§ MR. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWEN (Kent, Tunbridge)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Monsignor Yesrik, Armenian Bishop of Azabgir, has been imprisoned at Jerusalem, and is still detained there, though guilty of no offence, and without having been sentenced by any competent tribunal; and whether Her Majesty's Government intend to take any action in this matter?
MR. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)Before the hon. Baronet answers that question, may I ask if he is aware of the attack made upon the congregation of a Roman Catholic Church in Russia, close to the German frontier, although that congregation had been guilty of no offence? Will the Government—
§ MR. SPEAKEROrder, order! That is obviously a question which the hon. 363 Baronet cannot be expected to answer without notice.
§ SIR E. GREYThe attention of the Foreign Office has been called to the case, which has been referred to Her Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople for inquiry.