Former MP for The Wrekin
As was disclosed by the Debate of last Thursday, the solid fact which remained in connection with the Genoa Conference was the Russo-German Alliance, and I wish to try quite shortly to prove to the House that that is part and parcel of our Near East policy. I think that everyone in the House will agree with me that that Russo-German Alliance, apart from the question of menace of war, has...
14. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, seeing that Kemal, in his note to the Allied Powers, dated 22nd April last, whilst saying that he could not accept the principle of an armistice with the Greeks without simultaneons evacuation of Turkish territory, nevertheless declared himself ready to enter into negotiations at Ismid with the Allied Powers and Greece, and...
31. asked the Prime Minister whether the Soviet Government was invited at the Genoa Conference to take sides against Turkey in her conflict with Greece?
35. asked the Prime Minister why the Report of the inquiry commission on atrocities committed by the Greek troops at the occupation of Smyrna has never been published?
16. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any official information to the effect that a group of two Russian armies are now being concentrated on the Polish frontier and another group of two Russian armies are also in process of concentration on the Rumanian border, under a project of operations, it is said, from Russian headquarters at Moscow; and whether he...
50. asked the Lord Privy Seal, with regard to the refusal of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to grant a passport to the hon. Member for the Wrekin (Sir C. Townshend) to visit Turkey, why the Hon. Member, who would proceed there in a private capacity, may not have the same privileges as are extended to other Members of this House and to other subjects of His Majesty generally?
Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that my passport was returned to me with an explanation which, not only in my opinion but in the opinion of many Members of this House, was offensive, and that not only was Turkey obliterated, but the different countries which had nothing to do with Turkey, such as Italy and Spain, where I had occasion to travel for recreation? Does the right hon. Gentleman...
I shall be very glad to show you the passport.
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