§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Mussulman exodus from Crete still continues; whether the Russian Government have offered £50,000 to help in the repatriation of the Mussulmans; 1457 and, what steps Her Majesty's Government are taking to ensure the restoration of the starving and ruined Mussulmans of Crete to their lands?
§ MR. BRODRICKThe exodus of Mussulmans from Candia still continues, though not in the same numbers. The Powers have now under consideration a request from the High Commissioner for an advance of funds for the re-establishment in their homes of the peasantry, both Mussulman and Christian. We are not aware of any such offer as is suggested having been made by the Russian Government. Mer Majesty's Government have expressed their readiness to contribute their share, if other Powers will agree to do so.