§ MR. JAMES BRYCE (Aberdeen, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps have been taken to carry out the recommendations made by Mr. Fitzmaurice (in his recent Report upon the massacres in Northern Syria) for securing the safety of the Christians who, having been forced by the threat of death to declare themselves Mussulmans, have returned or desire to return to their Christian faith; and, what (if anything) has been done by the Turkish Government to carry out the promises made by them, which were reported in Sir Philip Currie's Dispatch of 18th May?
MR. CURZONThe Commission referred to in the answer to the right hon. Member yesterday is a separate Commission, and is not that which previously sat at Biredjik. The Commission is instructed to carry out the recommendations mentioned, and Mr. Fitzmaurice, who has returned to Biredjik, will watch the proceedings.
§ MR. BRYCEasked whether anything was known of what had passed since the promise of May 18 was given?
MR. CURZONThe promise was only given on May 18, and I think that the right hon. Gentleman must be aware that there has hardly been time for any serious steps to be taken since that date. ["Hear, hear!"]