Oral Answers to Questions — Russia. – in the House of Commons am ar 16 Mehefin 1924.
Mr William Ormsby-Gore
, Stafford
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has made or will make inquiry of the British representative in Moscow as to the authenticity of a reported statement by Mr. Trotsky, which has received wide publicity in the European Press, to the effect that preparations are being made for an attack on Rumanian Bessarabia as a first step toward the seizure of Constantinople?
Colonel Sir Walter De Frece
, Ashton-under-Lyne
asked the Prime Minister whether the Government has- received reports as to the authenticity of speeches by Soviet leaders indicating an aggressive Russian policy with regard to the Dardanelles?
Mr Ramsay Macdonald
, Aberafan
An official denial of the statement in question has been issued by the Soviet Mission in London, and appeared in the daily Press of the 6th instant.
Mr John Mills
, Dartford
Is the Prime Minister aware that this so-called Rumanian Bessarabia is land ceded against the wishes of a country which was allied with this country during the War?
Mr John Whitley
, Halifax
That does not arise here.
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.
