§ Sir R. GOWERasked the Secretary of State far Foreign Affairs whether, as it now appears that the Rumanian Government has refused the proposal made by the League Council for the constitution of a tribunal of five persons to adjudicate on the dispute between the Hungarian nationals and Rumania, the Council propose to fill the vacancy on the mixed tribunal at once, as provided by the Treaty of Trianon?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONAs I have not yet received the official record of the proceedings of the Council of the League of Nations at its recent meeting, I am not in a position to give a reply to my hon. Friend's question.
§ Sir R. GOWERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Council of the League of Nations has reached any decision as to whether the action of the Rumanian Government, in withdrawing its representative so as to prevent a [...]udicial decision of the dispute as provided by treaty and refusing to assent to the constitution of a tribunal 823W as proposed by the League Council, conforms to the provisions made by peace treaties for judicial determination of disputes; and whether there have been any cases in which the decision of disputes by mixed arbitral tribunals as provided by treaty has been interfered with by one party withdrawing its representative?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONAs regards the first part of the question, I have nothing to add to the reply returned to the hon. Member's question of 7th June. As regards the second part, I understand that the Turkish Government have withdrawn their Judge from the Mixed Turkish-Rumanian Mixed Arbitral Tribunal on a dispute which has arisen regarding the guns taken by the Rumanian Army at Plevna which were withdrawn from Rumanian territory by the Turkish Armies during the Great War.