HC Deb 13 March 1907 vol 171 c28
MR. SMEATON (Stirlingshire)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Russo-Japanese draft Convention contains a clause binding the two contracting Powers to refer to arbitration all future disputes without reservation; and whether The Hague tribunal has been accepted as the arbitrating authority.

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. RUNCIMAN, Dewsbury; for Sir EDWARD GREY)

This is a question on which it would be impossible for any Government other than the two concerned to say anything.