§ BARON HENRY DE WORMSI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a Question of which I have given private Notice, Whether he has read the report of a speech of M. Tricoupis at Athens yesterday, in which he says—
It is impossible, after the publication of the last English Blue Book, to doubt that England will abide by the decision taken at Berlin, provided Greece remains true to herself. England will certainly not assume the initiative; but if Greece take the lead she will assuredly give her support as a consequence of her signature to the Berlin Treaty. I am persuaded that if Greece does go to war she will obtain the Berlin line;And, whether at this crisis he cannot make some declaration which will disabuse the Greek Government in regard to the expectation of material help from England?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEI have already stated that I think it would be very desirable that Notices of these Questions should be given; but with regard to this particular Question, I have to say that it is the invariable practice of the Government of this country never to take any notice of speeches made in foreign Legislatures.