§ DR. FOX (King's College, Tullamore)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether he is able to confirm the report that Bahri Pasha, Governor of Van, in Turkish Armenia, has been suspended from office, and will be tried by Court-martial at Constantinople on charges of inhuman treatment of Christian, prisoners; and, whether he will communicate to the House the Consular Reports dealing with the career of Bahri Pasha at Van.
* MR. CURZONBahri Pasha has been dismissed from office as Vali of Van, in consequence of representations made to the Turkish Government by Her Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople. No information has been received that he will be tried by Court-martial. The maladministration of Bahri Pasha has frequently been mentioned in dispatches from Her Majesty's Consular officers, but there are no special Reports dealing with his career which could be laid before the House.