asked the Prime Minister whether he can give details of the latest administrative measures taken by President Wilson to deal with conscientious objectors to military service in the United States, and in particular with those known as absolutists, for whom no exemption is provided by the American Military Service Act?

The latest information I have is to the effect that forty conscientious objectors were recently tried in the United States of America and sentenced to penal servitude for life, such sentence having been subsequently commuted by the military authorities to twenty-five years penal servitude.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state what steps have been taken to put into force the reforms announced by the Assistant Secretary of State on 31st July?

The financial arrangements on which the reforms must be based have been practically agreed upon with the Treasury and will, I hope, be settled very shortly. Reforms can only be carried out in full after the War, as until then we cannot get recruits. But wherever possible the spirit of the reforms is being observed.

asked the Prime Minister whether the Government has taken any action as a result of the recent decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the Rhodesian land case?

Copies of the judgment have been forwarded to the High Commissioner for South Africa for his information, and no further immediate action by the Secretary of State seems to be called for. The judgment will no doubt form the subject of public discussion in the Legislative Council and elsewhere in Southern Rhodesia.