HC Deb 26 May 1881 vol 261 cc1321-2
SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether Her Majesty's Government have reliable information as to what is passing in Bulgaria; whether the meagreness of the news in the public prints indicates that the Prince has possession of the telegraph; and, whether he can state yet what course Her Majesty's Government have adopted in the matter?

SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

Her Majesty's Government are beginning to receive detailed information as to what is passing in Bulgaria; and, judging from the telegrams which appear in the newspapers and those received by Her Majesty's Government, no hindrance is being put in the way of communication by telegraph. Her Majesty's Government have not been called upon to pronounce any opinion upon the circumstances.

Sin GEORGE CAMPBELL

Is the British Agent in Bulgaria still maintaining communications with the Prince?

SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

So far as I know, yes.