§ MR. MONTAGU SCOTT (for Sir HENRY WOLFF), asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, What steps have been taken to carry out the stipulation contained in the Sixth Article of the Treaty of Washington, "to bring to the knowledge of other Maritime Powers and to invite them to accede" to the three Rules contained in the said Article; whether the Government of Her Majesty and the Government of the United States are agreed as to the interpretation of this engagement; and as to the terms of the invitation to be so addressed; and, whether Her Majesty's Government will communicate to the House any Correspondence that has taken place on the subject?
§ MR. BOURKESir, some Correspondence has passed between Her Majesty's late Government and the Government of the United States on the subject of the Sixth Article of the Treaty of Washington, There will be no objection to lay it on the Table of the House. Since the present Administration came into office no overture has been received from the Government of the United States on the matter, and no steps have been taken to invite the other Maritime Powers to accede to the Three Rules.