Sir J. D. REESasked the Lord President of the Council what means, if any, the League of Nations possesses for repatriating and settling somewhere else Russian refugees now collected in Constantinople; whether there is any prospect that nations other than Great Britain will provide any of the funds which must be gathered together if the League is to function in this behalf; and why this duty devolves upon a body which can only recommend others to find the money with which to carry out what it recommends?
§ Mr. FISHERThe League obviously can only act in this matter in so far as it is supported financially and otherwise by the Governments constituting it, but I have no reason to suppose that such support as is necessary will not be forthcoming at the proper time. There is clearly advantage in an international body like the League, rather than individual Governments, dealing with a problem of this kind.