§ MR. SCHWANN (Manchester, N.E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is able to confirm the statement, contained in The Daily News of the 14th instant, that the Mutessarif of Cæsarea sent 300 police and bashi-bazouks in February to arrest men who were supposed to be in hiding at Everek; that they attacked every Armenian house in the town, broke open boxes for valuables, and violated many women; and that the above declaration was made under the seals of two Armenian priests and of the village authorities; and whether the Foreign Office will cause further inquiry to be made into the matter, and will take active steps with the object of preventing the recurrence of any such incidents?
§ * SIR E. GREYThe information stated by The Daily News to have been communicated to the Embassy at Constantinople has not yet reached Her Majesty's Government, but inquiry will be made.