HC Deb 24 January 1918 vol 101 cc1144-5
46. Mr. LYNCH

asked the Prime Minister whether, in regard to the question of Alsace and Lorraine, he will explain his statement that the people of France are the people who have to determine what is fair, and that the Government will stand by the democracy of France in their struggles; and whether he will say in unambiguous terms that the policy of the French Government on this matter is endorsed to the full, and will be supported without reservation by the British Government?

Mr. BONAR LAW

I can add nothing to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member on the 17th of this month.

Mr. LYNCH

Why cannot the right hon. Gentleman remove all possibility of ambiguity by giving a definite answer to this question?

Mr. BONAR LAW

I do not know to what ambiguity the hon. Gentleman refers. If he alludes to any discontent in France, I have already told him that the Prime Minister has received from the highest sources proof that his statement has given the utmost satisfaction.

Mr. LYNCH

That does not satisfy me.