§ 44. Captain MOREINGasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been directed to a recent decree of the Serbian Government prohibiting the export from that country of money in excess of the following amounts: French francs 1,000, English £30, American 100 dollars, Swiss francs 600, with heavy penalties for contravention and confiscation of any sums in excess of the amounts allowed; and whether he proposes to take any steps to protect British subjects passing through that State, who must of necessity frequently carry sums in excess of the amounts stated above?
§ Sir HAMAR GREENWOOD (Additional Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs)His Majesty's Minister at Belgrade has reported that the Serb-Croat-Slovene Government are said to have decided to issue a Decree 1427 on the lines indicated by the lion and gallant Member. Similar regulations have recently been introduced in other countries, notably in France, and are designed to alleviate difficulties of exchange and currency, which are at the present time acute in the Serb-Croat-Slovene kingdom. No details have yet been received with regard to the Decree in question, or the manner in which it will be administered, but further inquiries are being made.