners was sequestrated or liquidated by the British Government during or in consequence of the late War; and whether such private property, if sequestrated or liquidated, will be returned to the Egyptian or Turkish owners or compensation given therefor, as is expressly provided for in the case of Turkish private property under Articles 65 and 66 of the Treaty of Lausanne?
§ Mr. PONSONBYAll the property in Egypt of Turkish nationals has already been released with the exception of that to which the owners have failed satisfactorily to establish their title. When this is done the small amount under this head standing in the: books of the Public Custodian on 31st December last will in due course be released. The property in Egypt of the ex-Khedive, however, is not included in the above category, having been otherwise disposed of under Egyptian law.