HC Deb 19 August 1919 vol 119 cc2154-5W
Mr. E. CECIL

asked the Secretary of State for War whether any economy is secured by the reduction of the Army of Occupation on the Rhine, or whether the whole of its cost is paid for, under the Treaty of Peace, by Germany.

Mr. FORSTER

The cost of troops in German territory forming part of the Army of Occupation is repayable by the German Government, but the withdrawal of large numbers of such troops will give rise to important indirect economies.