§ 3. Mr. A. HERBERTasked the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there are still Serbian troops within the 1913 frontiers of Albania; whether he is aware that a number of Albanian villages outside the 1913 frontiers have been burned by the Serbian troops, and that there are a large number of Albanian refugees in a condition of destitution in and around Tirana and Scutari; and if His Majesty's Government has made representations to the Serbian Government with regard to the withdrawal of Serbian troops and the indemnification of the Albanians whose property has been destroyed?
Mr. HARMSWORTHThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part, I have no further information beyond that which I gave to the hon. Member in reply to his questions on the 9th December and the 21st March last. As to the third, part, His Majesty's Government made representations to the Serb-Croat-Slovene Government in the autumn of 1920, which resulted in their troops with drawing from certain advanced positions which they had previously occupied. No separate representations have been made by His Majesty's Government as regards compensation for any property which may have been destroyed.