HC Deb 25 June 1896 vol 42 c78
MR. FLYNN

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether his attention has been called to the statement that, owing to the fear of fresh massacres at Diarbekir, M. Cambon, the French Ambassador, and Mr. Herbert, the British Chargé d'Affaires, have made representations to the Porte, and reiterated their demand for the immediate recall of the Vali; and, what result (if any) has followed from these representations?

MR. CURZON

Owing to the danger of fresh massacres at Diarbekir, which the continued presence of the present Vali is not likely to avert, the French Ambassador and Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires have made strong representations to the Sultan and to the Porte with regard to the necessity of his removal. We have not yet heard what result has attended these representations.