§ 50. Mr. RADFORDasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, to remove the misapprehension existing in Rome, as expressed recently by Baron Aloisi at Geneva, and in view of the fact that Italy is a co-guarantor with Britain under the terms of the Locarno Treaty, he will assure the Italian Government that His Majesty's Government have no intention of ignoring Italy in connection with the negotiations between the Locarno Powers but will always seek to co-operate fully with her?
§ Viscount CRANBORNEThe Italian Government have been represented at all the meetings of the Ministers of the Locarno Powers which have taken place since the reoccupation of the Rhineland by German armed forces on 7th March last.
§ Mr. RADFORDIs the Noble Lord aware that in all the most responsible organs of the British Press on 11th April there was a definite description that at Geneva Baron Aloisi complained that they had been studiously ignored by the British Government?
§ Viscount CRANBORNEThat is a. matter for the Italian Government. I have stated the facts.
§ Mr. MANDERIs it not obviously quite impossible to co-operate with a. flagrant and unpunished aggressor?
§ Mr. RADFORDArising out of that supplementary question—
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. Member may not ask questions arising out of supplementary questions.
§ Mr. RADFORDArising out of the original question and the reply of my Noble Friend, may I ask him whether, if someone has a co-guarantor, that does not minimise, obviously, the risks to the individual who has the co-guarantor, and he does not want to release his co-guarantor?