HC Deb 15 February 1878 vol 237 cc1733-4
MR. HANBURY

asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether his attention has been called to the following statement in a telegram from the Vienna correspondent of the "Times" newspaper in yesterday's issue:— It is said that eighteen hundred (Russian) sailors and naval officers are already in Roumelia for the purpose of manning the (Turkish) ships. It is a fact at any rate that sailors have passed through Roumania into Bulgaria' though it may be impossible to ascertain the numbers; and, whether the Government have received any information to the effect that Russian sailors have so passed into Bulgaria?

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

We have heard that about 1,400 Russian sailors have been sent to the Danube; but we have no information as to their having passed into Bulgaria.