§ Mr. HALL-CAINEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any decision has yet been reached as to
1150Wto a satisfactory conclusion; whether the demobilisation and reduction of effectives provided for have been carried out; whether transit, commerce, and navigation facilities have been established; and whether a treaty of peace has been fully concluded?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAccording to a declaration adopted by the Peace Conference at Buenos Aires on the 25th October, the demobilisation of the belligerent armies and the reduction of the military effectives of Bolivia and Paraguay have now been fully carried out. So far as I am aware, no agreement has been reached in regard to transit, commerce and navigation facilities, nor has a treaty of peace been concluded.