Sir R. CLOUGHasked the Prime Minister whether Germany has announced that she is compelled to suspend her payments under the Treaty for compensation to Allied owners of private property: whether the Allies have paid under the Treaty all their claims to German owners of private property; whether they have any money in hand; and whether, in view of the new official statement from Berlin, the Allies propose to take any action to stop German private owners benefiting while Allied subjects similarly placed are thus deprived of their just rights?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe German Government has applied to the Allies2298W for a partial moratorium in respect of its pecuniary obligations under the economic Clauses of the Treaty of Versailles in respect of pro-War debts and compensation for injury to property in Germany. The text of the Note addressed by the German Government to the Powers follows. In reply to the second part of the question, no corresponding payment by the Allies to German nationals has been made or is required to be made. The last part of the question, therefore, does not arise.