§ SIR WILLIAM HOULDSWORTH (Manchester, N.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if Mardiros Arabian, a British subject, and wealthy merchant of Trebizond, has been imprisoned at that place since September by the Turkish authorities; and if any, and what, steps have been taken by Her Majesty's Government to obtain his release?
MR. CURZONMr. Mardiros Arabian was imprisoned after the disturbances at Trebizond in October last. In reply to representations made by Her 711 Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, the Turkish Government maintained that the trial of Mr. Arabian, whose naturalisation as a British subject had not been completed, was properly conducted and that he was justly sentenced. Her Majesty's Ambassador has reported that he is making a further representation on the matter.