§ MR. W. E. FORSTERwished to know, as a matter that interested both sides of the House, Whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer could give the House any information as to the present relations between Russia and Turkey?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERI do not know that we have any very special news to give except what my hon. Friend the Under Secretary has received in a telegram. Perhaps the House will allow him to read it.
§ MR. BOURKEsaid, his noble Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs had received a telegram, just before he (Mr. Bourke) came down to the House, from Mr. Layard. It stated that the Russian Chargé d'Affaires had received orders to suspend diplomatic relations with Turkey. He had also received a telegram that morning from General Mansfield, our Consul at Bucharest, stating that a small detachment of Russian officers and men had arrived there. He had received the permission of his noble Friend to read these telegrams to the House as being matters of some importance.