§ 47. Mr. LYNCHasked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement as to the nature of the negotiations between General Smuts and an Austrian representative in Switzerland; whether the required military preparations on the Western Front were prejudiced by carrying on these negotiations; who in the War Cabinet was responsible for the policy of separate negotiations with Austria; and whether the member or members responsible will continue to hold office in the War Cabinet?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI cannot add anything to what was said on this subject by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary on the 13th of February.
§ Mr. LYNCHIs this not simply Lord Milner's policy, and is the right hon. Gentleman not using General Smuts in a most disadvantageous way?
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. Gentleman seizes these opportunities to ask very controversial questions to which he knows no answer can be given within the limits of a question and answer.