HC Deb 17 April 1888 vol 324 c1495
MR. HOWORTH (Salford. S.)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a Question of which I have given him private Notice, Whether he can relieve the general anxiety by giving a more recent and more favourable report of the condition of the health of the German Emperor than that which appeared in the newspapers of this morning?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)

I have seen a telegram sent on authority from Berlin to-day, which states that the Emperor passed a somewhat better night; but there is no doubt that his Majesty's condition gives ground for grave anxiety, and commands deep sympathy with his family and people.