§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any arrangement has yet been concluded by which Tunisian subjects and interests in this Country have been transferred from the protection of the Turkish Ambassador and Consuls to that of the French Ambassador and Consuls; whether it has yet been decided under what jurisdiction Tunisian subjects and interests are to be placed in Ottoman territory; and, whether the Porte has recognised French jurisdiction under the capitulations in civil and criminal cases in the Ottoman territory in which Tunisians are involved alone, or with the subjects of a third Power?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKENo arrangement has been concluded as to the transfer of Tunisian subjects and interests in this country to French jurisdiction, and no question with regard to them has arisen. The question as to the jurisdiction over Tunisian subjects and interests in Ottoman territory will have to be decided between the Turkish and French Governments. The Porte has not hitherto recognized any such jurisdiction.