§ 36. Mr. FRANK GRAYasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now inform the House the amount of the expenses of the Allies' occupation of the Memel territory; and the reason there was for the occupation continuing till 1923 at an expense which falls upon the inhabitants?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe expenses of the occupation of the Memel territory have been defrayed by the French Government, but I have no information to show the total amount recoverable by that Government on this account. It was not possible to discontinue the occupation of Memel until the definite settlement of the future status of the territory.