56. Colonel LOWTHERasked the Prime Minister whether Germany has complied with the terms laid down by the Treaty of Versailles; if not, whether he can say how far she has defaulted; if he will inform the House whether Germany has violated the Peace Treaty, and to what extent, in regard to the disbandment of her army and the surrender of war-planes, tanks, field guns, motor lorries, and other paraphernalia of war; if she has fulfilled her obligations to Prance in regard to the delivery of coal; and, if not, what steps the Supreme Council, and the British Government in particular, are taking to enforce the observance of her pledges and to prevent further violations of the Peace Treaty?
§ 28. Mr. LEONARD LYLEasked the Prime Minister what terms of the Peace Treaty Germany has, within the specified time, duly carried out; and what terms which should have been carried out remain unfulfilled, either in part or entirely?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThis is not a matter with which I can deal by the method of question and answer. As my hon. Friends are aware, the execution of the Treaty of Versailles is closely watched by the Ambassadors' Conference and by the Reparation Commission, and will no doubt form the subject of discussion at San Remo.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThat is not a matter I can deal with by question and answer.
Colonel LOWTHERWill the right hon. Gentleman give Members of the House an opportunity of discussing what, surely, is a question of world-wide importance?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWIt is a question of world-wide importance. It can be dealt with better by Governments than by discussions in this House.
§ Viscount CURZONMay I ask whether, if the British Ambassador in France is withdrawn, it is possible for the British Government to watch the execution of the Peace Treaty?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI have already said that an Ambassador is attending the Ambassadors' Conference, but that is by no means the only method by which the fulfilment of the Peace Treaty can be watched.