§ MR. W. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if he can give to the House the particulars concerning the number and value of churches, hospitals, and other property belonging to English Protestant Missionaries in Madagascar which have been destroyed since the conquest of Madagascar by the French or transferred to the French Jesuits; and whether any demands for compensation have been made on the part of the British Government; and, if so, with what result?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. CURZON,) Lancs, SouthportI am not in a position to give the hon. Member the particulars asked for in the first paragraph. Certain claims for compensation for losses arising out of the French military operations in Madagascar have been submitted to the French Government, and are now under its consideration, and others are held in reserve until a decision has been arrived at by the French Government as to the claims of all sufferers, both French and foreign, from those operations.