§ SIR J. FERGUSSONThe hon. Member for South Aberdeen lately asked me regarding an alleged massacre of Ghristians by Arnauts in the vilayet of Kossova, in Albania. The Consul General at Salonica has spontaneously reported, upon seeing the statement in question in certain Continental newspapers, that he had made inquiry of railway officials arriving from places in 66 that district, who declared that they had heard of no such event. Her Majesty's Minister at Belgrade, while mentioning that complaints had been made of oppression by turbulent Albanians on their Christian neighbours, does not refer to any allegations of murders.
§ MR. BRYCECannot further steps be taken to ascertain the truth, seeing that Salonica is 200 miles away from the place where the massacres are alleged to have occurred?
§ SIR J. FERGUSSONThe Consul General cannot travel that distance; he can only make such inquiries as he has made.