§ MR. HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If Her Majesty's Government are in possession of any information corroborative of the telegram from Berlin in The Standard newspaper of 6th September, as to the contemplated partition of South Eastern Europe by the Triple Alliance; if the occupation of 1476 Bulgaria by Russian troops, or the administration of that Principality by a Russian governor, would be in accordance with existing Treaties or consistent with the integrity of the Ottoman Empire and the safety of Constantinople; and, if, in the absence of Sir Edward Thornton, it is proposed to recommit the representation of British interests at the Sublime Porte to Sir William White?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)Her Majesty's Government are in possession of no such information as is mentioned in the first Question. The second suggests an hypothesis of separate action on the part of one of the Powers which Her Majesty's Government could not assume as probable. In the absence of Sir Edward Thornton the British Embassy at Constantinople is in charge of Mr. Fane, the Secretary.