§ MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether there is any evidence in the Protocols to show that the Representatives of Russia, Germany, and Austria, declined to give any opinion upon the differences between the French and English Governments; whether the Plenipotentiaries of those Powers expressed their willingness to support M. Waddington in his proposal to adjourn the Conference till October the 20th; and, whether Lord Granville, as President, declined to allow the Conference to vote upon this and other questions, and himself declared the Conference adjourned sine die?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. CHILDERS)I believe that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister answered this Question yesterday; but I understand that the hon. Member requires further details. As to the first part of the Question, which I answer in the affirmative, I would refer the hon. Member to the Protocol No. 4, page 16, lines 46 to 64, and page 17, lines 47 to 57, in the Parliamentary Paper "Egypt, No. 30," of this year. As to the second part, those Plenipotentiaries expressed that willingness to give this support, "if all the Governments were agreed," and I refer the hon. Member to page 38, lines 25 to 31. As to the third part, all the Governments not being agreed, the question of adjournment to the 20th of October fell to the ground, and the Conference adjourned sine die. Lord Granville, as President, declined to allow any question to be put after the adjournment. I would refer the hon. Member to the 10th line from the bottom of page 38.
§ MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTsaid, he was obliged to the right hon. Gentleman for giving him references with which he was quite familiar. He wished 271 to ask, whether the statements of the Representatives of Germany and Austria were not made at an earlier meeting of the Conference; and, whether there was any statement in the Protocols referring to the meeting of the 2nd of August which bore out the statement that the Representatives of those Powers declined to vote?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. CHILDERS)I have replied to the Question on the Paper, and if the hon. Member wishes for further information I must ask for Notice.