HC Deb 23 June 1893 vol 13 c1781
MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there is any foundation for the statement made in the French newspapers that important documents have been stolen from Her Majesty's Embassy at Paris, or for the statement that a document, alleged to have been obtained from Her Majesty's Embassy, was sent to the private secretary of Lord Dufferin with a threat to publish it if it was not purchased, and perceived by him to be a fabrication?

SIR E. GREY

There is no foundation whatever for the statement that documents have been stolen from Her Majesty's Embassy, and what was read in the French Chamber is a gross and palpable forgery.

MR. T. M. HEALY (Louth, N.)

Is there any truth in the report that these forged documents were supplied to M. Millevoye from The Times office by our old friend, Mr. Walter?

[The question was not answered.]