57. Colonel NEWMANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, while at the recent Conference at Paris, he was able to form an estimate as to the danger of the German Republic being faced with bankruptcy in the near future; and were any schemes discussed with the German representatives whereby the national credit might be restored by a return to a policy of strict internal retrenchment and financial reform on the lines that were the rule in Germany before the War?
§ Sir R. HORNEThe matters to which the hon. and gallant Member refers are within the province of the Reparation Commission, and I am causing to be laid before the House this week the text of the Commission's communication to the German Government.