HC Deb 12 September 1893 vol 17 cc953-4
MR. PAULTON (Durham, Bishop Auckland)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been called to a statement made recently in the Press, that a number of headless bodies had been washed ashore near Salonica; and if he can say whether there is any foundation either for the report or for the suspicions which are alleged to have been aroused by it?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, Berwick

I did see the statement to this effect in the Press, but I am glad to be able to say, in answer to my hon. Friend, that it is absolutely without any foundation in fact.