§ MR. ARTHUR ARNOLDasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether Her Majesty's Government has instructed Lord Dufferin to press any advice upon the Porte with reference to the difficulty which has arisen in regard to the privileges of the Greek Patriarchate at Constantinople, affecting 8,000,000 of Greek population inhabiting Turkish territory?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEHer Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople has lost no opportunity of recommending the Porte to bring about an amicable settlement of this question, and he has been instructed to point out that the delay in settling it must be disadvantageous to Turkey from a political point of view.