§ 5. Sir W. de FRECEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the fact that, at the annual meeting of the Association of the League of Nations Unions at Lyons, a proposal favouring the adoption of the geographic principle in respect of the election of non-permanent members of the Council of the League was rejected; whether the British delegation to the Assembly of the League of Nations at Geneva has always supported the adoption of this principle in filling the seats specified; whether this is still the policy of the British Government, and will be recommended to its delegates to the coming meeting of the Assembly in September; and whether the British Government has any responsibility for the resolutions or recommendations of the British League of Nations Unions?
§ Mr. PONSONBYMy information, taken from the French Press, is that a resolution of the kind referred to was adopted, and not rejected. The answer to the second and third parts of the question is in the affirmative, subject to the proviso that the geographical factor is only one of several to be considered. His Majesty's Government have, of course, no responsibility whatever for the actions of any League of Nations Union.