§ MR. CORRIE GRANT (Warwickshire, Rugby)To ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the award of His Majesty King Oscar of Sweden in the claims made by British residents at Samoa against Great Britain and America for losses arising from the bombardment of Apia and neighbourhood has been taken up; and, if so, when the damages awarded will be paid.
(Answered by Earl Percy.) The award of the King of Sweden and Norway deals only with the question of principle, Great Britain and the United States being held liable for the consequences of certain military action which was pronounced to be unwarranted. An exchange of views as to the construction to be placed on the award has taken place between the three Governments interested, and a further examination of the claims, to see how far they are covered by the award, is now being made.