Captain BENN:

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what decision has been made by the Government as to the despatch of naval and/or military forces to the Tangier zone?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN:

This question is still under discussion between the British, French, and Spanish Governments.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will propose to our French and Spanish allies in Morocco that their dispute with the Riffs should be submitted to the League of Nations?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN:

No, Sir. I am not prepared to make this suggestion.

As the Riffians have never been consulted concerning the allied frontiers, is not this a really strong ease for submission, as these people propose, to the League of Nations?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN:

I was not aware that such a proposal had been made, but I can be no party to suggesting reference to the League of Nations in a matter that concerns the internal affairs either of the Spanish or the French Protectorate in Morocco.

It is the internal affairs of the Riffians. They are the people who are really concerned.

Has the right hon. Gentleman any method of holding diplomatic intercourse with Abdel Krim at all? If not, does not he think some useful and specific purpose might be served if he established it?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN:

The answer to both questions is in the negative.