§ 13. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the present Government a Georgia, Caucasus, has been recognised de facto; and, if not, whether he will state the reason for the different treatment of Georgia to that of Esthonia and Latvia?
Mr. HARMSWORTHNeither in the Baltic nor in the Caucasian States has the de jure recognition of their independence been made by the Allied Powers. The degree to which the de facto Governments have been recognised differs according to the degree of political development to which they have attained. On the whole, this has been less in the Caucasian than in the Baltic States, and this accounts for any difference in their treatment.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIs it not a fact that in the Republic of Georgia there is a popularly-elected Constituent Assembly and a Government that functions, and why has not this Government been recognised de facto and the ordinary courtesy extended to their representatives here and in Paris?
Mr. HARMSWORTHMy hon. Friend knows that these are matters of great difficulty. I cannot add anything to what I have said.