§ MR. PULESTONasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he can conveniently give the House any information as to the progress of the Suez Canal Convention; and, whether it is true that it has been decided to allow each Power to have two ships of war to be stationed permanently at each end of the Canal?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEPending the deliberations of the Conference at Paris, it would not be convenient or customary to make any statement with regard to these proceedings.