§ SIR ALBERT ROLLIT (Islington, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government will be prepared to make representations to the French Government with reference to the claims of British subjects against the Malagasy Government and against Malagasy subjects, which the Malagasy Government have refused to recognise in consequence of the Treaty of August 1890, whereby Her Majesty's Government recognised the French Protectorate in Madagascar?
MR. CURZONHer Majesty's Government are not aware of any claims which the Malagasy Government have refused to recognise on the grounds stated in the question, and in any case, while hostilities are proceeding between the French and the Hovas, the present would not be a favourable moment for the presentation of claims.