§ 11. Colonel DAYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the State of Czechoslovakia has ratified its signature of the Geneva Protocol; if so, on what date; and if he will have inquiries made to ascertain whether or no any country other than Czechslovakia has ratified its representative signature to the Protocol?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINIt was announced at a meeting of the Council that the President of the Czechoslovak Republic had ratified the Protocol on the 28th October last, but the ratification has not, I am informed, been deposited at Geneva or, consequently, become effective. No notice of ratification by any other country has been received. Since notice would be sent out without delay by the Secretary-General of the League, I do not think any special inquiry would be useful.
§ Colonel DAYIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the Under-Secretary said in this House last week that no ratification had been made by any of the Governments?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINIf he did so, he did so with my authority, and in so far as I was inaccurate I tender my apologies to the hon. and gallant Gentleman and the House. The document has been ratified by Czechoslovakia, but the ratification has not been deposited, and it has not yet, therefore, become effective.