MR. J. W. LOWTHER (Cumberland, Penrith)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a copy of the Commercial Treaty, recently concluded between Russia and Germany, has been received at the Foreign Office; when the said Treaty will come into force; and whether, under the Most Favoured Nation Clause, what 1098 British goods, if any, will be favourably affected?
§ * SIR E. GREYThe text of the Commercial Treaty recently concluded between Germany and Russia has been received at the Foreign Office, and is now in force. Its effect in regard to British goods is shown in a statement in The Board of Trade Journal published on the 15th of this mouth, page 291, to which I must ask the hon. Member to refer for details.