§ In reply to Mr. RYLANDS,
MR. OTWAYsaid, he must repeat his assurance that, according to the advices received from Constantinople, everything that could possibly be done to extinguish the fire at the Embassy House was done, both by those connected with the Embassy and by those representing the Turkish authorities. Even the wife of the Ambassador was active, and for a time successfully active, in superintending her women in their efforts to put the fire out when it caught the window. Eventually she escaped with her servants by a back staircase, the chief staircase having become impassable from falling molten lead. The hose, engines, and cisterns were all in proper order.