§ MR. JAMES BRYCE (Aberdeen, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government will consider the desirability of appointing a Consular Officer to reside at Aintah or Marash in Northern Syria, having regard to the disturbed state of that country and the danger of further massacres of the Christian inhabitants?
§ MR. AKERS DOUGLAS (on behalf of Mr. GEORRE CURZON,) Lancashire, SouthportThe opinion of Her Majesty's Ambassador will be obtained, but in view of the proximity of these two places to Aleppo, where a British Consul is stationed, it seems doubtful whether there are sufficient grounds for such an appointment.
§ MR. BRYCEasked if the right hon. Gentleman would say whether the Government had any objection to receiving evidence tending to show the great danger that existed in these and other places with which the Consul at Aleppo was not able to deal.
§ MR. AKERS DOUGLASreferred the right hon. Gentleman to the Under Secretary of State.