HC Deb 17 March 1893 vol 10 cc384-5
MR. FRANCIS STEVENSON

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information with regard to the imprisonment of Mr. Thoumaian, a Protestant missionary, by the Turkish authorities at Marsovan; and (2) whether representations can be made with the object of securing his release?

SIR E. GREY

Mr. Thoumaian, who is an Ottoman subject and a Professor of the American College at Marsovan, has been imprisoned. It is not clear whether his arrest is due to the burning of part of the College, which is believed to have been the act of an incendiary, or to the distribution of seditious placards. The Sultan has ordered a careful inquiry to be made into the matter.