§ SIR RICHARD TEMPLEI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the arrest and imprisonment, by the Turkish Authorities at Marsovan, Armenia, of Pastor Thoumaïan and Mr. Kujadjian, the one a professor and the other a teacher in the American Missionary College at Marsovan, on a charge of being associated with a revolutionary movement; whether he is aware that these gentlemen were in no way connected with any revolutionary movement, but confined their attention exclusively to the work of the Christian Mission at Marsovan, and that the arrest of Pastor Thoumaïan was owing to the fact that a man bearing a similar name, and who is known to be an advocate of revolutionary and socialistic ideas, is now fugitive from the authorities; whether the funds collected by Madame Thoumaïan were solely on behalf of a hospital, to be used both for Turks and Christians, and are held by the Trustees of the Mildmay Conference Hall, Mildmay Park, London; whether their arrest last 28th January, and imprisonment since, is in contravention of the Treaty of Berlin; and whether Her Majesty's Government will take steps to inquire into the matter with a view to the liberation of these missionaries?
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickMy attention has been drawn to all the statements made in the questions; but Her Majesty's Government have not at present sufficient 1306 information to enable them to express an opinion upon them. The Vice Consul at Angora is instructed to report on the trial of these Armenian prisoners, and we cannot at present assert that there has been a contravention of the Treaty of Berlin.
§ *SIR E. GREYI have already stated that the Vice Consul at Angora has been instructed to report, and he must watch and attend the trial.