§ MR. STEVENSONI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps have been taken by Her Majesty's Government to urge upon the Signatory Powers to the Treaty of Berlin the necessity for executing the reforms in the Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire, in accordance with Article 23 of that Treaty; and whether, in view of the reports recently received from Macedonia, the Secretary of State will consider the desirability of inviting the Ambassadors of the Great Powers at Constantinople to re-examine the proposals made by the noble Lord now Member for Cricklade and the other European Commissioners in their memorandum of the 23rd of August 1880, on the introduction of administrative reforms into European Turkey.
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordHer Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople has joined the representatives of other Powers on several occasions in urging the introduction of reforms in the Balkan provinces, but it is not considered that such action as is suggested would in present circumstances be opportune.