§ 2. Captain WEDGWOOD BENNasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission has decided to set up special military courts in the British occupied area; to prohibit movement from that area to unoccupied Germany by night; and whether the British Government representative has agreed to these measures?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. As regards the second part, the Rhineland High Commission have prohibited movement by night save by railway between unoccupied Germany and the territory under Article 428 of the Treaty of Versailles. His Majesty's High Commissioner felt himself unable to concur in this decision without referring home for instructions, and the matter is now under consideration.
§ Captain BENNCan the hon. Gentleman say if these orders are not to be operative until His Majesty's High Commissioner has given his consent?
§ Mr. McNEILLI cannot say that.