§ MR. YERBURGHI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Anglo-German Agreement nullifies the agreement of the 2nd September, 1898, made between the representatives of certain British and German corporations, defining the respective spheres of interest of Great Britain and Germany as regards railway concessions; and, if not, whether such agreement applies only to the parties immediately concerned in it, or whether it represents an understanding arrived at by the Governments of Great Britain and Germany; and whether the Anglo-German Agreement in any way affects the agreement of the 28th April, 1899, between Great Britain and Russia defining the respective spheres of each country for railway concessions.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (VISCOUNT CRANBORNE,) RochesterThe agreement of the 2nd September, 1898, between the British and German syndicates was concluded with the cognisance and approval of the two Governments, and is in no way prejudiced by the Anglo-German Agreement of the 16th October last the answer to the second question is in the negative.