§ Mr. HOUSTONasked the Prime Minister whether the Allied Governments at Versailles have declared their willingness to make peace with Germany on the terms of peace laid down in the Presidential Address to Congress of 8th January and in subsequent addresses to Congress; whether the Allied Governments interpret President Wilson's declaration that invaded territories must be restored as well as evacuated as meaning compensation to be made by Germany for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allies and their property by the aggression of Germany by land and sea, and from the air; and whether, in view of the crimes committed by Germany against civilisation and humanity, the Allied Governments are prepared to accept such terms of reparation and atonement, or whether they are determined, in addition to the compensation to civilians for damage done, to make Germany pay in full for all the expenditure Germany and her allies have inflicted upon the peoples of the Allied countries, including all pensions to sailors and soldiers and their dependants?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWIt is not possible for me to make any statement on this subject.