§ MR. RYLANDSasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a Question of which he had given him private Notice—namely, Whether there is any foundation for the statement that has appeared in the "Times," that the British and Austrian Governments have 863 agreed upon the terms of a protest to be sent to the Russian Government against any attempt to declare the independence of Roumania, and that the draft protest has been communicated by Lord Derby to the French Ambassador in London?
§ MR. BOURKESir, the statement alluded to by the hon. Member is altogether incorrect. There is not the slightest foundation for it.