Major C. LOWTHERasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the French Government have put forward claims with regard to Tangier which are unacceptable to the Government of this country and that of Spain; and whether he will give the House some information as to the difficulties, if any, which have arisen in this matter?
Mr. HARMSWORTHIt was agreed in 1913, between Groat Britain, France and Spain, that Tangier should be internationalised. Negotiations respecting the precise manner in which such internationalisation should be effected were interrupted by the War. It is hoped to resume them shortly and so to arrive at a settlement satisfactory to all parties.