§ SIR GEORGE BADEN-POWELL (Liverpool, Kirkdale)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House any further information as to our dispute with the Nicaraguan Government?
§ *SIR E. GREYA telegram from the Admiral states that, in consequence of the unsatisfactory reply from the Government of Nicaragua the town was occupied on the 27th of April, that there was no opposition, that the foreign population and natives remain and are on friendly terms, but that the officials have removed from Corinto.
§ COLONEL HOWARD VINCENTasked whether the British Minister was still at Managua, the capital of Nicaragua?
§ *SIR E. GREYI think he is at Guatemala.
§ MR. W. P. BYLESasked why Her Majesty's Government declined the offer of the Government of Nicaragua to refer all questions relating to indemnity for alleged personal injuries to an international commission of arbitration?
§ *SIR E. GREYI must ask for notice of that question.
§ COLONEL HOWARD VINCENTI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the Republic of Nicaragua have complied with the demand of Her Majesty's Government in respect of the outrages upon British subjects; and, if care will be taken for some time to come that British trade is in no way placed at the slightest disadvantage by that Government?
§ *SIR E. GREYThe Republic of Nicaragua has not yet complied with the demand of Her Majesty's Government. There is no intention of neglecting British interests in Nicaragua.