§ MR. SERJEANT SIMONasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether Her Majesty's Government have received any and what accounts of the outrages committed in Eastern Roumelia upon Jewish refugees returning to their homes at Carlovo; and, if so, what steps have been taken for their protection and for their security in the future?
§ MR. BOURKEYes, Sir, Her Majesty's Government have heard from the Consul General at Philippopolis that 80 Jewish families who had been invited to return to their homes at Carlovo were met near that town by a mob of 200 persons and stoned. When our Consul General heard of the outrage, he immediately made a strong representation to the Governor General, Aleko Pasha, who, upon the remonstrances of the Consul General, appointed a Commission to inquire into the circumstance. That Commission consisted of five persons, and they made a Report to the Governor General. When my noble Friend the 965 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs heard of the matter, he desired Mr. Mitchell to address another strong remonstrance to Aleko Pasha, and tell him that it was his duty to prevent any outrage of this kind occurring. We have since heard that the result of the Commission has been that the officer—the the head of the police—whose duty it was to prevent these outrages at Carlovo, has been removed by Aleko Pasha, and has been declared by the Governor General to be unfit to hold in future any appointment in Eastern Roumelia.