TREATY OF BERLIN.

HC Deb 02 April 1895 vol 32 c729

MR. J. AIRD (Paddington, N.)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, having regard to the recent massacres and terrible events which have been reported from Armenia, he will have circulated to Members copies of the Berlin Treaty?

SIR EDWARD GREY

The Treaty of Berlin was laid before Parliament in 1878, and will be found under Turkey No. 44 of that year. In view of the fact that it covers 29 pages of print and consists of 64 Articles, of which only one, the 61st, refers specially to the Armenians, Her Majesty's Government considers that it is unnecessary to re-publish the document.

MR. AIRD

suggested that, at all events, Article 61 of the Treaty might be circulated.

SIR E. GREY

As the whole Treaty is quite accessible, it is hardly necessary to do so.