asked the Prime Minister (1) whether the Government have taken note of the statement made by Lord Curzon to Ismet Pasha at Lausanne, that, under the Straits Convention annexed to the Treaty of Lausanne, Turkey will receive an absolute assurance regarding her future security from Great Britain and three other Powers (Official Report of Lausanne Conference, p. 268); and whether the Committee of Imperial Defence have considered the military and other liabilities which that assurance may entail;

(2) whether the assent of Parliament is to be asked to the ratification of the Straits Convention, which may at some future time involve the people of this country in a moral obligation to participate in a Balkan or Russo-Turkish war, without opportunity being given for a separate discussion of the Convention, adequate to its importance, in this House?