§ SIR R. TEMPLEIn the absence of the hon. Member for the Kirkdale Division of Liverpool, I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state that the United States have now definitely disclaimed any intention of annexing the Hawaiian Islands, or of extending a protectorate over them; and whether he can lay upon the Table any further Correspondence dealing with this matter?
§ SIR E. GREYThe hon. Member will have seen that the Treaty of Annexion has been withdrawn from the American Congress. They have made no communication to us of their intention of annexing the islands. I can, therefore, make no statement about it. Without being given an opportunity of referring to Correspondence I cannot make any statement as to its publication.