§ MR. PICTON (Leicester)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, before this House is called upon to assent to any 1096 Bill for the surrender of Heligoland to Germany, full information will be afforded as to all territorial engagements not hitherto communicated to Parliament, also as to any new responsibilities (if any) recently incurred by this country in the event of war breaking out on the Continent of Europe, and especially as to the present relations of Her Majesty to what is known as the Triple Alliance, or to the engagements for mutual support made between Germany, Austria, and Italy?
§ *SIR J. FERGUSSONI have already informed the House that Her Majesty's Government have entered into no new engagements or responsibilities, and their attitude in regard to other Powers has been frequently and plainly defined both in this and in the other House of Parliament.