§ MR. SAMUELSON (Gloucester, Forest of Dean)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether his attention has been drawn to an incident in the Spanish Senate, on the 1st of June, 1887, when a Member asked the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs why the Treaty of Commerce between Spain and England did not contain an Arbitration Clause in reference to the "subjects" of that Treaty, and whether a provision to that effect could not be added; to which the Minister replied— 448
That he was favourable to the application of International arbitration to Treaties of Commerce, and would be quite willing to agree to any proposal of the kind;and, whether our Government will instruct our Minister at Madrid to enter into communication with the Government of Spain in reference to the matter?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) () Manchester, N.E.Sir C. Ford has not reported the incident referred to.