§ SIR WILLIAM HOULDSWORTH (Manchester, N. W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, (1) whether he is aware that property belonging to British subjects has been destroyed and plundered during the recent disturbances at Trebizond and elsewhere in Armenia; and, (2) whether the Government will present to the Turkish Government any properly authenticated claims for compensation for the loss of such property?
MR. CURZONYes, Sir, I am aware of the fact mentioned in the last paragraph of the Question. Her Majesty's Government will undertake to present well-authenticated claims by British subjects on account of losses for which the Turkish Government can properly be held liable.