London, March 21.
In the House of Commons to-day the Rt. Hon. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, mentioned that the importation of other luxuries will be prohibited Mr. Lloyd George stated that the date of the Allied economic conference in Paris has not yet been fixed. Mr. Runciman would be the principal British representative. Japan had been invited to send a representative to the conference.
Mr. Lloyd George said that there had been no failure to supply General Aylmer with reinforcements. The Government had no information regarding the health of the troops and the condition of the wounded at Kut.
Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India, said that the Baluchistan frontier of India has been remarkably free from organized crime and. disturbance during the war and the conduct of the tribes generally has been good. The Khan and the Sirdars of Kelat class.
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