§ Mr. A. M. SAMUELasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether 329W the governments of Jugo-Slavia, Poland and Rumania have ratified the 1923 protocol of Innsbruck, which fixed the percentage of responsibility for the old Austro-Hungarian debt to British holders, and set up a caisse de la dette, subject to the approval of the Reparation Commission; whether he will lay a White Paper upon the Table showing what action the Foreign Office has taken to induce Lugo-Slavia, Poland and Rumania to ratify the protocol, and so put into operation the arrangements come to with Lord Goschen's Committee on behalf of British subjects?
§ Mr. PONSONBYI have not been informed of the ratification of the protocol of Innsbruck by any of the States mentioned. As regards the second part of the question, I have no official information of the attitude of the Council of Foreign Bondholders towards the protocol, and in the absence of any representations from them, His Majesty's Government have taken no action in the matter.