§ 12. Mr. PURBRICKasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government have decided what attitude they will take with the League of Nations in regard to the request of Turkey to refortify the Dardanelles; and what that attitude will be?
§ The PRIME MINISTERHis Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom are still examining the proposals made by the Turkish Government for the refortification of the Dardanelles, and I am therefore unable to add anything to the statement made by my right hon. Friend on 21st April last.
§ Mr. PURBRICKWill the Government bear in mind that the Turkish Government, for giving up the right to fortify the Dardanelles, received certain concessions of territory, and that if any question of allowing them to fortify the Dardanelles comes up, they will see that they return these territories?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI regret I was unable to catch all that my hon. Friend said, but, of course, the question of the fortification of the Dardanelles is not one exclusively for this country. It is one for all those countries concerned in the Treaty in which the relations concerning the Dardanelles were laid down. We can take no action without consultation with the other parties.