§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether there can be laid be- 302 fore Parliament the following Despatches as to the execution of the Treaty of Berlin, namely, the German Despatches of August last and the Answers of the British Government, and the French Despatches of 22nd August and 27th September; and, whether there is any objection to produce any Correspondence as to the power of the Courts in Cyprus to try the subjects of Foreign Powers for offences against Turkish Law, or as to the Cesnola case?
§ MR. BOURKESir, the French despatches of the 22nd of August and 27th of September are to be found at pages 300 and 302 of the French Yellow Book published in November last. The first is a Circular addressed by M. Waddington to the French Representatives abroad. The second is a despatch addressed by M. Waddington to the French Ambassador at Constantinople. Neither of these Papers has been communicated to Lord Salisbury. There was no Correspondence with the German Government in August. A communication was made to Her Majesty's Government in September, but it was strictly confidential. No Correspondence has taken place with any foreign Power on the subject of jurisdiction in Cyprus.
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEasked, whether the proceedings of the Cesnola case had been brought to the knowledge of the Government by the Governor of Cyprus?
§ MR. BOURKEI am not in a position to answer that Question without Notice. I do not recollect that they have.
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEI will put a further Question to-morrow on the subject.