Mr. A. T. DAVIESasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether an arrangement has been concluded between the German Atlantic and the German South American Telegraph Companies; whether, as a result, the German companies will be enabled to resume cable traffic; and whether the signatories to the Treaty of Versailles, including Great Britain, have been consulted in this matter?
Mr. HARMSWORTHI have no information that any arrangement has been concluded by the German cable companies mentioned for the resumption of cable communications between Germany and South America. The existing cables of the German South American Cable Company could not be used, for that purpose, because they were all ceded to the Allied and Associated Governments by the Treaty of Versailles.