Mr. ERSKINEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs upon whom falls the cost of the transference of the British Army on the Rhine from Cologne to Wiesbaden; and whether the complete or partial withdrawal of British troops from German territory is in contemplation within a year from now?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe cost of transferring the British Army on the Rhine from Cologne to Wiesbaden forms part of the cost of the British Army of Occupation. The amounts which will under present circumstances be allocated out of the current Dawes Annuity towards the cost of the Armies of Occupation will shortly be determined by agreement between the Governments concerned. In regard to the second part of the question, reductions in the British Army of Occupation will naturally be included in the general reductions contemplated by the Note to the German Government of the 14th November, which has already been laid before Parliament.