§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether there are to be any guarantees for the performance of the promises of Turkey for the good government of the Christian Provinces and the faithful execution of the Provincial Constitutions granted; and especially, whether, after the three months allowed to a Commission to settle the Constitution of Eastern Roumelia, there is to be any "Commission of Control" corresponding to the Commissions of Control proposed by the last paragraph of the summary attached to the proceedings of the eighth meeting of the Conference of Constantinople, and which were to be charged
to watch over the execution of the regulations, and to aid the local authorities in measures affecting order and public securityin the several provinces dealt with? I may remind the right hon. Gentleman that the refusal of these guarantees by Turkey was almost the sole cause of the war which subsequently ensued. I may add that since the Question was put down, I have observed in the Papers circulated to-day that in the earlier part of the proceedings in the Congress, Lord Salisbury very strongly dwelt upon the necessity of these guarantees.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERAll that I can say at present, in answer to the Question of the hon. Gentleman, is that under the 18th Article 2056 of the Treaty of Berlin, it is provided that a European Commission shall be appointed, and all the provisions which may be made for securing the organization of Eastern Roumelia will entirely depend upon the decisions of that Commission.
§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLI beg to give Notice that when this question comes before the House I shall move—
That, in the opinion of this House, no European territory should be restored to Turkey without at least the guarantees deemed necessary by the Conference of Constantinople.