§ Mr. SWANasked the Secretary of State for War whether General Oi, the Japanese Commander, was, and still is, acting as Supreme Commander of the Allied Military Missions in Vladivostok; whether, on 26th September, he sent an ultimatum to General Rozanoff, Admiral Koltehak's representative in Vladivostok, requesting him to remove certain Cossack troops from Vladivostok on account of certain murders committed by them and stating that the Allies would remove them by force if General Rozanoff did not comply within three days; whether this ultimatum was obeyed; and whether the offending Cossack troops are still in Vladivostok?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLGeneral Oi is still Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces East of Lake Baikal; the note referred to in the second part of the question was sent by the Allied Military Council in Vladivostok and not by General Oi. As regards the latter part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply already given to him by my right hon. Friend in answer to a similar question on this subject.