§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give an approximate estimate of the population of the nations that are not members of the League of Nations?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINIf the hon. and gallant Member will consult the Statesman's Yearbook—the only authority at my disposal—he will see that the number is there stated to be approximately 360 millions.
§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many nations are now members of the League of Nations, and how many have signed and how many ratified the Protocol on Arbitration, and the Conventions on Customs, Ports, and Railways?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThere are 55 members of the League. A list will be found in Command Paper 2300. The respective numbers of signatures and ratifications of the various instruments in question are as follows: The Protocol on Arbitration Clauses in commercial and other contracts, 24 and 6. The Convention for the Simplification of Customs Formalities, 37 and 4. The Convention on the International Regime of Railways, 32 and 2. The Convention on the International Regime of Maritime Ports, 25 and 2.
§ Mr. DUNNICOasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it will be the policy of Great Britain at the corning meeting of the Council of the League of Nations at Geneva to arrange for the early and simultaneous evacuation of the Cologne area by the British and of the Ruhr by the French and Belgian troops, and to facilitate the immediate entry of Germany into the League of Nations?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINNeither of the matters referred to is on the agenda of the forthcoming Council meeting. His470W Majesty's Government have repeatedly declared that they would welcome Germany's entry into the League.