HC Deb 28 June 1898 vol 60 c374
MR. H. ROBERTS (Denbighshire, W.)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House any information as to the recent fighting which took place on the Albanian and Montenegrin frontiers; whether he can state the number estimated to have been killed or wounded, and to what extent was the property of Christians destroyed during the disturbances; and what steps are proposed to be taken by the Porte in order to restore order in those regions, and to prevent similar outbreaks in future?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. G. N. CURZON,) Lancs., Southport

Since the information which I gave to the House in answer to a Question on the 20th inst. we have heard that in the two fights which took place on the Montenegrin frontier the total losses of the Albanians were from 80 to 100 killed, while 15 Christians were killed and 19 wounded. We have heard nothing of the destruction of Christian property. The disturbances are now reported to be at an end, and 10 battalions of Turkish troops have arrived at Berane, and will be kept there for the present to prevent the recurrence of disturbance.