§ 1. Lieut.-Colonel MOOREasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a reply has yet been received 1104 from the Lithuanian Government to the note addressed to them by the Governments of Great Britain, France, and Italy on Good Friday; if so, whether he will inform the House as to the nature of such reply; and whether, in the view of His Majesty's Government, it offers a satisfactory anticipation that justice will be granted to the people of Memel?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS(Sir John Simon)As stated in answer to the hon. Member for Westhoughton(Mr. Rhys Davies) on 13th May, the reply of the Lithuanian Government to the recent joint com munication by His Majesty's Government and the French and Italian Governments has been received. His Majesty's Government do not regard is as a satisfactory answer to the demand of the signatory Powers for a restoration of normal government in the Memel territory, and are approaching the French and Italian Governments with a view to deciding on such further action as may seem indicated.