§ SIR JAMES FERGUSSONsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he can give the House any information as to whether the occupation of Syria by French Troops will be prolonged; and whether those Troops are to remain there solely to support the Turkish Troops, and only to interfere on the requisition of the Turkish authorities?
§ LORD JOHN RUSSELLsaid, it had been agreed at the Conference at Paris that the occupation of Syria by the French troops should continue till the 5th of June. As to what the terms were he could not precisely state. But there were no new ones with respect to sending troops into the interior. Those were the same as were laid down in a previous Convention. The Convention was not signed yet, but as soon as he possibly could be would lay it upon the table of the House.