– in the House of Commons at on 13 March 1929.
Mr Carlyon Bellairs
, Maidstone
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the obligation to evacuate foreign troops from Coblenz in 1930, whether any date has yet been fixed, or negotiations entered upon with France as to the date, in order to avoid the danger of foreign troops being in occupation of German territory after the agreed date?
Mr Austen Chamberlain
, Birmingham West
According to Article 429 of the Treaty of Versailles, the Coblenz zone is due to be evacuated on 10th January, 1930, if the conditions of the Treaty are faithfully carried out by Germany. As at present advised, I have no reason to suppose that Germany will not fulfil this requirement, and in these circumstances there is no need to enter upon negotiations with a view to fix the date for the evacuation of this section of the occupied territory of Germany.
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood
, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Will the right hon. Gentleman observe that this question comes from his own side of the House?
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
