§ 60. Mr. HOLTasked the Prime Minister whether the Governments of Russia and Italy were represented at the Economic Conference of the Allies at Paris; and whether their representatives assented to the resolutions passed at that Conference?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe answer to both parts of the question is in the affirmative.
§ Mr. HOLTAre we to understand that the Italian representatives committed themselves to these proposals as between their own country and Germany?
§ The PRIME MINISTERGermany was not a party to the Conference at all.
§ Mr. HOLTDid the Italian representatives commit themselves to these proposals as between their own country and Germany with which they are not now at war?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAll I can say is that the Italians agreed to the resolutions.
§ Mr. KINGIs it not the case that all the representatives went, as our representatives went, without any authority really to bind the countries that they represented?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI can only speak for our own representatives.