TROOPS ON RHINE

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 114, 11 February 1928, Page 10

TROOPS ON RHINE

QUESTION OF EVACUATION STATEMENT IN HOUSE OF COMMONS Rugby, February 9. The question was asked in the House of Commons whether, in view of the fact that the Franco-German frontier had been guaranteed by the Locarno Treaty, the British Government would consider the evacuation of British troops from the Rhineland at an early date.

Mr. G. Locker-Lampson (Under-Sec-retarv for Foreign Affairs) replied: “There has been no question of an isolated withdrawal of British troops, which would not, in my opnion, be to anyone’s advantage in the present cir-: cumstances. A general evacuation of the Rhineland before the period laid down in the Treaty of Versailles can only be the result of an arrangement between the Powers whose troops are affected, on the one hand, and the German Government on tlie other. If such an arrangement be possible, it will be very welcome to the British Government. In this connection, I would refer to the speeches regarding the conditions on which the anticipated evacuation might take place which were made by the French and German Foreign Ministers before the French Senate and Reichstag respectively.— British Official Wireless.