§ MR. FRANCIS STEVENSON (Suffolk, Eye)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any further information to communicate to the House as to the recent outrages committed upon Armenians in and near Van?
§ *SIR J. FERGUSSONNo further information has yet been received.
§ MR. FRANCIS STEVENSONMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether, in view of the continued refusal of the Turkish Government to carry out the reforms which they are bound by the 923 Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1878 to effect in Armenia, Her Majesty's Government still hold themselves bound by that Convention?
§ *SIR J. FERGUSSONIt is impossible to answer such a question until we know what are the circumstances under which the supposed appeal of the Anglo-Turkish Convention is made.