§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Great Britain has entered into any understanding prescribing an embargo on the importation of arms and munitions into China; whether he will state the Powers 390W among which this embargo exists; and whether there has been any relaxation of its terms and conditions within the last few weeks?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONBy the Arms Embargo Agreement of 5th May, 1919, Great Britain undertook to prevent the export of arms and munitions to and their import into China by British subjects. The other parties to this Agreement are Spain, Portugal, the United States of America, Brazil, France, Japan, Denmark, Belgium and Italy. Germany, though not a party to the Agreement, has recently passed legislation to stop the arms traffic with China. There has been no recent relaxation of the terms or conditions of the Agreement.