§ 17. Mr. KINGasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Military Convention with the United States has now been agreed to in a new form with modifications; if so, what is the effect of those modifications; were the alterations introduced at the request of the United States Senate, its Foreign Relations Committee, or the United States Department of State; and whether the Convention, as amended, will be submitted to Parliament before ratification?
Mr. BALFOURCertain amendments to the Convention as originally signed were proposed by the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate of the United States of America. In order to meet their views a new Convention has been signed, and is now before the Senate. The Convention, when ratified, will be laid before the House in accordance with the Military Service (Conventions with Allied States) Act. The answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.