§ MR. JAMES BRYCE (Aberdeen, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any information has been received by the Foreign Office to the effect that considerable bodies of Turkish troops have been recently landed at or near Alexandretta, and that great alarm exists among the Christian inhabitants of the adjacent parts of Northern Syria and Asia Minor lest fresh massacres should be perpetrated?
*MR. CURZONWe have received no official information of any recent landing of Turkish troops at or near Alexandretta. Her Majesty's Vice Consul reported on January 15th that the state of Payas, a sub-district in that Province, was far from satisfactory, and representations on the subject were made to the Turkish Government by Her Majesty's Ambassador.
§ MR. BRYCEasked whether any information had been received to the effect that great alarm existed among the Christian inhabitants of the adjacent parts of Northern Syria and Asia Minor lest fresh massacres should be perpetrated?
*MR. CURZONMy recollection of the reports does not confirm that statement, but I will look at them again and inform the right hon. Gentleman.