HC Deb 04 March 1925 vol 181 c403
1. Mr. LEES SMITH

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the functions of the body known as the Section Rh´nane which remains in the Rhineland and is made up largely of former officials of the R6gie 9,

The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Austen Chamberlain)

The Section Rh´nane is a battalion of railway technical troops attached to the French Army of the Rhine, and its functions are the normal functions of army railway personnel.

Mr. SMITH

Is not the retention of these railway technical troops on the Rhine now a breach of the London Agreement?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

No, Sir, I think certainly not.