§ 46. Mr. PONSONBYasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the decision of the Hague Court against the inclusion of the surplus proceeds from the liquidation of sequestrated German property abroad in the Dawes annuities, His Majesty's Government will now take steps to release the German sequestrated property, as has been done by the Government of the United States of America?
§ The PRIME MINISTERHis Majesty's Government do not propose to depart from their existing practice, which is to release property in cases of hardship on the recommendation of the Blanesburgh Committee, but not in other cases.