§ Captain MOREINGasked the Prime Minister whether railway material consigned from this country to Roumania was unloaded into barges in the Danube, and is held in those barges at the expense of this country; and whether, in view of the urgent necessity of restoring the railways in Roumania and thus helping to relieve 1908W the present serious position regarding foodstuffs in Central Europe, he will use his endeavours to secure the release of such material?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI have been asked to reply. In accordance with a decision of the Supreme Council in Paris early in September, all supplies which the Roumanian Government were receiving from the Allied Powers were withheld, and certain consignments of railway material were then unloaded into lighters at Braila and kept temporarily under the British flag. It is understood that these materials were warehoused later. The expense of unloading into lighters and warehouses will not be borne by His Majesty's Government. The question of the release of such materials rests with the Supreme Council in Paris.