§ Mr. W. R. SMITHasked the Prime Minister whether Article 17 of the League of Nations Covenant provides that, in the event of a dispute between a member of the League and a State which is not a member, the latter shall be invited to become a member of the League for the purposes of such dispute; whether Germany has been invited to become a member of the League for the purposes of the dispute now in progress between her and France and the Allies as to the execution of the Peace Treaty; and, if not, whether the Covenant of the League of Nations is now regarded by its signatories as a scrap of paper?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, to the second, that, taking all the circumstances into account, I do not think the dispute was likely to lead to such serious consequences as to necessitate action under Article 7, and to the third part, the answer is in the negative.