HC Deb 21 June 1883 vol 280 c1142
MR. ARTHUR ARNOLD

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether, in accordance with the declaration of Her Majesty's Government recognising the Queen of Madagascar as absolute Monarch of the whole Island, and with the understanding between Great Britain and France that the two Governments should maintain an identic attitude of policy in Madagascar and act in concert in the matter, Her Majesty's Government has made representations to the French Government concerning the action and the claims of France in Madagascar?

LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICE

Her Majesty's Government cannot judge, until they have received full information with regard to the recent proceedings of the French in Madagascar, whether it will be necessary or desirable to address any representations to the French Government.

MR. ARTHUR ARNOLD

asked whether the information received as to what had taken place in the North-West was generally the same as that which had been published?

LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICE

The information was exactly the same. The telegrams were almost identical.