§ Major HILLSasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the petition which has been submitted to the League of Nations by a number of Members of Parliament and others concerning the position of the Ukrainian minority in Poland and the establishment of an autonomous régime in the territory 832W known as Eastern Galicia; and, if so, whether His Majesty's Government will support this petition?
§ Sir J. SIMONI have seen a copy of the petition referred to, but I am not aware that it has yet been declared receivable by the Council of the League of Nations. It has previously been stated in this House that under existing rules of procedure at Geneva publicity is only given to petitions the examination of which by a committee of three has been completed; and I am accordingly not at present in a position to supply further information on the subject.