§ SIR WILLIAM H. HOULDSWORTHI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, what is the position of a British subject or a Native who has lost property by pillage or destruction during the recent disturbances in Crete, and to whom should he apply for redress?
MR. CURZONIn the case of disorders and loss of property by pillage, where no complicity or negligence can be ascribed to the local authorities, foreigners domiciled in a country are not entitled to compensation other than such as is accorded to Natives. In the present provisional state of things in Crete it is difficult to state to whom a claim for redress should be addressed, except in the districts occupied by the international troops, in which case the matter should be brought before the admirals for such steps as they may deem proper.