MR. HERBERT ROBERTS (Denbighshire, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether the Government have any 143 official confirmation of the alleged pillage of the town of Egin, in the Diarbekir district, and the massacre of 400 Armenians; whether he can give the House any information as to the position of affairs at Aintab, where another massacre is reported to be imminent; and whether, in view of the fact of the perpetration of further massacres and the continuance of disorder in the Armenian province subsequent to the period dealt with in the last Blue-book on the subject, he can give the House an assurance that another Blue-book, dealing with the Armenian Question from January last up to the present date, will be issued before the end of the Session?
MR. CURZONHer Majesty's Government have no official confirmation of the alleged pillage and massacre of the Armenians at Egin. A Report has just been issued with regard to the position of affairs at Aintab; from which I gather that, owing to the attitude of the Turkish authorities, a feeling of insecurity and apprehension has revived. Correspondence relative to any special event of importance could be laid before the House, as in the case of Mr. Fitzmaurice's last Reports; but it is doubtful whether any general collection of Papers would add materially to the information already in the possession of the House.