§ 50. Mr. LAMBERTasked the Prime Minister if he has information that the German Government propose to ask for a suspension of War debt payments?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe answer is in the negative.
§ 73. Major GLYNasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total sums paid as war debts by France, Italy, Rumania, 1435 Greece and Portugal since the Treaty of Versailles; and how much has been paid as reparations by Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey?
§ Following is the reply:
| WAR DEBT PAYMENTS, including payments due on 15th June, 1931. | ||||||
| (Taking £l=$4.86=20 gold marks=20 Reichsmarks=25 gold francs=124 French francs= 24 gold crowns=92 lire.) | ||||||
| —— | To United Kingdom. | To U.S.A. | To France. | To Italy. | Total (in sterling). | |
| £ | £ | |||||
| France | … | 43,600,000 | $200,000,000 | — | — | 84,752,000 |
| =£41,152,000 | ||||||
| Italy | … | 23,000,000 (net) | $39,620,000 | — | — | 31,152,000 |
| =£8,152,000 | ||||||
| Rumania | … | 875,000 | $2,700,000 | Gold francs | Lire | 1,791,000 |
| =£556,000 | 5,939,000 | 11,250,000 | ||||
| =£238,000 | =£122,000 | |||||
| Greece | … | 1,175,000 | $300,000 | French francs | — | 1,258,000 |
| =£62,000 | 2,567,000 | |||||
| =£21,000 | ||||||
| Portugal | … | 1,550,000 | — | — | — | 1,550,000 |
| REPARATION PAYMENTS, including payments due on 15th June, 1931. | |||
| Germany | … | R.M. 20,526,000,000 = £1,026,300,000 (including the value of deliveries in kind and cessions of State Properties). | For details see reply to the hon. and gallant Member for the Central Division of Hull on 16th December, 1930. |
| Austria | … | Cash. | Nil. |
| Deliveries in kind and Armistice Deliveries | Gold Crowns 20,207,000 = £842,000. | ||
| Cessions of State Property | Valuation not determined. | ||
| Bulgaria | … | Cash | Gold Francs 66,000,000=£2,640,000. |
| Armistice Deliveries and State Properties | Valuation not determined. | ||
| Turkey | … | No reparations payable under the Treaty of Lausanne. |