§ LORD ROBERT MONTAGUasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether he will lay upon the Table without delay a Copy of the Despatch of Lord Salisbury to Lord A. Loftus, dated January 26, with any replies which may have been received; and, when that negotiation on the subject of fulfilling 926 the provisions of the Berlin Treaty was concluded?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERI think I caught earlier in the evening that the noble Lord gave Notice that he proposes to call attention to this despatch, and to found a Motion upon it. If that be so, and he likes to move for this despatch, there is no objection to its production. At the same time, it is not particularly convenient to produce it without the further Correspondence; and it will not be possible to lay upon the Table any Correspondence that has passed between the Russian Government and Her Majesty's Government without the consent of the former. I confess I do not quite understand the noble Lord's second Question. I am informed that the provisions of the Berlin Treaty are in course of execution, and no doubt many communications have passed in reference to points connected with that Treaty; but no special negotiations, that I am aware of, have been entered into in reference to the fulfilment of the provisions.
§ LORD ROBERT MONTAGULord Salisbury has enumerated a number of schemes which have been set on foot for creating an explosion in Eastern Roumelia directly after the Russians have retired. What I want to know is whether he has succeeded in inducing the Russian Government to abandon any of those schemes?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONI wish to know whether the assent of Her Majesty's Government was given to the Russian Government for the publication of the despatch in question?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERI have no knowledge how the despatch was Published. I was not aware it was published at all. I have no knowledge about it.