§ MR. H. SAMUELSONasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether the Consul General at Salonica has yet reported as to the practicability of holding a new inquiry into Mr. Ogle's murder; and, if not, whether Her Majesty's Government, will take steps to obtain his report at the earliest possible moment?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERSir, Mr. Blunt, the Consul General at Salonica, in his first reply by telegram to Sir Henry Layard, expressed an opinion unfavourable to the prospects of a further inquiry being made into the circumstances of the murder of Mr. Ogle, owing to the Province of Thessaly not being in its normal condition, and also because such an inquiry, in the present circumstances, would be likely to increase the agitation and excite the feelings prevalent in the frontier district. Mr. Blunt has been requested to furnish a detailed statement of his views, and of the grounds on which he has formed them. He has replied that he will do so as soon as he receives the Report he has asked for from Her Majesty's Vice Consuls at Larissa and Volo.