HC Deb 26 July 1933 vol 280 cc2561-2
1. Mr. MANDER

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state the present position with regard to the dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay; and whether agreement has now been reached respecting the League of Nations' plan for a peaceful settlement by arbitration?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Eden)

The League Commission which, as I informed my hon. Friend on 6th July, is to visit the Chaco, has now been completed and it is hoped that it will sail early in August. The United Kingdom member of the Commission is Brigadier A. B. Robertson. Pending the arrival of this Commission in the Chaco, it is, as I have already explained, provided in the League report accepted by the Bolivian and Paraguayan representatives that negotiations should proceed in Geneva for the purpose of determining the questions on which there should be arbitration.

Mr. MANDER

Can the hon. Gentleman give the names of the other members?

Mr. EDEN

I cannot.

Mr. HANNON

Have Paraguay and Bolivia paid their contributions to the League of Nations for last year?

Mr. EDEN

The bon. Member should put that question on the Paper.