§ MR. O'REILLYasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether there is any foundation for the statements which appeared in an Hungarian paper, the "Neusatz Zastava," that British ships have landed at Klek a large quantity of provisions, cartridges, and money for the Turkish troops; and, the statement of the "Moscow Gazette" that England is supplying arms and money to the Turkish force in Herzegovina?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER,in reply, said, the Government had no information that British ships had landed at Klek provisions, cartridges, and money for the Turkish troops; and with regard to any statement in the Hungarian, German, or Russian papers that the English Government were supplying arms and money to the Turkish force in Herzegovina, his reply was, that Her Majesty's Government had neither directly nor indirectly supplied any arms to any Turkish troops. With respect to the unhappy disturbances in which Turkey was involved, Her Majesty's Government had 501 maintained a strict neutrality, and they expected a similar neutrality to be observed by other Powers.