HC Deb 02 July 1896 vol 42 c540
MR. WEIR

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state what progress is being made with the negotiations between Great Britain and Brazil in regard to the Island of Trinidad?

MR. CURZON

No negotiations have taken place with regard to the Island of Trinidad since Her Majesty's Government expressed their willingness to the Brazilian Government to submit the matter in dispute to arbitration.

MR. WEIR

asked whether the Brazilian Government had responded to the British Government?

MR. CURZON

The Brazilian Government have not so far expressed their willingness to agree to our proposition.