§ MR. J. A. PEASE (Northumberland, Tyneside)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is true, as stated by Reuter's Agency in regard to Samoa, that the Agent General of the Australasian Colonies has been informed that the Imperial Government were taking steps for a reconsideration of the Berlin Act, and that Mr. Bayard has intimated to the British Government the desire of the United States Government to retire from the Berlin Act?
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickI have seen the statements referred to, but no communication has been made to any one by Her Majesty's Government to this effect, nor have we received any intimation either from the United States Government or the United States Ambassador of a desire to retire from the Berlin Act.