HC Deb 10 August 1896 vol 44 cc398-9
MR. T. M. HEALY

asked the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether the Government had any confirmation of a telegram in the Daily News as to the roasting and mutilation of a priest in the island of Crete?

*MR. CURZON

We received a telegram this morning that an attack had been made by a body of Mussulmans upon a Christian monastery, and that several of the inmates had been killed, including three monks; but there is no mention of the roasting of a priest, or the incident to which the hon. Member referred.

MR. T. M. HEALY

Would it be possible for the right hon. Gentleman to make inquiries on the subject?

*MR. CURZON

We are very fully informed by our representatives there of any incidents of which they are personally cognizant, and if anything so deplorable has happened I have no doubt we shall have early notice of it by telegraph.