§ MR. JOHN MORLEYI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will lay upon the Table the statement of the Venezuelan case submitted to the American Commission of Inquiry?
MR. CURZONThe Venezuelan statement is not yet in our possession. It is being sent home by Her Majesty's Ambassador at Washington, and when received there will be no objection to laying copies before Parliament.
§ MR. JOHN MORLEYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will lay upon the Table any information as to the limits and present condition as to the population and otherwise of the "Settlements" within the territory in dispute between Her Majesty's Government and the Republic of Venezuela?
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe definition of settlements and the determination of what constitutes occupation have to be decided in the first place by negotiation and afterwards by detailed inquiry on the spot. I am afraid I have no information which would enable me beforehand to state the limits and conditions of settlements in British Guiana.
§ MR. JOHN MORLEYsaid the question was whether Lord Salisbury promised Mr. Olney, in reply to two applications, to consult the right hon. Gentleman and to convey to Mr. Olney the views which he hoped to ascertain from his right hon. Friend. Had any information of this kind been conveyed to the American Government?
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINunderstood that his right hon. Friend was asking as to the correspondence which had passed between the Foreign Secretary and Mr. Olney. The right hon. Gentleman ought to give notice of the Question.