§ LORD ROBERT MONTAGUasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he will lay upon the Table the protest sent by Count Andrassy on June 21st to Prince Gortchakow, at Plojesti, concerning the direct negotiations between Turkey and Russia, together with the previous negotiations between Austria and England, and Despatches between Austria and England concerning the Declaration of Independence by Roumania; and, whether Count Andrassy said that he would give those papers to the Hungarian Chambers if the British Government would consent to lay them upon the Table of the House of Commons?
§ MR. BOURKEI am unable to lay upon the Table the protest which in the Question of the noble Lord is assumed to have been sent by Count Andrassy. We have no knowledge of such a document. There has been no correspondence between Her Majesty's Government and that of Austria-Hungary regarding the independence of Roumania. There are, therefore, no Papers that could be presented to Parliament. With regard to the statement alleged in the latter part of the Question to have been made by Count Andrassy, we have no information.