§ Lord ROBERT CECIL(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the unfortunate failure of the British delegate to attend at the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations yesterday, and whether he can explain to the House how that took place?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINYes, Sir. Owing to the breakdown of the motor-car in which he was travelling to the railway station early yesterday morning, the British delegate arrived at St. James's Palace too late for a meeting of the Council of the League in the morning. No one regretted the accident more than the British delegate himself, and I feel sure that all Members of the House who have experienced a similar mishap will be disposed to sympathise with him. I should add that, in spite of the unfortunate delay in opening its proceedings, the Council was, I understand, able to dispose, by the and of the day, of all the work which they had expected to complete.