HC Deb 28 April 1854 vol 132 c998
LORD DUDLEY STUART

said, he begged, pursuant to notice, to ask the noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) whether the Porte and the Government of Servia have consented that the territory of Servia shall be occupied by Austrian troops?

LORD JOHN RUSSELL

In the first place, Sir, Servia is not occupied by Austrian troops, nor has any arrangement been made for so occupying it. I should state, in the next place, that Austria has declared that, without the consent of the Porte, she is not justified in occupying the territory of Servia, except in one or two cases—either the entering of Russian troops into Servia, or a general insurrection in Servia.