§ 34. Mr. HALL-CAINEasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether his attention has been called to the fact that 15 nations have already decided to accept the invitation to take part in the international exhibition in Chicago in June, 1933; and if he can state whether any arrangements are being made for the participation of Great Britain therein?
§ Lieut.-Colonel COLVILLEI understand from the London Bureau of the Chicago Exhibition that the following 15 countries have agreed to participate in the exhibition of June, 1933, but I have no information as to the nature or scale of such participations: Belgium, Brazil, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Persia, Rumania and Turkey. In reply to the second part of the question, much as we should have liked to participate, I regret that in view of the high cost involved and the present necessity for rigid economy in public expenditure, no arrangements have been made in this country for official participation.