§ 5. Mr. OUTHWAITEasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state the terms of the arrangement under which 10,000 South African natives are to be recruited for employment in France by the French Government as a labour force?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Mr. Bonar Law)No arrangement has been made for the employment of South African natives by the French Government.
§ Mr. OUTHWAITEIs this force being employed by the British Government in furtherance of the scheme for the substitution of black labour for white?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWA certain number of natives in South Africa have been recruited to serve in the Army Service Corps.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI would rather have notice of that.
§ Mr. HOUSTONWill these men be used in discharging ships in French ports?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThey are to be used in the way the Army commanders in France think most useful.