§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield Ecclesall)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government will publish the Reports by Sir Herbert Chermside and Consul-General Billiotti upon the proposed scheme of having the coast towns of Crete governed by four European admirals and the interior by a Junta of insurgent chiefs; and what steps the four Great Powers are taking to restore the Mussulmans of Crete to their lands and property from which they have been driven?
MR. CURZONThere is no Report by Sir. Chermside upon the proposed arrangement, since he had left Crete when it was under discussion. The Consul General's Report will be printed with the other Papers. The restoration of the Mussulmans to their villages can only be gradual, and cannot be attempted until after the provisional régime has been securely established.
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTAre we to understand that no practical steps; have yet been taken towards the restoration of their land to the Mussulmans?
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTHave any Mussulmans been restored to their land yet?