§ Sir H. NIELDasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government have been officially notified by the Russian Provisional Government, under the premiership of Prince Luvov, that one of the first acts of the Provisional Russian Government was to issue a Proclamation to the Poles recognising 185W their right to decide their own affairs; and whether such proclamation was the one referred to in this House by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 25th April, 1917?
§ Lord R. CECILThe answer to both parts of the question is in the affirmative.