LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

HC Deb 09 February 1938 vol 331 cc1061-2W

Mr. R. Gibson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will state, giving dates, what international disputes have been brought for consideration and settlement before the League of Nations since 1st January, 1931; which of these have been satisfactorily settled; what was the total number of such disputes brought before the League prior to 1st January, 1931; and how many of these were satisfactorily settled?

Mr. Eden

The information requested by the hon. Member in the first part of his question covers 15 international disputes of a political character. Of these 15 disputes, eight have been settled either by the Council itself or by direct negotiations between the parties. As regards the second part of his question, 25 international disputes of a political character were referred to the League prior to 1st January, 1931. A settlement was reached in 24 of these either by the Council itself or by direct negotiations between the parties.

List of International Disputes of a Political Character referred to the League of Nations since 1st January, 1931
1. Finnish ships. (Dispute between the United Kingdom and Finland)	1931–35
2. Sino-Japanese conflic	1931–33
3. Dispute between the United Kingdom and Iran with regard to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company	1932–33
4. Leticia dispute between Colombia and Peru	1933–35
5. Incidents on Hungarian-Yugo-slav Frontier	1934
6. Yugoslav Government's appeal (Marseilles crime)	1934–35
7. French Government's appeal (German re-armament)	1934–35
8. Italo-Ethiopian dispute	1935–36
9. Frontier between Iran and Irak	1934
10. Burma-Yunnan frontier delimitation	1935
11. Soviet-Uruguayan dispute	1936
12. Treaty of Locarno. (Reoccupation by Germany of the Rhine land demilitarised zone)	1936
13. Appeal by the Spanish Government	1936
14. Alexandretta dispute between the French and Turkish Governments	1937–38
15. Sino-Japanese conflict	1937–38

Of the above-mentioned cases, those numbered 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 14 were settled either by the Council itself or by direct negotiation between the parties.