§ COLONEL MUREsaid, he wished to ask the right hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer a Question of which he had given him private Notice —Whether, without inconvenience to the public service, he would communicate to the House the substance of the Telegram which induced Her Majesty's Government to announce their intention of sending the Fleet to the Dardanelles and Constantinople?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERSir, I think it will be more convenient that I should answer this Question in the statement which I shall have to make presently, as I propose to do. Indeed, I believe that the reasons which induced Her Majesty's Government to take that step will be also included in the Papers laid on the Table.