§ MR. R. POWERasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If his attention has been called to the report in the "Daily Telegraph" (July 16th) of frightful cruelties and tortures alleged to have been inflicted upon the non-combatant Bulgarian Turks by Bulgarian Christians and Russian soldiers; and, if Her Majesty's Government have received any information concerning these outrages?
§ MR. BOURKEBesides the Question which has just been asked by my hon. Friend, there are two other Questions upon the Paper—one by my hon. Friend the Member for Tamworth (Mr. Hanbury), and the other by my hon. Friend the Member for Cricklade (Mr. Goddard). I think I can answer them all at the same time. Telegraphic Reports of these different transactions have been received by Her Majesty's Government from various sources, from our Consuls in Turkey, and from the Turkish authorities. A collection of these Reports is now being made in the Foreign Office, and will be presented to the House in a special Paper, in the same way as the Papers on the transactions in Bosnia and Bulgaria. Everyone will then be in a position to judge for himself of the nature of the occurrences, and of the amount of authenticity to be attributed to the statements.