Sir H. SAMUELasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which of the territories detached from the Turkish Empire after the War have met obligations imposed upon them in respect of the pre-War Turkish Public Debt, and to what extent?
Mr. A. HENDERSONThe Government of Palestine have made provision for the complete discharge of the obligations of Palestine in respect of its share of the Ottoman Public Debt. Proposals for the complete settlement by the Government of Iraq of the Iraqi share of the Debt are at present under discussion between that Government and the Debt Council, and certain details only remain to be settled. An agreement was reached between the various States of Syria under French mandate and representatives of the bondholders in January, 1929, for the settlement of the Syrian share of the Debt: and, according to reports received last March, the agreement was duly ratified by the various States concerned, about a year ago. A final settlement in respect of the share of the Debt allotted to the Dodecanese was made by the Italian Government soon after the ratification of the Treaty of Lausanne.