HC Deb 01 June 1897 vol 50 c29
MR. FLYNN

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Foreign Office has yet received information respecting the letter addressed by Sir Philip Currie to Tewfik Pasha, in regard to the recent massacre of Armenians at Tokat; whether complaint was made as to the inactivity of the tribunal at Tokat appointed to try the Mussulmans implicated in the massacre and what steps have been taken by the representatives of the Powers to secure the punishment of those already tried and found guilty of complicity in the affair?

MR. CURZON

No reply has yet been received to our telegram, which was sent more than a week ago. We have telegraphed again.

MR. FLYNN

asked the right hon. Gentleman whether he was aware that this letter was alleged to have been sent by Sir Philip Currie over a fortnight ago?

MR. CURZON

said they telegraphed to Sir Philip Currie a day or two after the hon. Gentleman put a Question in the House. It was to that telegram that no reply had been received.