§ MR. HAVELOCK WILSON (Middlesbrough)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the 1095 stranding of the steamship "Oilfield" in the Bosphorus on 5th December, 1899, when a number of Turks made a raid upon the vessel during the absence of her crew, and stole part of their clothes and effects; and whether Her Majesty's Government will take steps to call the attention of the Ottoman Government to the matter, and claim compensation for the seamen's clothes and effects which were lost.
§ MR. BRODRICKNo information has reached the Foreign Office of the occurrence to which the hon. Member calls attention, but Her Majesty's Consul at Constantinople will be instructed to furnish a report upon the case.