HC Deb 14 March 1898 vol 54 c1534
MR. P. O'BRIEN

I desire to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a Question of which I have not been able to give him private notice, but to which he may, perhaps, be able to give a reply. It is, whether it is true that Her Majesty's Government have protested against the cession of Port Arthur to Russia?

MR. CURZON

I am sure that I will have the agreement of the House with me in saying that this is not the sort of Question which ought to be put without any notice at all.

MR. P. O'BRIEN

I am sorry; but I will give notice for to-morrow.